2003
心淡 Heart Gone Cold
A woman too devoted to walk away gives herself a deadline of half a year to slowly fall out of love. From Joey Yung's 2003 album My Pride, it became one of her biggest hits.
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soengseung想batbat不heihei起zamjam怎momo麼wuiwui會bengbeng病doudou到batbat不fanfan分houhou好daaidaai歹linlin連sausau受fufu苦doudou都timtim甜meimei美I can't work out how I got so sick I can't tell good from bad, and find even the suffering sweet.
ngongo我muimui每jatyat日ngaaingaai捱zoekjeuk著batbat不coichoi睬batbat不leilei理Every day I put up with being ignored,
daandaan但koekkeuk卻ngaaingaai捱batbat不seisei死jauyau又heoiheui去cichi癡cinchin纏neinei你naannaan難doudou道zungjung終cichi此jatyat一sangsang生yet it doesn't kill me, and I go clinging to you again. Must I, for the rest of my life,
doudou都jiuyiu要zeje這momo麼batbat不hoho可zangjang爭jatyat一hauhau口heihei氣always be like this, never able to stand up for myself?
hanhan很himhim謙beibei卑ziji只batbat不gwogwo過sisi是ngongo我taaitaai太gwogwo過oioi愛neinei你linlin連ziji自zyunjyun尊doudou都mongmong忘geigei記I'm so humble; it's only that I love you too much, I've even forgotten my self-respect.
ditdit跌doudou到gikgik極maama麻mukmuk木ziji只houhou好soengseung相seonseun信Fallen until I'm completely numb, all I can do is believe
jauyau又zoijoi再paapa爬dakdak得heihei起zaujau就wuiwui會jauyau有zyunjyun轉geigei機that if I climb back up again, things will turn around.
joekyeuk若ngongo我batbat不dungdung懂zangjang憎neinei你jyuyu如hoho何leilei離bitbit別neinei你jikyik亦paapa怕batbat不wuiwui會feifei飛If I can't hate you, how can I leave you? I'm afraid I'll never fly free.
jauyau由zeje這jatyat一fanfan分zungjung鐘hoihoi開cichi始gaigai計heihei起ceoncheun春fungfung風cauchau秋jyuyu雨gaangaan間Counting from this very minute, from spring breeze to autumn rain,
haanhaan限ngongo我deoideui對neinei你jiyi以bunbun半ninnin年sisi時gaangaan間maanmaan慢maanmaan慢dikdik的samsam心taamtaam淡I give myself half a year to slowly let my heart go cold on you.
fufu付cingching清zoengjeung賬daandaan單pingping平zingjing靜dikdik的deoideui對neinei你jityit熱doudou度teoiteui退gaamgaam減Settle the bill, and calmly let my feelings for you cool.
jatyat一tintin天jatyat一dimdim點soengseung傷samsam心gwogwo過zeje這jatyat一baakbaak百sousou數sapsap十maanmaan晚A little heartbreak each day, through these hundred-odd nights,
daaidaai大koikoi概jaaya也gaugau夠ngongo我sungsung送ngongo我loiloi來wuiwui回deidei地jukyuk獄jauyau又zitjit折faanfaan返janyan人gaangaan間should be about enough to take me to hell and back to the world again.
ceoncheun春tintin天fanfan分sausau手cauchau秋tintin天wuiwui會zaapjaap習gwaangwaan慣fufu苦cungchung衝hoihoi開liuliu了binbin便daamdaam淡Break up in spring, used to it by autumn; bitterness fades once it's watered down.
hanhan很himhim謙beibei卑ziji只batbat不gwogwo過sisi是ngongo我taaitaai太gwogwo過oioi愛neinei你linlin連ziji自zyunjyun尊doudou都mongmong忘geigei記I'm so humble; it's only that I love you too much, I've even forgotten my self-respect.
ditdit跌doudou到gikgik極maama麻mukmuk木ziji只houhou好soengseung相seonseun信Fallen until I'm completely numb, all I can do is believe
jauyau又zoijoi再paapa爬dakdak得heihei起zaujau就wuiwui會jauyau有zyunjyun轉geigei機that if I climb back up again, things will turn around.
