Saturday, September 30, 2023

Musical journey (157)

I'm now in PNG and standing in for my boss for a week, all while having a site-wide potable water supply emergency to fix. So this will be a short post as I'm totally swamped (things just keep getting better and better here!). I'll be posting pictures from my recent Singapore trip soon, so stay tuned.

When I was back in Singapore after being more than 3.5 years away through the COVID period, the first thing that hit me was how aged Mummy has become. Though she's still mobile and healthy, I was reminded of how frail and vulnerable human lives can be.

Hence, not only have I bought my tickets to be back home for Chinese New Year to spend more time with Mummy, I'm also sharing a song I wrote about how difficult death can be for the loved ones that are left behind. It's a fictional but nonetheless hugely emotional song.

We can never be totally prepared for it, but I hope when the time comes for me to traverse that journey, I'll be more ready.



[带我走]

词 / 曲 : 锦泉
 
是时候
在痛尽头
你终于找到了出口
再一步就不得不放手

恨没有
多在你左右
可惜回不了头
如今回首
哭声在风中颤抖

带我走
我不想松开手
怪我不能够
陪你到最后
泪无止尽地流
要如何我才能跟你走

你离开后
在迷雾中独自承受
对不起当时开不了口
现在听我放声嘶吼

带我走
我不想松开手
怪我不能够
陪你到最后
泪无止尽地流

能不能带我走 
为何只能在这守候
不停挥着手
你一路好走
别回头

从今以后
终于自由


[Take Me With You]

Written By: Kim
 
It is time
At the end of pain
You have found the exit
One more step
And I will have to let go

It is a pity I did not spend more time by your side
It is too late
To look back now
The sound of sobbing trembling in the wind

Take me with you
I do not want to let go
It is my fault
Not being able to be with you till the end
As tears endlessly fall
What must I do to come with you

After you are gone
I will be suffering alone in a fog
I could not say sorry then
Now hear me yell

Take me with you
I do not want to let go
It is my fault
Not being able to be with you till the end
As tears endlessly fall

Can you please take me with you
Why can I only wait by your side
Waving my hand ceaselessly
Farewell and godspeed
Do not look back

From now on
You are finally free




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