29th Mar 2013 (一首獨唱的歌 – Shirley Kwan)

The song that I chose for today is “一首獨唱的歌” by Shirley Kwan. This is surely one of Shirley’s classic. I am not Shirley’s fans, but I remember I love this song when I was a kid. Back then Shirley was fairly popular as well, but as times goes, her songs were further and further away from pop, which I think was the reason why she seems to disappear in the last few years. I think it was last year she produced a single, which was a cover of Eason’s “陀飛輪”. Personally I don’t like her cover version as it feel so different, but it did make some noise in the market. The direct English translation of the title is “A solo song”.

The lyrics of this song are about the protagonist think of her past. She said in a foggy night, she unintentionally walks past a street that they (she and her ex-boyfriend) used to hang out together. Walking along their footstep, she thought of their past and memorised how said she was. She wishes that it was just a dream so when she wakes up it would be all gone. She remembers back then, she was singing their love song, but he didn’t sing along. She knew that their fate have long gone and her crazy dream about their future have also been broken, all she see was that he left her was she was at sleep. She said that when human are in love, we can’t distinguish what is wrong. Perhaps they know that their relationship would lead to a dead end from the beginning, but they still decided to give it the spark of love. Love is crazy and it shouldn’t be treated as a toy, but now it is too late to understand all these. She remembers that day, he was crying so badly. As for her, she felt sad, but wasn’t hurt as deep. She wishes that he could forgive her and look at her again. She feels that she is the only one left on the bench sitting by herself. Hope you will like the song.

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一首獨唱的歌 – Shirley Kwan