The
song for today is “有隻雀仔” by Fiona Sit. This song is in
reference to the Chinese version of “London Bridge is falling down” which is
called “有隻雀仔跌落水” (A bird fallen into the water). The lyrics of the Chinese
version of “London Bridge is falling down” is just about a bird fallen into the
water and it was washed away by the water current (quite dark actually, considering
that it is a nursery rhyme). The direct English translation of Fiona’s song is “A
bird”.
The
lyrics of the song are in reference to “有隻雀仔跌落水”, in this song though,
it expended on why the bird fallen into the water. It also uses the bird fallen
into the water as a metaphor of losing our dream. But instead of the bird dying,
the bird will survive and learn how to swimming, implying that even when
situation changes, we can still achieve what we wanted under this new condition.
It said: “A rainy day, it rained for seven night straight and become a flood.
Everyone in the city got washed away. Got tired and landed in the forest, but
still got drifted away by the current. Under the flow, under the flood, already
out of strength to chase the dreams from the childhood. Poor in my childhood
but gazed up and wanted to travel far to see the biggest bird nest. If I am
main to be traveling in the cloud, why am I stuck in this dirty water. So reality
is not the same as what I hopped for, who can I blame. The world is so big for
the bird to fly, but once fallen into the water, how to fly? Fate just like to
play games with me, no room for me to fly but doesn’t mean that the bird will
need to stop and submerged in the wave and float for hundreds of miles. Will
wake up from dream, just like pouring ice cold water over my head, forcing us
to get used to it. Strongly, from the bottom of our life creating a new
revolution. The world is so big for the
bird to fly, but once fallen into the water, how to fly? Fate just like to play
games with me, no room for me to fly but doesn’t mean that the bird will need
to stop. It is hard to be perfect, I can only relied on myself. I will try my
best, even if I can’t fly I will still open my wings. Fallen into the water, I
will use my wing to swim, who said that I will be buried here, I will survive
even if the sky fall. There is a bird fallen into the water, into the water,
into the water. There is a bird fallen into the water, it will swim to return
home”. Hope you will like the song.
有隻雀仔 – Fiona Sit
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