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Having never played any zelda games past link to the past, my opinion of this tune seem to greatly differ than most who's heard it.
To me, it sounds like the theme music for one of those old towns, the kind with the rivers and gondolas, where everyone speaks like a poet, and handing out roses to loved ones is practically a mandatory gesture of kindness.
Still, that's not exactly a bad thing. A romantic town theme with a bit of sadness mixed in makes for a nice tune. Makes me think of lost love, like all you ever find there are men just meaningfully staring off into the distance standing over bridges, with nothing but a handful of old love letters and a mind full of tales from better days, lamenting the thought of tossing the letters to the river and moving on.
Is it truly better to have love and lost, than to have never loved at all?
Or is it better to have never felt pain, than to have hope and lost it?
Life is full of risks, but sometimes the decision to make them falls to heavily on a weary mind.