17th Apr 2013 (忘川/beLIEve – Sita Chan)

The song that I chose for today is “忘川” by Sita Chan. Sita only become a singer in 2011. She was one of the few emerging singers that caught my ears. Unfortunately, she passed away in a car accident early today. So to memorise her, I have chosen my favourite song that sung by her. The direct English translation of the title is “Lethe”. Lethe is one of the river of Hades in the Greek mythology, but a similar river also exist in the Chinese mythology (that why I have chosen this name for the translation). In the Chinese mythology, this river in the dead world serves the same purpose as Lethe. It is a river that must travel to the other side of the river in order to reincarnate. On the bridge that crosses the river stand an old lady. When someone crosses the bridge, the old lady will hand the person a bowl of soup and after drinking this soup, the person will forget about their present life and ready to move onto their next life.

The lyrics of the song are about love. It is about the protagonist thinking about her ex-boyfriend, but she knows that he have already got a new girlfriend. He wishes her could be happy, and he believe that if she smile everyday then a new relationship will arrive at her doorstep. But she just can’t stoping about him. Now that he has got his love one, she feels that she is nobody. She felt that as if all her memories from the past have been washed away by a river. She sometime thinks that she is a bird and wanted to fly to him, but she feel this bird would fall into a river. At the end, she thanks her ex-boyfriend, she will smile every day and wish that a new relationship would arrive. She travelled around, many fun things had happened and bumped into a few interesting people. All her old memories had washed away and she will never be able to find it again. These memories are like a distant fog and she could feel that she will found her new relationship soon. Hope you will enjoy the song. There is also an English version, so I have also attached the link below. Rest in peace Sita.

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忘川 – Sita Chan

beLIEve – Sita Chan