and the music video didn't help at all. in fact, i was completely baffled by it: he was all lovey dovey with the girl in a boat, and all of a sudden the boat capsized and she fell over, and when he jumped into the water to rescue her, he never found her... mysteriously, she never resurfaced and he didn't seem too perturbed by that after what seemed to be a short search. and i was like whaaa--? -____- I can be too literal a person sometimes, hence the video just made no sense to me. so yeah, that was strike two!
soooo, you ask, how did a song I've practically wrote off make it into my top 20??
ok, the thing is, although I tried to keep away, the song still got played when I wasn't actively skipping it when it came up on my WLH playlist, and I'd soon realised that every time when I heard it I actually really liked the melody. a lot! and there's also that one line in there that felt very personal to me (not telling which ;).. a while later, I saw this video clip of him singing just the chorus (you know, the part I couldn't stand most in the song) at his concert -- and oh my, the earnestness with which he sang that part really got to me. srsly, if he sang the phone book with that much passion, I'd lap it up haha! and finally, as for the MV, someone explained in the comments that the girl he was with "was never into the relationship, so everything that he did with her was just part of his imagination. it's really sad because he eventually realized that and thus she 'disappeared'", and I thought, aha that made sense! and with that, the bothersome part of my mind was acquiesced haha!
so I revisited the song, and when I understood the rest of it, whaddya know, I loved it! :)
#3 Everything
故事裡的起承轉合有一些忘記做了多少錯誤的選擇
原來波折才暗示(anshi)著該走的方向
指引(zhiying)妳我來到這一刻
就算別人都說我們沒什麼出息
不可能會這樣輕易放棄
I've kinda forgotten how the story went and all the wrong choices I've made
but it turned out that the twists and turns were hints at the direction we ought to have taken
guiding you and I to this very moment where we are
and even if other people thought that there was nothing special about us
we couldn't just give up so easily
Note: The individual Chinese characters [起承轉合] mean "opening, development, twist, resolution." They are traditionally used to label the four lines of a classical quatrain, of which the first states the basic situation, the second amplifies it, the third introduces something unexpected, and the fourth completes the picture, usually by resolving the puzzle of the third line but sometimes by extending it.
cause you're my everything
就一個原因 讓我勇敢面對這個世界
想給妳everything 不管用多少個明天
永遠從此刻開始算起
妳的愛是我的everything
cause you're my everything
and just that one reason alone emboldens me to face this world
i want to give you everything, no matter how many tomorrows it takes
forever begins this very moment
your love is my everything
遼闊(liaokuo)天際 巧合相遇 有多少機率(jilv)
多少煙火墜落無痕跡
因為幸福 沒有捷徑 (jie jing) 難免要繞道
不被看好越是要走到
what were the odds that our encounter across this vast horizon was a coincidence?
how much could the fireworks fall from the sky without leaving any trace?
because there's no shortcut to happiness, and you can't escape it
if you don't carefully watch over it, the more it wants walk elsewhere (?)
就算別人都說我們沒什麼出息
不可能會這樣輕易放棄
and even if other people thought that there was nothing special about us
we couldn't just give up so easily
妳就是everything
就這個原因 讓我勇敢面對這個世界
想給妳everything 只要妳說一聲願意
所有的未來才有意義
妳的愛是我的everything
you are everything
and just that one reason alone emboldens me to face this world
i want to give you everything, you only have to say "yes"
the future is then meaningful
your love is my everything
Cause you're my everything
就這個原因 讓我勇敢面對這個世界
想給妳everything 不管用多少個明天
永遠從此刻開始算起
妳就是everything
就如這個原因 我會永遠記住這種感覺
想給妳everything 只要妳說一聲願意
所有的未來才有意義
妳的愛是我的everything
cause you're my everything
and just that one reason alone emboldens me to face this world
i want to give you everything, no matter how many tomorrows it takes
forever begins this very moment
you are my everything
and for that one reason alone, I'll remember this feeling
I want to give you everything, you only have to say yes
the future is then meaningful
your love is my everything
遼闊/辽阔 liáokuò - vast, extensive
機率/机率 jīlǜ - probability / odds (common in Taiwan)
捷徑/捷径 jiéjìng - shortcut
繞道/绕道 ràodào - roundabout route / detour
Everything
作詞：王力宏/小寒
作曲/編：王力宏
故事裡的起承轉合有一些忘記
做了多少錯誤的選擇
原來波折才暗示著該走的方向
指引妳我來到這一刻
就算別人都說我們沒什麼出息
不可能會這樣輕易放棄
Cause you're my everything
就一個原因 讓我勇敢面對這個世界
想給妳everything 不管用多少個明天
永遠從此刻開始算起
妳的愛是我的everything
遼闊天際 巧合相遇 有多少機率
多少煙火墜落無痕跡
因為幸福 沒有捷徑 難免要繞道
不被看好越是要走到
就算別人都說我們沒什麼出息
不可能會這樣輕易放棄
妳就是everything
就這個原因 讓我勇敢面對這個世界
想給妳everything 只要妳說一聲願意
所有的未來才有意義
妳的愛是我的everything
Cause you're my everything
就這個原因 讓我勇敢面對這個世界
想給妳everything 不管用多少個明天
永遠從此刻開始算起
妳就是everything
就如這個原因 我會永遠記住這種感覺
想給妳everything 只要妳說一聲願意
所有的未來才有意義
妳的愛是我的everything
[this is both a translation post and also a top 20 Leehom track post. two for the price of one -- woo hoo! :)]
click here for the list of my Top 20 Favorite Leehom Tracks.
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