without a doubt, mayday is the best musical thing to have come out of taiwan, no if, ands, or buts! i remember five years back, buying my very first mayday album out of some hole in the ground near my house in china. it was an unofficial cd; the album cover was highly pixelated, the tracks were a mix-match of songs from their first three albums. but for these past five years there is no end in the amount of love i have for this amateur work of piracy--literally the perfect balance of songs for a self-doubting, youth-worshiping soul such as me. there is nothing better than ashin's voice riling up all the buried emotions within me.
lately, i've been listening nonstop to this album. i can't get enough of it, so symphonic, so epic.
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lately, i've been listening nonstop to this album. i can't get enough of it, so symphonic, so epic.
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五月天《闯》
Mayday (Charge)
lyrics and music by Ashin
我 烂命一条 走在路上 影子在地上
I -with my miserable fate- walk this road, my shadow on the ground
像 我的慌张 黏在脚下 抓着我不放
just like my panic, stuck to my feet, holding me tightly
我不懂 我不是这样 我不该这样
I don't understand, i'm not like this, i shouldn't be like this
额头流下的汗 又流进眼眶
sweat runs from my head, dripping into my eyes
为什么 要给我 一颗跳动的心脏
why was i bestowed a beating heart
却忘了 给我飞翔的翅膀
yet neglected a pair of wings to fly
每天我活在这多无聊的地方 多么想要流浪
everyday that i live in this boring place, how i wish to wander forth
为什么 要给我 一颗跳动的心脏
why was i bestowed a beating heart
又把我丢在这寂寞战场
yet abandoned on this lonely battlefield
这世界有多大我就有多彷徨
however vast this world is, is how disturbed i am
有没有一点希望让我去闯 天涯海角
is there any hope for me to charge to the edges of the world?
把 我的灵魂 装进纸箱 寄送到天堂
i will stuff my soul into a paper box and send it to heaven
那 云端的光 会不会是 希望的形状
there, in the light of the cloud's edge, is that hope's form?
每一天 来了又走了
days come and go
匆忙的太阳 感觉自己蒸发
i'm feeling myself evaporate under the hazy sun
慢慢从这个世界上
slowly from this world
(english lyrics by me i.e. loose translation probably with error.)
edit: better with a's help! <3
Mayday (Charge)
lyrics and music by Ashin
我 烂命一条 走在路上 影子在地上
I -with my miserable fate- walk this road, my shadow on the ground
像 我的慌张 黏在脚下 抓着我不放
just like my panic, stuck to my feet, holding me tightly
我不懂 我不是这样 我不该这样
I don't understand, i'm not like this, i shouldn't be like this
额头流下的汗 又流进眼眶
sweat runs from my head, dripping into my eyes
为什么 要给我 一颗跳动的心脏
why was i bestowed a beating heart
却忘了 给我飞翔的翅膀
yet neglected a pair of wings to fly
每天我活在这多无聊的地方 多么想要流浪
everyday that i live in this boring place, how i wish to wander forth
为什么 要给我 一颗跳动的心脏
why was i bestowed a beating heart
又把我丢在这寂寞战场
yet abandoned on this lonely battlefield
这世界有多大我就有多彷徨
however vast this world is, is how disturbed i am
有没有一点希望让我去闯 天涯海角
is there any hope for me to charge to the edges of the world?
把 我的灵魂 装进纸箱 寄送到天堂
i will stuff my soul into a paper box and send it to heaven
那 云端的光 会不会是 希望的形状
there, in the light of the cloud's edge, is that hope's form?
每一天 来了又走了
days come and go
匆忙的太阳 感觉自己蒸发
i'm feeling myself evaporate under the hazy sun
慢慢从这个世界上
slowly from this world
(english lyrics by me i.e. loose translation probably with error.)
edit: better with a's help! <3
