A Song a day: 11th Nov 2013 (借火

Monday, November 11, 2013

11th Nov 2013 (借火 – Juno Mak)

The song for today is “借火” by Juno Mak. Juno is one of the most underrated singers that I know of. His songs are that bad, but because of his image, looks and background, people tents to ignore him and his songs. He hardly sings these days, but he recently directed a Chinese horror movie. The direct English translation of the title is “Borrow fire”, this is a phase that smoker uses, they ‘borrow’ fire from people to start their cigarette.

The lyrics of the song are in a way about love. It start off with the protagonist said that he just went into a convenient store for cigarette but he got no fire. He saw her walk by and wanted to borrow some fire, which he believe isn’t asking too much. Even if he didn’t say a word, she should be able to tell that he just wants fire (in this lyrics, it seems that fire also referred to sex). He didn’t expect much when they get close. Perhaps they might watched TV together quietly and she will slowly forget about him. She doesn’t need to remember who he is. He didn’t ask much from her, he just want her to give him some fire. He can light up the fire for her as well and then start looking at her face. The smoke will show that they have burned their memories. He looks at the mirror everyday just because he doesn’t want to love someone else, and randomly he bump into her and notice that she has a broken heart. He doesn’t wish for much, just wanted some company. They can just drink soup together quietly, and she doesn’t need to know him well. He just wanted her for some fire. When the cigarette burnout, she can completely forget about him, it is better that she forgot about him. He can give she some happiness, he might be able to heal her wound. He doesn’t wish for any ending, any sadness, he just wanted all the memories to be burned with the smoke. Fireworks are too lonely, but cigarette, at least you can wait for someone to light it up. Hope you will like the song.