joekyeuk若ngongo我batbat不dungdung懂zangjang憎neinei你jyuyu如hoho何leilei離bitbit別neinei你jikyik亦paapa怕batbat不wuiwui會feifei飛If I can't hate you, how can I leave you? I'm afraid I'll never fly free.
jauyau由zeje這jatyat一fanfan分zungjung鐘hoihoi開cichi始gaigai計heihei起ceoncheun春fungfung風cauchau秋jyuyu雨gaangaan間Counting from this very minute, from spring breeze to autumn rain,
haanhaan限ngongo我deoideui對neinei你jiyi以bunbun半ninnin年sisi時gaangaan間maanmaan慢maanmaan慢dikdik的samsam心taamtaam淡I give myself half a year to slowly let my heart go cold on you.
fufu付cingching清zoengjeung賬daandaan單pingping平zingjing靜dikdik的deoideui對neinei你jityit熱doudou度teoiteui退gaamgaam減Settle the bill, and calmly let my feelings for you cool.
jatyat一tintin天jatyat一dimdim點soengseung傷samsam心gwogwo過zeje這jatyat一baakbaak百sousou數sapsap十maanmaan晚A little heartbreak each day, through these hundred-odd nights,
daaidaai大koikoi概jaaya也gaugau夠ngongo我sungsung送ngongo我loiloi來wuiwui回deidei地jukyuk獄jauyau又zitjit折faanfaan返janyan人gaangaan間should be about enough to take me to hell and back to the world again.
ceoncheun春tintin天fanfan分sausau手cauchau秋tintin天wuiwui會zaapjaap習gwaangwaan慣fufu苦cungchung衝hoihoi開liuliu了binbin便daamdaam淡Break up in spring, used to it by autumn; bitterness fades once it's watered down.
syutsyut說samsam甚momo麼zoijoi再pingping平faanfaan反ziji只paapa怕beibei被bikbik迫jatyat一heihei起ganggang更ngoingoi礙ngaanngaan眼Why talk about setting things right? Being forced together would only grate more.
wongwong往hauhau後zeje這bunbun半ninnin年gaangaan間ziji只oioi愛ziji自geigei己seoiseui雖syutsyut說batbat不taaitaai太zaapjaap習gwaangwaan慣For the next half year I'll love only myself, though I'm not quite used to it.
batbat畢gingging竟jauyau有haanhaan限zaujau就dongdong當gwogwo過gwaangwaan關It has an end, after all; I'll treat it as a test to get through.
jauyau由zeje這jatyat一fanfan分zungjung鐘hoihoi開cichi始gaigai計heihei起ceoncheun春fungfung風cauchau秋jyuyu雨gaangaan間Counting from this very minute, from spring breeze to autumn rain,
haanhaan限ngongo我deoideui對neinei你jiyi以bunbun半ninnin年sisi時gaangaan間maanmaan慢maanmaan慢dikdik的samsam心taamtaam淡I give myself half a year to slowly let my heart go cold on you.
fufu付cingching清zoengjeung賬daandaan單pingping平zingjing靜dikdik的deoideui對neinei你jityit熱doudou度teoiteui退gaamgaam減Settle the bill, and calmly let my feelings for you cool.
jatyat一tintin天jatyat一dimdim點soengseung傷samsam心gwogwo過zeje這jatyat一baakbaak百sousou數sapsap十maanmaan晚A little heartbreak each day, through these hundred-odd nights,
daaidaai大koikoi概jaaya也gaugau夠ngongo我sungsung送ngongo我loiloi來wuiwui回deidei地jukyuk獄jauyau又zitjit折faanfaan返janyan人gaangaan間should be about enough to take me to hell and back to the world again.
ceoncheun春tintin天fanfan分sausau手cauchau秋tintin天wuiwui會zaapjaap習gwaangwaan慣fufu苦cungchung衝hoihoi開liuliu了binbin便daamdaam淡Break up in spring, used to it by autumn; bitterness fades once it's watered down.
Timed to 容祖兒 · 我的驕傲 (2003) · 4:09. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.