I know there's already a topic about fauvorite quotes form Utada's songs, but I haven't found any topic about lyrics' interpretation. Do you find lyrics very important? I usually do, sometimes bad lyrics may screw the song, but sometimes they aren't that important.

Just as music, Utada's lyrics have improved. Songs aren't as naive as they were on First Love. Of course, love is still main theme, but not always (Take 5, the best expample). English albums are more mainstream, but look at This One (Crying Like a Child) - written just like a letter. Kremlin Dusk references to Allan Edgar Poe, but i don't get what is this all about (can you help me?). The only idea I have, it's about making a choice ("opposite directions"), dealing with the past and living on your wn (tou couldn't help me any-anymore"). What do you think about Hikki's lyrics?

I agree with you that bad lyrics can ruin a song. I rarely find "bad" lyrics in Hikaru's song though-- usually ones that seem "out of place" from my American point of view.

Like in "Hikari", she mentions eating delicious food in the same song that she emotionally describes love and taking it slow, but it still works for me. I think her creative freedom in writing her lyrics is part of her genius.

Similarly, in "Passion", she mentions a New Years' Card picture in the bridge, which seemingly doesn't fit with the rest of the lyrics, but poetically it's beautiful.

I find that the songs that I like the most by Utada Hikaru are songs that are emotional powerhouses with lyrics that flow together (again, from my American standards), like Be My Last, Take 5, and FINAL DISTANCE, rather than the more playfully-lyrical songs like Niji-Iro Basu.