A Song a day: 10th Apr 2014 (重見家圓

Thursday, April 10, 2014

10th Apr 2014 (重見家圓 – Ivana Wong)

The song for today is “重見家圓” by Ivana Wong. This was the theme song of a catholic movie in 2007. I only heard it for the first time a few days ago when I was going through my music library and I love the melody. The direct English translation of the title is “Rebuilding home”.

The lyrics of the song are about family. It said in the busy city, it is full of lights. But these lights can’t penetrate through our hearts. The wind blows over our tired face; it’s like say “my heart hurt”. In this house, there are only cracks created from anger. Love has disappeared from the bricks. In our big world, would we see another face that could heat up our hearts? Then in some days, that very surprising day, the protagonist found God when she was in a deep hole, she no longer need to stay on the street at night. Thanks to God, she is not lonely anymore. She knows that God will accompany her. In the house, people each other, but they don’t talk. Why home doesn’t feel like home. Looking out the window, she see the tired sunset, she wonder which day they will not need to argue again. Then in some days, that very surprising day, the protagonist found God when she was in a deep hole, she no longer need to stay on the street at night. Thanks to God, she is not lonely anymore. She is so excited that she can’t described with words, and this changed her whole life. That day was so surprising, the mirror that was broken could form back to one piece (this is playing with an old Chinese saying that “破鏡重圓”, direct meaning is broken mirror back to a whole, which means that things that have been broken now return back to its original state.) She picked back up the hope of love. The warm of her home makes her love her home. Hope you will like the song.