As soon as I heard Last Song on the Kagefumi dvd I knew it would be released as a single. It was one of the two standout songs on that dvd, and a most beautifully crafted and exciting song. The version on the single is quite a bit longer than the live one, and a little more laid back too, but it's still a very alluring song. The extra length has bothered some people but personally I prefer longer songs, so it didn't worry me at all. Single comes with a dvd of the Last Song PV, which is a black and white video filmed on a beach in which not much really happens except Kiyo looking very pretty and standing in what looks like a metal box, or perhaps a doorway when the back is missing. A door into the future perhaps. I expect he needed some shelter from the wind to smoke the inevitable cigarette. It finally ends with him face down on the sand pawing at a (dead?) butterfly.
Something important has changed since Poetry and I think it's to do with heart. His emotions are now fully engaged in the music, which makes all the difference. He's always been special, but now...
I'd have to say this might well be one of my favourite Kiyoharu releases of all time and it all fits together so well, each song leading you into the next so that by the end you are in a complete trance.

1. Last Song －最後の詞－
Last Song  ~Saigo no Uta~
Joyous and very hopeful in mood. I get the feeling of having gone through a long dark night of the soul and emerging into a beautiful new dawn. You can still feel the lingering melancholy from the past, but that just adds to the flavour of this exquisite song. I have listened to it dozens of times now and I am still as much in love with it as ever.

2.  Bouncy
"I wanna feel cult. To freedom To Freedom
I make you feel cult. In your eyes In your eyes
I wanna feel cult. To freedom To Freedom
I wanna feel cult. For freedom to my last game."
A little darker with a very subtle and addicting melody. It took two listens to real hook me, but now I love it. Shuffly and bottom heavy with some really stunning guitar work.

3. Sitar
A truly wonderful song and my favourite on the single. When I first heard this on the SADS 13 live tour dvd, I was really impressed, but this version is much much better still. The singing is so heartfelt and pure and the sitar riffs blend in stunningly (both the sitar and the guitar parts are by Sato Taiji from Theatrebrook who also played on Poetry). There is so much energy and passion on display here :o Kiyoharu is connecting emotionally here more strongly than ever which really is saying something. Again the basic mood is euphoric and upbeat, although you can always feel the sadness as well. It is this perfect paradox that makes his music so powerful...the laughter and the tears at the same time.