A Song a day: 17th Sep 2014 (今夜很寧靜

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

17th Sep 2014 (今夜很寧靜 – Kelly Chan)

The song for today is “今夜很寧靜” by Kelly Chan. This is a song that I really like. Although it was quite popular back at the time when it was released, but it doesn’t seems to be well remembered by majority of the audience. The direct English translation of the title is “Tonight is very quiet”.

The lyrics of the song are about the protagonist feeling sad as she recently got dumped. The protagonist said: “The sound of the bell near the wall, the sound of the water at the edge of the basin, the laughter from neighbour, I want to hear no more. The sound of cars from the street, the soft sound of the wind; in the middle of loneliness, it is hard to tell my heart to calm down. The sound of the doorbell, the sound of light switch switching off, all imprinted in my head because of you. The memories of you leaving, and tenderness that left me, awaken the loneliness in me. That day, the sound of your breath surrounded my life. That day, your heartless shadow left without a sound. Tonight is especially quiet, the air is especially calm. Listening to the stories from the past, and still trying to figure it out, all the tears are playing around with my eyes. Tonight is especially quiet, the weather is especially calm. I wish that you could see the quietness of tonight. When people feel down, it felt like they are disfigured, you happy now? The silence stars, the silence sounds of crying, the darkness of silence took over my heart. Silently recollect, the illusion of reflection, it is like a glass of bitter wind added with ice. That day, the sound of your breath surrounded my life. That day, your heartless shadow left without a sound. Tonight is especially quiet, the air is especially calm. Listening to the stories from the past, and still trying to figure it out, all the tears are playing around with my eyes. Tonight is especially quiet, the weather is especially calm. I wish that you could see the quietness of tonight. When people feel down, it felt like they are disfigured, you happy now?” Hope you will like the song.