Lemon Song Natsuko Tohno |work|

However, the true stroke of genius in "Lemon Song" lies in the arrangement. Hiroshi Sato, known for his sunshine-drenched AOR (Adult Oriented Rock), pivots here into something moodier. The instrumentation is lush but restrained.

Here, Tohno addresses an unattainable lover. The "seed in my eye" suggests that even looking at this person causes pain—a brilliant inversion of the phrase "apple of my eye." Lemon Song Natsuko Tohno