1986
數字人生 Life in Numbers
A playful protest at a life run by numbers: prices, IQ scores and bank balances, with people held hostage inside the calculator. The tune is adapted from Giorgio Moroder's The Duel, from the 1984 film Electric Dreams.
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tintin填munmun滿jatyat一sangsang生cyunchyun全sisi是sousou數ziji字A whole life filled up, and all of it numbers.
seoiseui誰wuiwui會zanjan真zingjing正ziji知sisi是hoho何jungyung用jiyi意Who really knows what they're for?
faanfaan煩nounou惱jatyat一sangsang生cyunchyun全waiwai為sousou數ziji字A whole life of worry, all of it over numbers.
jyunyun圓munmun滿dikdik的zoengjeung掌aakaak握manman問seoiseui誰hoho可jiyi以Tell me, who can ever have them fully under control?
mingming明mingming明paaupaau刨zingjing正waiwai為hoho何daandaan彈ceotcheut出I worked it out to exactly 23, so why does 41 pop out?
seoiseui誰janyan人nangnang能gaugau夠jyuyu預ziji知dimdim點gaaga價waiwai位boubou暴singsing升binbin變zojo咗Who could have foreseen a price of 4.34 shooting up to 1004?
pangpang憑houhou號maama碼loiloi來jingying認siksik識neinei你dikdik的neinei你dikdik的sansan身gaaga家Numbers are how you're known: your IQ, your net worth,
neinei你dikdik的taitai體paakpaak魄neinei你dikdik的jatyat一caichai切your physique, your everything.
janyan人jyuyu與sousou數ziji字jauyau有heoiheui許dodo多gwaaigwaai怪sisi事So many strange things happen between people and numbers.
honhon看honhon看gaigai計sousou數geigei機leoileui裡jauyau幽gamgam禁geigei幾dodo多janyan人ziji質Look how many hostages are locked up inside the calculator.
Timed to 林子祥 · 最愛 (1986) · 3:14. Another version? Tap the line being sung whenever it drifts.