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Uploaded by on Aug 27, 2009

I heard this song about a year ago and I've been dying to do a video to it. One day I stumbled upon the Toei version of the Little Mermaid. I was thrilled to find a movie that actually stayed true to the original story (don't get me wrong, Disney gave us a beautiful story). I was even more thrilled when I discovered the simularities between the song and movie.

For those who don't know, this song is about a woman who lost her love to another woman. Instead of fighting it, she lets him go so he can be happy. This is what Marina does for the prince.

The video goes in reverse order, as Marina is remembering everything before she kills herself. She remembers the first time she saw her prince, the frist time they meet and when he said he would marry her. But then the black haired girl shows up and the prince believes her to be the one who saved him and decides to marry her instead. Heartbroken, Marina wants to end the prince's life so she can be speared, but can't bring herself to kill the man she loves. And so, she leaves her hairpin and a single scale on the railing of the boat before going overboard. The prince finds these and remembers back to that night in the storm and all the time he spent with Marina. He realizes that Marina was the one he was looking for, and bows his head in sorrow.

I know that certain clips will look choppy, and I tried my best to get rid of them. But WMM will only go so far ;_; Also I didn't try to lip sync. Its one of the accidents that happens with WMM that I let slid.

No copyright infringment involved! I own nothing. Enjoy.

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  • What's the name of the song? It's beautiful!

  • @Camillie730 It's called My Skin by Natalie Merchant. It's one of my favorite songs ^w^.

  • Thank you so much for making this...

    I don't know how old you are, but as someone now older and wiser then the small girl who fell in love with the memaid's plight, thank you for putting the Toei *true* version in your video, and for well, actually getting the moral (messed up as it is) of the story. I know it's skewed my vision of love for life, I hope you've been luckier.

  • @voodoomistris Thank you so much for the beautiful comment. I'm in my early 20's and I have already known heartbreak. But you live and learn as someone once said.

    My only regret with this video is that I had such crappy editing software. But I plan to one day redo this video and really do the story and the song justice.

  • the original is so beautiful and so sad at the same time!so basically thats how the little mermaid ended?She dies and turns into sea foam and he realizes that it was her the whole time...

  • @zanessaharuhi Yup. That's Pretty much what happens. It's a tragic love story that shows that even in that in the darkest of times (The mermaid having to kill the prince to return to the sea and live) love will always shine through (The mermaid choosing the love of her prince over her life, even if it is not with her).

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  • feels like this mermaid...now..

  • very sad...but I resembled this movie now..I was little I saw it...I found it ...nice song u choosed ..and video good...let the love be free....

  • This movie was so sad, I frozen and was staring blankly at the screen for about 10 mins crying over the ending. xD My bro's had a few comments about that might I add. *6 Bros* T-T Now thats even sadder!

  • my heart feels like its being skweezed, this is really emotional... TT_TT

  • All I can say is....beauitful.....and so sad. perfect song for her. Very good.

  • Has anyone seen the version were the mermaid has to kill her best friend becuz the evil thing said she had to kill one of her loved ones if she wanted to live. So she kills her best friend to be with the prince. Its very sad.

  • God. Really touching, you did a great job...!

  • I absolutely loved this video, and the movie. It's so beautiful, but sad. :')

  • This story is so beautiful. It brings tears to my eyes everytime.

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