The
song that I chose for today is “成長” by Pong Nan. I personally quite
like this song. This song with different lyrics was sung by Candy Lo (圍牆), but as
Pong wrote the song, I guess he wanted to fill in his own lyrics to express the
feeling that inspired him to write the melody. The direct English translation
of the title is “grown up”.
The lyrics of the song are about how
our world changes when we grow up. The song start off saying that at the age of
four the protagonist and his friend always go out and play in the park. But he
realised that at the age of eight, they spent so much time studying that they
are getting more distant as they spent less time together. He said that he had
tried to trust someone, but at the end he was hurt. Though he said that he will
still live his life loyally, the result might not be what he wanted, but at least
he would have enjoyed the journey. Growing up might make us more distance and
resistant from each other, but because of that, we need to love each other even
more. Perhaps knowledge will make us unconcern
about our surrounding, but we need to get used to it. If our heart is so
distant from each other, perhaps we should give each other a hug to confirm our
existent. The protagonist and his friend were naively planning their wedding,
but at the end, they see many of their friends divorced. This makes him believe
that he shouldn’t worry about the ending, as long as he enjoyed his journey
then that would be enough.
I found the message of the song
quite meaningful. When we were young, our world was very simple. There were no
office politics. But as we grown up, the world seems to get worse, people
becoming more selfish, many people just wouldn’t consider others and they just
wanted to get the most out of everything without leaving anything for others.
So I guess what this song tries to say is that we should let go of these
negative feeling, accept the world as we know it and do our own things. When
things turn bad, just think of the good time that we had. Hope you will enjoy
the song.
13th May 2014 (晚晚禮拜六 – Pong Nan)
13th Dec 2013 (自知之明 – Pong Nan)
30th Nov 2013 (為執著乾杯 – Pong Nan)
5th Oct 2013 (時候尚早 – Pong Nan)
9th Sep 2013 (六月 – Pong Nan)
10th Feb 2013 (一起去阿拉斯加 – Pong Nan)
6th Jun 2012 (向前走 – Pong Nan)
13th Dec 2013 (自知之明 – Pong Nan)
30th Nov 2013 (為執著乾杯 – Pong Nan)
5th Oct 2013 (時候尚早 – Pong Nan)
9th Sep 2013 (六月 – Pong Nan)
10th Feb 2013 (一起去阿拉斯加 – Pong Nan)
6th Jun 2012 (向前走 – Pong Nan)
成長 – Pong Nan
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