A Song a day: 28th July 2014 (笑忘書

Monday, July 28, 2014

28th July 2014 (笑忘書 – Hins Cheung)

The song that I chose for today is “笑忘書” by Hins Cheung. This song was in Hins’s first album, which came out in 2006. This song was quite popular back then. Faye Wong got a song that share the same name which was also a big hit, but today I will only talk about Hins’s. Note that they are two different songs, they just happened to share the same name. The direct English translation of the title is “Laugh forget book”.

The lyrics of the song are about life, it try to tell us about what happiness is, question why happiness is harder to get as we grow up. It said, we need to carry our burden and then jump down the Grand Canyon. Troubles will catch you with a net, or is that you who can’t let it go. The dream that you had last night, it ended tonight. Going down, rains fall on your head without rainbow, but you are still carrying your memories, like a very heavy rock. Granted the same amount of happiness, and both got sadness. It is hard to keep fairy tale books from getting disappointment. Both experienced ups and downs, and both fallen into the grey net (here grey net means the bad side of things), annoyance, addiction, torments, why bother talk about it. I experienced happiness turned loneliness. I experienced lacking to fulfilling. Games, even if it was joyful but it wouldn’t bring you happiness. As we get old, we even wanted to cry when we are happy. I need to keep living; I need to keep fighting. Keep going, perhaps even god wouldn’t be able to help. The road ahead got left and right, and when facing choices, it is hard to decide. Got the same hope and both got their own problem. Cotton candy had once brought us to the happy haven. Experienced the same fall, but would you learn to let go? Fairy tales, love letters, testament, search for the answer. Once, once, remember the lollipop that you had when you were 3 years old. Hope you will enjoy the song.

Other song that share the same name:
29th July 2014 (給自己的情書/笑忘書 – Faye Wong)