2014

高山低谷 Hills and Valleys

Phil Lam 林奕匡

Someone stuck in the valley watches others live easily on the peak: a song about the gap between those who thrive and those who barely survive, which Phil Lam wrote when his own career was stalling. People sing it at KTV when life feels like an uphill fight.

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jaam站joi在syu樹lam林noi內jau就yu如mut沒yeung氧hei氣Standing in the woods, it's like there's no air.

joi在jik夕yeung陽ha下jik寂liu寥ba吧mut沒kyun權lei利gin見nei你Under the setting sun, lonely; I've no right to see you.

jou早ji知gou高dik的saan山dai低dik的guk谷jeung將nei你ngo我fan分gaak隔leung兩dei地sat失heui去yan人ching情mei味I should have known peaks and valleys would split us and leave no warmth.

nei你na那gwai貴juk族yau遊hei戲ngo我dik的gaai街gok角yau遊gei記Your game of the elite, my street-corner wanderings.

tin天jan真dou到seun信jan真sam心taai太yi兒hei戲I was naive to trust in sincerity; how childish.

nei你faai快lok樂gwo過sang生wut活ngo我ping拼ming命heui去sang生chyun存You live happily; I fight just to survive.

gei幾do多yan人wai位yu於saan山ji之din巔fu俯ham瞰ngo我dik的pei疲gyun倦So many stand on the peak, looking down at my exhaustion.

hot渴mong望bei被sing成chyun全nou努lik力jou做yan人seui誰pa怕hei氣chyun喘I long to make it; who fears running out of breath?

daan但na那jung終dim點gwa掛joi在na那tin天bin邊But the finish line hangs way off at the horizon.

nei你gaai界ding定liu了sang生wut活ngo我mou侮yuk辱liu了sang生chyun存You define what living is; I make survival look shameful,

ji只sik適yi宜jai滯yu於saan山ji之guk谷jing整lei理ngo我dik的ling凌lyun亂fit only to stay in the valley, sorting out my mess.

hot渴mong望daai大tyun團yun圓geuk腳ha下lou路ching程naan難yi以seuk削dyun短I long for a happy ending, but the road can't be cut short.

mei未gin見jung終dim點ya也mei未gin見yan恩din典ngo我yu與nei你gik極yun遠No end in sight, no grace in sight; you're so far from me.

yu愈mong望yu愈mou無mong望mei未loi來mut沒yau有ngo我The more I look, the less hope; the future has no place for me.

joi在tyun斷ngaai崖ha下jeun盡tau頭ba吧lok樂yun園mei未yau有gwo過Below the cliff, this is the end; paradise never existed.

fong彷fat彿tin天yat一hak黑tin天yat一gwong光fai揮faat發liu了yat一geui句joi再wui會ji只gin見yan人ha下do墮Night falls, day breaks, a goodbye fades away; I only see people falling.

faai快wai慰gai繼juk續chyun傳bo播nei你dou都bat不wai慰man問ngo我Your joy keeps spreading, yet you never ask after me.

keui區fan分dou到taai太ching清cho楚taai太yim嚴ho苛The lines are drawn too clearly, too harshly.

nei你faai快lok樂gwo過sang生wut活ngo我ping拼ming命heui去sang生chyun存You live happily; I fight just to survive.

gei幾do多yan人wai位yu於saan山ji之din巔fu俯ham瞰ngo我dik的pei疲gyun倦So many stand on the peak, looking down at my exhaustion.

hot渴mong望bei被sing成chyun全nou努lik力jou做yan人seui誰pa怕hei氣chyun喘I long to make it; who fears running out of breath?

daan但na那jung終dim點gwa掛joi在na那tin天bin邊But the finish line hangs way off at the horizon.

nei你gaai界ding定liu了sang生wut活ngo我mou侮yuk辱liu了sang生chyun存You define what living is; I make survival look shameful,

ji只sik適yi宜jai滯yu於saan山ji之guk谷jing整lei理ngo我dik的ling凌lyun亂fit only to stay in the valley, sorting out my mess.

hot渴mong望daai大tyun團yun圓geuk腳ha下lou路ching程naan難yi以seuk削dyun短I long for a happy ending, but the road can't be cut short.

mei未gin見jung終dim點ya也mei未gin見yan恩din典ngo我yu與nei你gik極yun遠No end in sight, no grace in sight; you're so far from me.

ngo我keuk卻seung尚yiu要sang生chyun存tau偷tau偷chyun存wut活yu於saan山ji之guk谷dang等dou到mau某tin天wan魂dyun斷Yet I still have to survive, quietly living on in the valley till the day I die.

nei你gai繼juk續pun盤syun旋ngo我gai繼juk續maai埋chong藏ngo我oi愛lyun戀You keep soaring above; I keep burying my love.

mut沒yau有jung終dim點wing永mut沒yau有jung終dim點na那wing永yun遠gik極yun遠No finish line, never a finish line; forever so far away.

Timed to 林奕匡 · 戀愛筆記 (2016) · 4:28. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.

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