A Song a day: 15th Jan 2014 (落錯車

The song that I chose for today is “落錯車” by Sammi Cheng. This song was very popular, it was written by Gigi Leung (another singer, they were in the same company back at the time when the song came out). The direct English translation of the title is “Getting off the wrong car”.

The lyrics of the song are about love, it basically talks about the protagonist regretting on giving up on a relationship. The protagonist said that at the end of her long journey with him, they didn’t end up being together. In the sport car, there are only two seats. Suddenly, someone outside the window is waving at her, as if she suddenly got some help from God. If she decided to stop and take an apple from the guy on the road, her boyfriend would felt unhappy. But she doesn’t want to miss any scenery in her journey and she realised that their relationship wasn’t actually that bad. Getting off the wrong car is like leaving a highway of happiness. No one could guarantee her that tomorrow would be better. If her new boyfriend only speak of the goods but never acts, she got nowhere to run. Then she would realise how costly it is to dream. Getting off the wrong car, but now realised that she only love her old lover. She learns that greedy people would always take the long way. So let’s stop worrying and protect herself, she would just pretend that they have never meet. She suddenly felt that this is a danger zone and would nearly kill her. So before the car left, she decided not to fall in love with the new guy as she believe that imagination would be more beautiful than reality. Hope you will like the song.