Sunday, September 14, 2008

~月亮圆 ~ Song by 山脚下男孩


月亮圆 月亮圆 月亮照在我的家
Yue liang yuan, yue liang yuan, yue liang zhao zai wo de jia

没有春夏秋冬的家 流传千年
Mei you chun xia qiu dong de jia, liu chuan qian nian




月亮圆 月亮圆 月亮照在我的家
Yue liang yuan, yue liang yuan, yue liang zhao zai wo de jia

没有春夏秋冬的家 流传千年
Mei you chun xia qiu dong de jia, liu chuan qian nian




现在的孩子不相信 月亮有小白兔

Xian zai de hai zi bu xiang xin, yue liang you xiao bai tu

功课与电脑 使他们不再信古老的神话
Gong ke yu dian nao, shi ta men bu zai xin gu lao de shen hua

当高楼大厦 遮挡了古老的月亮
Dang gao lou da xiao, zhe dang le gu lao de yue liang

就趁这个季节 让你的孩子知道
Jiu chen zhe ge ji jie, rang ni de hai zi zhi dao

古老的神话 原自何方

Gu lao de shen hua, yuan zi he fang




月亮圆 月亮圆 月亮照在我的家
Yue liang yuan, yue liang yuan, yue liang zhao zai wo de jia

没有春夏秋冬的家 流传千年
Mei you chun xia qiu dong de jia, liu chuan qian nian



月亮圆 月亮圆 月亮照在我的家
Yue liang yuan, yue liang yuan, yue liang zhao zai wo de jia

没有春夏秋冬的家 流传千年

Mei you chun xia qiu dong de jia, liu chuan qian nian



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A song about how the Mooncake Festival's (Mid-Autumn Festival) ancient stories and legends are being forgotten by kids who are always preoccupied with computers and homework nowadays. And how the moon is being obstructed by tall buildings in big cities.

In a way, it is also signalling the advancement of people/human since the olden days (when people will believe anything!)


Tonight's the festival. I'll be home alone, possibly.
Cause I don't feel like joining the festivities at my aunt's house
It's getting old to avoid playing lanterns and candles with little kids
I just say: I'm busy

A lot of things coming up.
The beach party, emails to people, swapping postcards, my group assignment(S), my job (thank god it's almost done!), meal dates, trip to the bank, etc etc


It's a good thing to have things to do, there's no time to think of anything else :)

Oh, I had a dream about Barack Obama, and I don't even follow politics!


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