The things you said, though beautiful, Merryl and I are not dating huh ! XD lol
Merryl know how to speak japanese then she really understand what she sings and she's just doing just great at interpreting these lyrics.
I am not fluent in japanese but I love Utada so much I could translate all of her songs. But only her songs! Lol then, because yes, we had our both interpretations in common, we came up with a little breathtaking story about a woman who just had her baby but her husband died before he could see the baby. Basically, right after the "sakura nagashi"s. And we sang on this plot! Lol I really like your comments on covers, they are really rich in terms of content! :)