LABOR IN LOVE PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY
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(Click HEre)
LABOR IN LOVE PLAYLIST ON SPOTIFY 〰️ (Click HEre)
Song #1
Paula Tsui: 顺流逆流 “Going With and Against the Flow” (1985)
I wonder if there is an end in sight I only know that the past will not return. Tears accompany every dream, Unknowingly, unconsciously, each one has slipped away
Unintentionally, I’ve spent so many years in this cycle. Going with and against the flow Every cold shoulder and every friendly laugh, I’ve bore in silence
Once upon a time, I accepted every difficulty. And no matter how bitter, I never gave up Now, I don’t care about perfectionism. I just follow my heart
I don’t believe I can have what I want without sacrifice I just believe that I need to depend on myself to get what I want Every drop of sweat in exchange for every achievement Success or failure, I get through it all
Song #2
Frances Yip: 上海灘 “Shanghai Beach” (1980)
Rushing waves, flowing waves,
A torrential river stretching for thousands of miles,
flowing ceaselessly
Washes away the world
Strong currents mixing together
Is it happiness or is it sorrow?
It’s hard to tell the difference between sadness and suffering in the tides.
Success and defeat
are difficult to see in the waves
Do I love you or hate you?
I’m asking if you know
Like a great river, once it flows, it will not return.
It flows by many bays, flow by many beaches
Still cannot cease this fray
Happiness and sorrow,
I can’t distinguish between the two
Still hoping to overcome these waves,
My heart has had enough of these ups and downs.
SONG #3
Jacky Cheung: 來來回回 “You Come and Go” (1994)
We get together, we break up, and still I'll always be fond of you
The moon and breeze always give me hope; even apart, we're still together.
I wait and I hope, like the early spring weather.
Whether the sky is blue or gray, whether rainy or foggy, my heart still feels for you
You come and go but I still remember when I used to be with you.
I drift and sink and reminisce, like an old movie.
I hesitate and ponder over your letter, with its lipstick kiss.
It turns out that long ago, for my sake, you wouldn't say "I love you" much, and you'd get upset.
If I had known, if only I had known that just a few "I love yous" would not have led to us parting,
That day, I would have said a thousand times over, I'll love you all my life.
Today, allow me today, to make amends for not loving you enough, without limit;