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我知道我们都没有错, 只是放手会比较好过。最美的爱情, 回忆里待续。

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退后
作词:宋健彰
作曲:周杰伦

天空灰得像哭过
离开你以后 并没有 更自由
酸酸的空气 嗅出我们的距离
一幕锥心的结局 像呼吸般无法停息

抽屉泛黄的日记 榨干了回忆
那笑容 是夏季 妳我的过去被顺时针的忘记
缺氧过后的爱情 粗心的眼泪是多余

我知道妳我都没有错 只是忘了怎么退后
信誓旦旦给了承诺 却被时间扑了空

我知道我们都没有错 只是放手会比较好过
最美的爱情 回忆里待续

天空灰得像哭过
离开你以后 并没有 更自由
酸酸的空气 嗅出我们的距离
一幕锥心的结局 像呼吸般无法停息

抽屉泛黄的日记 榨干了回忆
那笑容 是夏季 妳我的过去被顺时针的忘记
缺氧过后的爱情 粗心的眼泪是多余

我知道妳我都没有错 只是忘了怎么退后
信誓旦旦给了承诺 却被时间扑了空

我知道我们都没有错 只是放手会比较好过
最美的爱情 回忆里待续

我知道妳我都没有错 只是忘了怎么退后
信誓旦旦给了承诺 却被时间扑了空

我知道我们都没有错 只是放手会比较好过
最美的爱情 回忆里待续

突然好想你

最怕空气突然安静 最怕朋友突然的关心
最怕回忆 突然翻滚绞痛著不平息 最怕突然 听到你的消息
想念如果会有声音 不愿那是悲伤的哭泣
事到如今 终于让自己属于我自己 只剩眼泪 还骗不过自己

突然好想你 你会在哪里 过得快乐或委屈
突然好想你 突然锋利的回忆 突然模糊的眼睛

我们像一首最美丽的歌曲 变成两部悲伤的电影
为什么你 带我走过最难忘的旅行 然后留下 最痛的纪念品

我们 那么甜那么美那么相信 那么疯那么热烈的曾经
为何我们还是要奔向各自的幸福和遗憾中老去

突然好想你 你会在哪里 过得快乐或委屈
突然好想你 突然锋利的回忆 突然模糊的眼睛

最怕空气突然安静 最怕朋友突然的关心
最怕回忆 突然翻滚绞痛著不平息 最怕突然 听到你的消息

最怕此生 已经决心自己过没有你 却又突然 听到你的消息

一向来都不是五月天迷,但无可否认的,阿信写的歌的确能触碰到人心。

就好比这首《忽然好想你》。看着歌词,听着歌,忽然心好酸,忽然好想哭。

Sometimes I really hate being too empathetic.

你呢?你会突然想到谁呢?

 

我怀念的 (What I missed)

我怀念的是无话不说  (What I missed is those times when we can talk about everything and anything)

我怀念的是一起做梦 (What I missed is those times when we dream and plan together)

我怀念的是争吵以后还是想要爱你的冲动  (What I missed is the impulse to still love you even after we quarreled)

Maybe I’ll do a recording for this song tonight and post it up here… Missed singing her songs.

Human

I can hold my breath
I can bite my tongue
I can stay away for days
If that’s what you want
Be your number one
I can fake a smile
I can force a laugh
I can dance and play the part
If that’s what you ask
Give you all I am

I can do it
I can do it
I can do it

But I’m only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I’m only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
‘Cause I’m only human

I can turn it on
Be a good machine
I can hold the weight of worlds
If that’s what you need
Be your everything

I can do it
I can do it
I’ll get through it

But I’m only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I’m only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
‘Cause I’m only human

I’m only human
I’m only human
Just a little human

I can take so much
‘Till I’ve had enough

‘Cause I’m only human
And I bleed when I fall down
I’m only human
And I crash and I break down
Your words in my head, knives in my heart
You build me up and then I fall apart
‘Cause I’m only human

Backstreet Boys Concert!

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

*squeals like a 15 year old school girl again*

BACKSTREET BOYS ARE GONNA HOLD A CONCERT IN SG!

bsb

OMG!

So tempted to go! And soooo tempted to buy the most expensive ticket too… I think this will be the last time for me to actually see them in flesh and blood ever since being crazy over them back in secondary school.  But the ticket price is really a little too steep… it will go over $200 after adding in the sistic fee.

Damn…….

Should I?!?

姚贝娜逝世

I was shocked.  More than shocked.  I didn’t know she was a cancer survivor.  Hence after 中国好声音2, I never really followed the contestants and I didn’t know that her cancer came back.

She’s born in 1981, and that makes her the same age as me.  Her cancer cells have spread to her lungs and even her brain… I can’t imagine the pain that she had went through.

Well, at least her time at Heavens will be painless… She had also signed a consent form to donate her cornea after she dies.  This is a girl with big dreams, and even a bigger heart… =(

I’ll leave you with her awesome audition at 中国好声音2… 姚贝娜, you will be missed… Rest in peace.

In love with 黄妈

Here’s a clearer video of just her singing the song (no distractions!) :

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

等待 (Waiting)

This is a long overdue post about this singer I’ve came to know from China’s “I Am Singer” Season 1 (which was like 2 years back?). When I first saw her, my first impression – “Wah this auntie like a bit ugly looking hor…?”  I’m sorry for being so superficial, but when she opened her mouth to talk, that’s really my first honest impression.  But, by gods, her vocals totally won me over.  With her first song.

Her very first line gave me goosebumps.  After she finished her second line, tears were welling up in my eyes.  By the time she finished her first chorus, I was already crying.  Her hoarse vocals portrayed the feelings so well, so well that you couldn’t help but be transported into her world.

