hyde

  He is the sort who doesn't want to talk about his own things, unless it is intellectual. When he refused to disclose his birthdate, the leader of L'Arc (tetsu) had to alleviate the atmosphere of the situation (which is, er, not commercially wise). But at the same time he likes to reveal the deeper stuff, especially his lyrics, and feelings. Admittedly tetsu has the tendency to do the same thing, but in my opinion hyde's motives in revealing these things are less pure.
  But being an Aquarius (from tabloids), he bears a lot of interesting concepts. The more intellectual concepts began circulating in Roentgen, unlike in L'Arc. In L'Arc, he seems to express more feelings than ideas. But in Roentgen, it seeks to express the other side of a gentler and less polluted feelings. It also seems that when he portrayed his intellectual ideas in Roentgen, he had a tendency to separate it from emotions (which is different from Suite November).
  It also seems that throughout the years he has been fascinated by the Gothic side, and lyrics often have mythical tales embedded in them. The Gothic side chiefly refers to British Gothic literature and the ideas that come along with it, such as the uncanny, troglodytic Hyde in Jerkyll and Hyde, the decadence of religious practitioners and or the religious implications with regards to the uncanny and of human kind, and there's also the Neo-Goth Marilyn Manson (oops. Goths are gonna kill me.) whom Hyde likes. And well, if you really must push it, Kamen Rider and Batman both wear their undies on the outside. 
  He himself has said that it is easier to believe in the Devil than God, which suggests that he is either atheist or agnostic. Generally speaking, it is hard to tell whether he really is atheist, but he often speaks of God in his lyrics. God in the lyrics imply a deity that is all governing and there often is a strong tendency to rebel against it. In his lyrics, there also is the concept of sin, and usually because it only speaks of one God, combined with his fascination with Adam and Eve (dune period), angels (Angel's Tale) and devils (et cetera...), I would assume that his influence is (most generally speaking) Abramic. 
  An example I can think of right now (coz I don't usually read lyrics unless I really like the song) are Ibara no Namida, which conveys a strong sense of fate, "is heaven taking joy in the prank it rained down upon us?" (*very* loosely translated...) There always seems to be some sort of prodigious feeling with regards to fate and the all governing power. Also, in Shi no Hai and also Finale, the idea of God is always viewed with a defiant attitude. Shout At The Devil is another interesting piece-- as purity is not often associated with the Devil, unless he views the Devil to be like Lucifer (before he fell) or to be God himself (which is also possible).
  Then there is the usual word... LOVE. This is often the subject of his lyrics, usually imbued, even in Heavenly, with sin and impossibility. It is often seen as forbidden, which is also why from 1999 onwards, the immense blame and defiance towards God is prevalent (ibara no namida, finale...). There is always an androgynous quality towards the subject of love, and is extraordinarily associated with gentility from 2000 onwards as compared to other periods... (My inner voice begs to yell, "TETSU!" but er, that's not the point).
  Anemone, the last L'Arc song, for example, is imbued with very forbidden love, which personifies the subject with its gentility and sweetness and yet distances it so that the journey to reach it is never ending. (the idea that it's written for his wife is basically just some possibility conjured by the reviewers, it has nothing to do with what hyde wants to convey, since he has never said it himself.) As such, it is, as the other songs are, helpless in its own right despite the desire to reach the goal (or own the desired object, which is the anemone) and the beauty of the goal.
  Even in gentility, the androgynous quality is always there. One interesting point to note is that the archangel Gabriel (Jibril), aka Lord of the Moon, bears the quality of healing, emotions but is androgynous (as all angels are), and his sacred flower is the white lily, which is also what Hyde painted with his barbed wire in Shallow Sleep. And tetsu posed beside white lily in LIFE... It's for tetsu! I'm sure of it! The androgynous quality imbued with such gentility... how can it not be tetsu? 
  Okay... My brain is fried. Wwwoooo. Basically that's about it. Everybody else knows the usual stuff like he's read Harry Potter and all that, so I'm not gonna talk about it. Goodnight.
  
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