A Song a day: 14th Dec 2013 (我愛 ICHI BAN – Leon Lai/世界で１番近くにいて

The song that I chose for today is “我愛 ICHI BAN” by Leon Lai. I have mixed feeling toward this song. When I was very young, I used to love this as I enjoyed the beat. But as I growth up, this song just sounds funny and greatly outdated, among my friends, we laugh at this song. Like many other song back at that time, this song is the Chinese cover of a Japanese song. The original was sung by Masarina, and the song is call “世界で１番近くにいて”. From the kanji of the Japanese song title, it seems that both versions have a similar title. The direct English translation of the title is “I love first” (“ichi ban” is Japanese, meaning first or the best).

The lyrics of the song are about love. It begins with the protagonist saying that he couldn’t believe that when he first saw her, he felt that he was dreaming. He stopped thinking no matter whether the sky was darkened, he felt tired or that stop thinking is a sin. He never thought that after saying goodbye in a distance place they would meet again. Perturbed heart, and a bit nerviest, he fallen in love with her. Unintentionally, he once again thought that she is very charming. If they broke up this moment, then he felt that his whole life would be empty. He said “Oh my love, you’re ichi ban, no matter how far away you are.” All his love have already run to her, she is his only one. He said “Oh my love, you’re ichi ban”. She make him crazy, make him felt like he is dreaming, “Goodbye loneliness”. Hope you will like the song. Once again, I have linked the original for comparison.