Instead of just posting up the song, I’ve decided to post up the entire before/after clip, to let people know more about this singer.  Yes it’s all in Chinese, but I’ll try my best to translate under the clip (even the dialogues).

00:03 Host: “I Am Singer”, the fifth competitor. I want to make a special introduction about her.

00:07 Guy with Specs: “I’m the 6th?”

00:08: Host: “She might not be someone that the whole of China knows, but at the mention of her name in this music industry, everyone agrees that her vocals is one of the best out there.  Today, the song that she’s singing, is a song that 10 years ago, Wang Feng had written for her. A heart wrenching song. I think, the title of the song probably resonates with her return to this stage.  The name of this song is called ‘Waiting’.”

00:46-00:50  Everyone in the backstage couldn’t get an idea what song is “Waiting” or who the singer could be.

01:18 -01:21   Everyone got a shock.

01:22 Beyond bandmember: “Powerful.”

01:24 Qi Qin: “Huang Qishan!”

01:26-01:30 Guy: “It’s Huang Qishan?!? WHOA!  She sings super well!!”

01:31-01:33 Guy with specs: “She is definitely a pro singer.  Definitely.”

01:40 Interview starts.

Qishan:  “All these years, I’ve learnt how to face and accept, and… this kind of quietly accepting certain things – this is really very important.  This world is already full of frustrations.  Everyone has lost the patience, the determination.  So I want to use the title of this song, to tell everyone to quietly accept, and wait, and someday, you will definitely get what you are waiting for.”


 

Lyrics of the song:

几年前你一走就没回来 (You left a few years ago, and never came back)

从此我的爱变成了无奈  (From then on, my love has become helpless)

可我知道有一天你一定会回来  (But I know some day you will definitely come back)

这世上的孤独  我需要去忍耐 (The loneliness in this world, I have to bear)

Chorus:

等待 永久的等待  (Waiting, forever waiting)

树叶绿了又黄你还没来  (Leaves have turned green, and brown, but you are still not back)

等待 永久的等待  (Waiting, forever waiting)

在这世界上  你是我的唯一 (In this world, you are my only)

等待 (Waiting…)

我尝试过许多次想忘记  (I tried many times to forget)

我试图说服自己一切过去  (I tried to convince myself that everything’s over)

可这完全是在欺骗欺骗自己  (But that’s just trying to lie to myself)

我永远无法忘记你  (I can never forget you)

** Repeat chorus**


 

It’s a simple song.  With simple lyrics.  But the melody.  The words.  Her vocals.  Her emotions.  Everything just fits like a jigsaw puzzle. I can’t help but feel drawn into her emotions.  I can really feel her pain as she’s waiting for the person to come back but the person never came back.  I can re-watch this 10 times and I would tear 10 times.  Maybe it’s the live ensemble that makes the song more epic than it really is towards the end.  Maybe.  But I think it’s really just the way she sings that carries the whole song through.

Not to mention the fact that she hits the “Dolphin notes” so damn easily.  (In English they called it “whistle register”.)   Her range is… whoa.  Unbelievable.  Her vocal control throughout the whole song.  How she ended the notes.  I could just go on and on… The entire rendition is just perfect. Not just pitch perfect – but perfect.

Let’s remember her name.  黄绮珊 Huang Qishan (Susan Huang).

 

 

Britain’s Got Talent – Susan Boyle

Amazing. There’s only one word to describe her. And that’s – Amazing.

I stumbled across this article while surfing around:-

“American Idol” isn’t the only launching pad for aspiring singers. Across the pond, “Britain’s Got Talent” scored a huge boost in the Buzz after an unassuming contestant gave an amazing performance.

Susan Boyle (remember that name) became a Web phenomenon after singing “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables. The performance brought the audience to its feet and left the judges (including Simon Cowell) either speechless or in tears.

Before going on stage, Ms. Boyle admitted some self-deprecating facts about herself (she’s never been kissed and lives alone with her cat, Pebbles). For those reasons and more, audiences were expecting the female William Hung. They were wrong.

Lookups on the sudden star posted huge gains. A no-name just the other day, Ms. Boyle quickly surged into our top 5,000 overall searches. Blogs and gossip rags went wild. The Mirror jumped on the story, reporting that while Ms. Boyle thought she “looked like a garage” on TV, she received a standing ovation when she showed up at her local church.

Other sources write that as a child, Ms. Boyle was the target of bullies because of a disability. But, with her newfound fame, she is getting the last laugh. In fact, she’s already meeting with officials from Mr. Cowell’s Sony BMG label. This may have been the first you’ve heard of her, but it certainly won’t be the last.

That article had a short video of Susan Boyle’s audition, but I knew it was not the full version. So, I went to Youtube to search, and viola, I found this video that was being viewed 2,721,614 (at point of writing) and counting. Of course, that couldn’t be compared to Paul Pott’s (Year 2007 BGT winner) video performance during his BGT finals (42,890,148 views – wow!), but hey, the video had been there for 2 years. And Susan Boyle’s video has only been up for less than a week.

Her stunning performance brought tears to my eyes the moment she opened her mouth to sing. At the end of her performance, when she sang the last line, I was smiling and crying at the same time. It was totally unexpected – it was absolutely brilliant. And it’s just totally amazing to see the audience, who initially laughed at her, ended up gaving her a standing ovation after her performance.

I hope she wins.

Most of the full-length videos of her audition disabled embedding, so I’m giving you the raw link here:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY

Never judge a book by its cover – this phrase has, again and again, proven itself right and this time, it’s been proven once more again, in the case of Susan Boyle.