2006

最佳損友 Best Frenemy

Eason Chan 陳奕迅

A lament for a best friend who has drifted into a stranger, with no great feud to blame, just life pulling them apart. Sung at KTV among old friends, often with arms around each other.

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pang朋yau友ngo我dong當nei你yat一miu秒pang朋yau友pang朋yau友ngo我dong當nei你yat一sai世pang朋yau友Friend, call you a friend for a second and you're my friend for life.

kei奇gwaai怪gwo過heui去joi再bat不ham堪wui回sau首waai懷min緬si時si時kei其sat實waan還yau有Strange: however painful the past is to look back on, I still reminisce all the time.

pang朋yau友nei你si試gwo過jeung將ngo我ying營gau救pang朋yau友nei你si試gwo過ba把ngo我pai批dau鬥Friend, you've come to my rescue; friend, you've also torn me apart.

mou無faat法joi再yu與nei你gaau交sam心lyun聯sau手bat畢ging竟naan難dak得yau有gwo過jeui最gaai佳syun損yau友I can't open my heart or team up with you again, but it was rare to have a best frenemy.

chung從chin前gung共nei你chuk促sat膝ba把jau酒king傾tung通siu宵dou都bat不gau夠ngo我yau有tung痛faai快gwo過nei你yau有mut沒yau有Back then, knee to knee over drinks, talking all night wasn't enough; I had a blast, did you?

han很do多dung東sai西gam今sang生ji只ho可kap給nei你bou保sau守ji至dou到wing永gau久bit別yan人yu如ho何ming明baak白tau透Many things in this life I could only tell you, secrets kept forever; how could others understand?

sat實sat實joi在joi在daap踏yap入gwo過ngo我yu宇jau宙jik即si使seung相chyu處dou到yau有go個lit裂hau口You truly stepped into my universe, even if in the end a crack appeared.

ming命wan運kyut決ding定liu了yi以hau後joi再mut沒faat法jeui聚tau頭daan但syut說gwo過heui去keuk卻na那yeung樣hau厚Fate decided we'd never get together again, but what we had was so deep.

man問ngo我yau有mut沒yau有kok確sat實ya也mut沒yau有yat一jik直do躲bei避dik的jik藉hau口fei非sam甚mo麼daai大sau仇Ask if there's a reason? There really isn't; the excuse for avoiding you was never some great feud.

wai為ho何gau舊ji知gei己joi在jeui最hau後bin變bat不dou到lou老yau友Why couldn't old soulmates end up as old friends?

bat不ji知nei你si是ngo我dik敵yau友yi已mut沒faat法mong望tau透bei被teui推jeuk著jau走gan跟jeuk著sang生wut活lau流I can't tell if you're friend or foe anymore; pushed along, swept by the current of life.

loi來nin年mak陌sang生dik的si是jok昨yat日jeui最chan親dik的mau某mau某Next year's stranger is yesterday's closest so-and-so.

sang生sei死ji之gaau交dong當tin天bat不ji知hon罕yau有dou到nei你bin變jit節liu了ji至gok覺mei未gau夠Back then I didn't know how rare a ride-or-die friend was; only when you turned did I want more.

do多seung想yat一tin天bei彼chi此dou都bat不jeui追gau究seung相yiu邀joi再chi次hot喝jau酒doi待pou葡tou萄sing成suk熟tau透How I wish one day we'd let it all go, and meet for drinks again when the grapes are ripe.

daan但si是ming命wan運yap入min面mui每go個haai邂hau逅yat一hei起jau走dou到liu了mau某go個lou路hau口But every encounter in life walks together only as far as some crossroads.

si是dik敵yu與si是yau友gok各ji自ya也mut沒yau有ji自yau由wai位ji置bin變liu了gok各yau有deui隊yau友Friend or foe, neither of us is free to choose; our places changed, we each have new teammates.

man問ngo我yau有mut沒yau有kok確sat實ya也mut沒yau有yat一jik直do躲bei避dik的jik藉hau口fei非sam甚mo麼daai大sau仇Ask if there's a reason? There really isn't; the excuse for avoiding you was never some great feud.

wai為ho何gau舊ji知gei己joi在jeui最hau後bin變bat不dou到lou老yau友Why couldn't old soulmates end up as old friends?

bat不ji知nei你si是ngo我dik敵yau友yi已mut沒faat法mong望tau透bei被teui推jeuk著jau走gan跟jeuk著sang生wut活lau流I can't tell if you're friend or foe anymore; pushed along, swept by the current of life.

loi來nin年mak陌sang生dik的si是jok昨yat日jeui最chan親dik的mau某mau某Next year's stranger is yesterday's closest so-and-so.

jou早ji知gaai解saan散hau後gok各ji自yau有jai際yu遇jok作dou導yau遊I knew that once we split, each of us would have our own fate as a guide.

kei奇jau就kei奇joi在jip接sau受liu了gok各ji自yau有lou路jau走The strange thing is I've accepted we each have our own road,

keuk卻mut沒yan人jeung像nei你yeung讓ngo我ngaan眼leui淚bui背jeuk著lau流yet no one else has made me cry behind their back like you,

yim嚴jung重chi似ching情leui侶gong講fan分sau手as bad as lovers breaking up.

yau有mut沒yau有kok確sat實ya也mut沒yau有yat一jik直do躲bei避dik的jik藉hau口fei非sam甚mo麼daai大sau仇Is there a reason? There really isn't; the excuse for avoiding you was never some great feud.

wai為ho何gau舊ji知gei己joi在jeui最hau後bin變bat不dou到lou老yau友Why couldn't old soulmates end up as old friends?

bat不ji知nei你yau又yau有mut沒yau有gwa掛nim念je這gau舊yau友waak或je者ji自gei己jou早jau就seung想tung通tau透I wonder if you ever miss this old friend, or if you made peace with it long ago.

loi來nin年mak陌sang生dik的si是jok昨yat日jeui最chan親dik的mau某mau某Next year's stranger is yesterday's closest so-and-so.

jung總hou好yu於na那yat日ngo我mut沒yau有mut沒yau有yu遇gwo過mau某mau某Still better than if I had never, never met you.

Timed to 陳奕迅 · Life Continues… (2006) · 3:54. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.

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