I chose this song as the opener because to me it captures Sayo's internal conflicts and a lot of different aspects of her character. An innocent first love, trying to become better because of it, being tortured by her own feelings when it doesn't work out, planning a crime while also hoping someone stops her...

I decide to be good, do good, look good...
[...]
It’s like a daydream, but I got somе other, better plans
I wanna scream and shout, my heart caught in chains
Cold heart, cold hands, fire in my veins
Fire in my veins, heart in chains
[...]
Three minutes making impossible plans
Seven minutes of unnecessary panic attacks
Here I go with the coldest hands
Here I go with still no plans, oh, still no plans
I can't cool off, no, I can't relax
Lord, what I'm gonna do, my pain just attacks
I still have the coldest hands, oh, my Lord
My Lord, my pain, my panic attacks, oh

I went out with this boy once, yeah
And I met all his family
Went to some, like, family barbecue
And in the end: "Oh no, you're not my girl
You know, we're just, we're just like
Hanging out, aren't we?"
[...]
Everybody knows that I want your love
Why you playing, baby boy, what's up?

You left without sayin' goodbye (Fuck, fuck, fuck)
Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry
I ball a fist and die inside
I wish I didn't, but regrettably
I entirely understand why you did it
[...]
You left early and you arrived too late
Just right in time to be a huge mistake
[...]
I wish I never met you
You are the worst thing that I'm still
Keeping tabs on for some stupid reason

Painted a picture, I thought I knew you well
I got a habit of seeing what isn't there
[...]
Falling, falling, but I never thought you'd leave me
Falling, falling, needed something to believe in, oh
I thought you were the one
But it was all in my head

the

As I paced back and forth all this time
'Cause I honestly believed in you
Holding on, the days drag on
Stupid girl, I should've known, I should've known
[...]
I was a dreamer before you went and let me down
Now, it's too late for you and your white horse
To come around
[...]
Well, my mistake, I didn't know to be in love
You had to fight to have the upper hand

AAAAAAA it's SUCH a Sayo song this is crazy. I'd say this is pre-furniture revelation though.

I vastly prefer the t.A.T.u. cover though sorry

I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
[...]
When you say "It's gonna happen now"
When exactly do you mean?
See, I've already waited too long
And all my hope is gone

Hmmmmmm "the waters wait"... I'm doing intra-playlist foreshadowing again...

I'm torn on whether I decide this is about her erasing 'Yasu' from the world or whether it's about her conceptual death after she's told about her true identity. I think it can be both. ~catbox~

Breathe this in
The waters wait, waters wait
Asking if you are...

Erased, everything within you will feel
Erased now

Everyday, everyday
Houses full of no escape, no escape
[...]
Who am I?
Who am I?
I will fade

Absolute thesis of Umineko

Do you want the truth or something beautiful?
Just close your eyes and make believe
Do you want the truth or something beautiful?
I am happy to deceive you
[...]
Sacred lies and telling tales
I can be who you want me to be
But do you want me?

I am thinking of George and how much I hate him (sorry Shannon)

Draw him in and let the games begin
If he doesn't ask, she will not tell
She paints the picture, oh so well

When we lie
Oh, what tangled webs that we weave
When at first we practice to deceive
We become a slave to make believing

In the valley of the dolls, we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I’m ready for the last hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley...

Pick a personality for free
When you feel like nobody-body

Whatever you guys say, this song is about Sayo Umineko I don't care I don't care I don't care!!

It's me, hi
I'm the problem, it's me
At teatime, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun, but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

Sometimes, I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed
[...]
I have this dream my daughter-in-law kills me for the money
She thinks I left them in the will
The family gathers 'round and reads it and then someone screams out
"She's laughing up at us from Hell"

"However, the year 1986... was incredibly merciless."
"...I'll bet you cursed your fate."
"Yes. If it had been one year sooner. Or else, one year later."

Like some child, possessed, the beast howls in my veins
I want to find you, tear out all your tenderness and
Howl, howl...

Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers
Starts so soft and sweet and turns them to hunters
[...]
If you could only see the beast you've made of me
I held it in, but now it seems you've set it running free
The saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound
I hunt for you with bloody feet across the hallowed ground

Every weeb's gotta have Echo in thier playlist at some point, it seems. But it really does work amazingly well for Shannon/Kanon/Beato!

Why can't I see
Why can't I see
All the colors that you see?
Please, can I be
Please, can I be
Colorful and free?

What the hell's going on?
Can someone tell me please?
Why I'm switching faster than the channels on TV?
I'm black, then I'm white
No, something isn't right
My enemy's invisible, I don't know how to fight
The trembling fear is more than I can take
When I'm up against
The echo in thе mirror
Echo

I'm gonna burn my house down into an ugly black
I'm gonna run away now and never look back...

I'll just commit a little crime
And then I'll take back what I've lost
As I'm running down the stairs past your good intentions
And I'm locked in a room between hell and heaven
[...]
As I'm running down the stairs past the stains and ribbons
And the ticking of the clock says I'm not forgiven
[...]
Don't just leave me here, don't just leave me here
Don't just leave me here for dead now
You don't know what's there
You were never there
I could be the one who loves you
Why did you say you care?
Loving you is so unfair
Why did you say you cared?
You're dead now

Yes I have 3 songs about Sayo drowning herself what are you gonna do about it

Into the sea, out of fire
All that burning...
[...]
Well, I'll release her
From the bindings of her teachers
What they're hiding there is broke, broke, broke
Like the river Styx, I flow, flow, flow

What you gonna do when you get to the water?

This is the song quoted in the playlist description! I did change "his story" to "this story" in the desc because that's how I always used to mishear it and I wanted it to reflect the magic ending more.

The world is blue
But it's such a shade that makes you think
It's new to you
A color never seen
[...]
The silence never told
A story like this before
I made my descent

If only I could have
Written a plea from my watery bed
Begging for air so my lungs are fed
My story at large will be lost in the sea
When a man tells his tale he will need to breathe
Need to breathe

I think I've been pairing this song with the magic ending in my head for something like 10 years at this point. Now you can too :P

You wouldn't let me drown
And I know we're going down again
[...]
And there's no time to understand
The bomb is ticking in my hand
My lungs explode beneath the waves
And there's nobody left to save

To save (overboard into nothing)...
[...]
I wanna pull you down 'til we are one
And the same