The
song that I chose for today is “預言書” Kenny Kwan. Kenny was part
of a group called Boyz, I think this was a solo song from that time. Personally
I love the song, but Kenny singing skill does put down the song quite a bit. Nevertheless,
the melody and the lyrics are great. The direct English translation of the
title is “Prophecy”.
The
lyrics of the song are about growing up. The lyrics start off saying that the protagonist
was still a kid, he used to hold his Mazinger figure and run around in the
house (“Mazinger” is a Japanese robot animation.) At the age of seven, he prophecies
that he will become a pilot and fly a fighter. But as he grow up, the economic
didn’t take-off, he sadly let go of his dream. Mazinger is becoming history and
it feels like a century had passed. The rocket that carries his childhood dreams
exploded not long after take-off. Because for living he give up on his dream,
so he worked hard to try to gain as much money as he could. The world is a game
in adulthood; no one would care about the childhood prophecy. I will reserve a
time machine for you, but you will guide you in your memories? Even if I let
you chose again, would you aim so high again? I will leave you a camera to
capture happiness and anger. There were many prophecies that you made in
childhood, but the world changes too quickly. All Mazinger’s team mates have
retired by today, follow up by the popularity of Neon Genesis Evangelion
(another very popular Japanese robot animation), but now the protagonist is too
old to follow. Following the flow of the world, he had been so naïve that he
had fallen many times. All his team mates from the past have all moved on. He
now seems to forget the address of his dream land, and it had disappeared from
the city. Many boxes of comics are going to the trash bin. He now got used to
disappointment and discouragement, perhaps having courage is a sin. He have now
reached the age of adult, and there is no trace of his great prophecy. He will
leave us the time machine, but in our memory Mazinger will only lie to us, so
please don’t aim too high. He will leave us a camera, through the camera, we
could record who had tried to chase their dreams and who pull back. There were
many prophecies that we made about our lives, but how many of us could keep
these promises as we aged. Hope you will enjoy the song.
預言書 – Kenny Kwan
