2005

浮誇 Exaggerated

Eason Chan 陳奕迅

An ordinary man, ignored all his life, explains why he hams it up: being forgotten scares him more than being laughed at. A big-voiced showstopper that KTV singers attempt for the climax.

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yau有yan人man問ngo我ngo我jau就wui會gong講daan但si是mou無yan人loi來If someone asked, I'd talk, but no one comes.

ngo我kei期doi待dou到mou無noi奈yau有wa話yiu要gong講dak得bat不dou到jong裝joi載I wait until I give up; I have things to say with nowhere to put them.

ngo我dik的sam心ching情yau猶jeung像jeun樽goi蓋dang等bei被kit揭hoi開jeui嘴ba巴keuk卻joi在yeung養cheng青toi苔I'm like a bottle cap waiting to be popped, but my mouth is growing moss.

yan人chiu潮noi內yu愈man文jing靜yu愈bin變dak得bat不sau受lei理choi睬ji自gei己yiu要gaau搞cheut出yi意ngoi外In a crowd, the quieter you are, the more you're ignored, so I have to make a scene.

jeung像dat突yin然dei地gou高go歌yam任ho何dei地fong方ya也jeung像hoi開sei四min面toi台Like suddenly bursting into song, anywhere's my stage in the round.

jeuk著jeui最sim閃dik的saam衫baan扮sap十fan分gam感koi慨yau有yan人loi來paak拍jiu照yiu要gei記jyu住chaap插doi袋Wear the flashiest shirt, act deeply moved; when they take photos, remember hand in pocket.

nei你dong當ngo我si是fau浮kwa誇ba吧kwa誇jeung張ji只yan因ngo我han很pa怕Call me over the top, then; I exaggerate because I'm scared.

chi似muk木tau頭chi似sek石tau頭dik的wa話dak得dou到jyu注yi意ma嗎If I were like a block of wood or stone, would anyone notice?

kei其sat實pa怕bei被mong忘gei記ji至fong放daai大loi來yin演ba吧Really I'm afraid of being forgotten, so I play it up.

han很bat不on安jam怎heui去yau優nga雅I'm too anxious to be graceful.

sai世seung上waan還jaan讚jung頌cham沉mak默ma嗎Does the world still praise silence?

bat不gau夠baau爆ja炸jam怎mo麼yau有wa話tai題yeung讓ngo我kwa誇jou做daai大yu娛lok樂ga家If it's not explosive, who'll talk about it? Let me show off and be the big entertainer.

na那nin年sap十baat八mou母haau校mou舞wui會jaam站jeuk著yu如lau嘍lo囉At eighteen, at my school dance, I stood around like a nobody.

na那si時hau候ngo我ham含leui淚faat發sai誓gok各wai位bit必seui須hon看dou到ngo我Back then, in tears, I swore you would all have to see me.

joi在sai世gaan間ping平faan凡yau又pou普tung通dik的lou路taai太do多uk屋chyun邨nei你jyu住na哪yat一jo座So many plain, ordinary paths in life: which block of the estate do you live in?

ching情oi愛jung中gung工jok作jung中sau受gwo過dik的fat忽si視taai太do多ji自jyun尊yi已baau飽ging經dit跌do墮In love and at work I've been overlooked too often; my pride has taken fall after fall.

jung重si視nang能ji治tou肚ngo餓mei未chang曾wok獲dak得gwo過bin便ji知ngo我wai為ho何Being noticed can cure hunger; anyone who's never had it would know why.

daai大dung動jok作han很do多faan犯ha下je這se些cho錯So many big gestures, making these mistakes,

bok搏yan人mun們hon看hon看ngo我syun算beng病taai態mo麼just to get people to look at me: is that sick?

nei你dong當ngo我si是fau浮kwa誇ba吧kwa誇jeung張ji只yan因ngo我han很pa怕Call me over the top, then; I exaggerate because I'm scared.

chi似muk木tau頭chi似sek石tau頭dik的wa話dak得dou到jyu注yi意ma嗎If I were like a block of wood or stone, would anyone notice?

kei其sat實pa怕bei被mong忘gei記ji至fong放daai大loi來yin演ba吧Really I'm afraid of being forgotten, so I play it up.

han很bat不on安jam怎heui去yau優nga雅I'm too anxious to be graceful.

sai世seung上waan還jaan讚jung頌cham沉mak默ma嗎Does the world still praise silence?

bat不gau夠baau爆ja炸jam怎mo麼yau有wa話tai題yeung讓ngo我kwa誇jou做daai大yu娛lok樂ga家If it's not explosive, who'll talk about it? Let me show off and be the big entertainer.

hang幸wan運yi兒bing並bat不do多yeuk若yin然mei未dong當gwo過jau就ji知ngo我wai為ho何Lucky people are few; anyone who's never been one would know why.

yung用sap十pui倍fu苦sam心jou做dat突cheut出yat一go個jing正seung常yan人gau夠ngo我fu富yi議leun論sing性mo麼Ten times the effort to stand out: would a normal person get talked about like me?

nei你giu叫ngo我jou做fau浮kwa誇ba吧ga加gei幾sing聲heui噓sing聲ya也bat不pa怕Call me over the top, then; I don't mind a few boos.

ngo我joi在cheung場yau有mun悶cheung場dik的wa話biu表yin演nei你hon看ma嗎gau夠hit歇si斯dai底lei里ma嗎If it gets dull while I'm here, will you watch my show? Is it hysterical enough?

yi以ngaan眼leui淚lam淋fa花ba吧yat一sam心ji只seung想nei你ging驚nga訝ngo我gau舊si時chi似mei未chyun存joi在ma嗎Water the flowers with my tears; I just want to amaze you. Did I not exist before?

ga加chung重jyu注ma碼cheng青gan筋ya也yin現ying形wa話ngo我ji知yin現joi在chyun存joi在ma嗎Raise the stakes till my veins bulge: tell me, do I exist now?

ying凝si視ngo我bit別joi再ji只hon看tin天fa花ngo我fei非nei你bui杯cha茶Look at me, stop staring at the ceiling; I'm not your cup of tea,

ya也ho可jeun盡ching情dei地hot喝ba吧bit別wai遺mong忘yau有yan人joi在wai為nei你seng聲sa沙but drink up anyway; don't forget someone here is going hoarse for you.

Timed to 陳奕迅 · Solidays 新曲+精選 (2008) · 4:46. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.

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