On first hearing this haunting ballad, "Mizu ni Sashita Hana" (Flowers Arranged in the Water) by Akina Nakamori(中森明菜), I thought this was more back to form for the singer with Natsumi Tadano's(只野菜摘)lyrics about a damaged angel (of death?) offering to take a troubled lady back to happier times. And the melancholy melody by singer-songwriter Junko Hirotani(広谷順子)sounded like a dark lullaby.
The song was used as the ending theme for the Wednesday night drama of the week on NTV. It hit the top spot on Oricon and became the 92nd-ranked single of the year and was even bumped up to No. 76 for the same rankings the following year. It has also been placed as a track on her "BEST III" from November 1992.
I fucking love this song.
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