送鼠迎牛
(老地雷 寫於 12/27/2020)
雖然離農曆新年還早,但我已經等不及要送走2020了。
2020讓我們真正懂得了生命的脆弱,嘗到了生離死別,體會到了有家不能回有親人不能見的心情。
2020讓我們再次領悟到人不能勝天,人別亂來,亂來老天爺也不答應。暴風驟雨,洪水泛濫,山火肆意,讓你傾家蕩產。
2020讓我們見識到了各種各樣的大規模運動, 有我們能理解的,也有不可理喻的。
2020讓我們貌似非常知己的人們變得很陌生,但讓遙遠的路人成為了知心朋友。讓成天在一起卿卿我我的好友們分道揚鑣,也讓許久不聯絡的人瞬間成了你傾訴衷腸的對象。
2020讓我們真正懂得了什麼是真誠,什麼是虛偽,什麼是民主,什麼是自由。
2020讓我們知道了什麼才是真正的decency, 而什麼才是真正的wickedness.
總之2020讓我學到了很多,學到了以前20年也沒學會的東西。一直想寫一首歌紀念一下這個特殊的年份,但一直沒有動筆。2020年9月13日的這一天,我的一個閨蜜從溫哥華給我發來了兩張照片,一張是以往從她家的窗戶看溫哥華的天,可謂是藍藍的天空白雲飄,白雲下面花兒孩兒在笑。而另一張則是9月13日那天的溫哥華,窗外的天空污濁並混沌,同樣的地點同樣的角度,看外面的世界卻是截然不同。那一瞬間,我的靈感突然來了,This is the year of the rat, everything has almost crashed……旋律也頓時從嘴裡冒出來,接下來就有了這首歌的誕生……在隨後的日子裡感謝我的音樂老師也是這首歌的合作夥伴Anthony給我提的不少好意見。
2020年不管多難,終於快要過去了。讓我們一起送走2020的老鼠,迎接2021老牛的到來。也祝願朋友們平安,健康,幸福,美滿!
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2020-Year of the Rat
Music & Words: @LenachenUSA (老地雷) & Anthony Postman
Vocals: @LenachenUSA (老地雷)
V1
This is the year of the rat,
Everything has almost crashed,
COVID-19 is everywhere,
A million lives sadly lost.
V2
This is the year of the rat,
Climate』s changing fast,
The East had hurricanes and floods,
The West is having storms and fires.
C1
Twenty twenty, ain』t no money,
Out of order, it ain』t funny,
Twenty twenty, no more old hat,
Twenty Twenty,
Please fly, fly fly fly fly fast.
V3
This is the year of the rat (Year of the rat),
Nothing to do with bats (Year of the rat),
Animals sneaky on the street (ah, ah),
While human stay indoors and weep (Year of the rat).
V4
This is the year of the rat (Year of the rat),
Ain』t goin』 to movie theaters (Year of the rat),
Ain』t goin』 to church and pray (ah, ah),
Ain』t goin without a mask (Year of the rat).
C2
Twenty twenty, ain』t no money,
Out of order, it ain』t funny,
Twenty twenty, no more old hat,
Twenty Twenty, Please fly, fly fly fly fly fast.
Music
V5
This is the year of the rat (Year of the rat),
World』s in a new format (Year of the ox),
COVID-19 will go away,
A life will be back someday (Back to life).
V6
Leaving the year of the rat (Bye-bye),
Restaurants someday packed (Year of the ox),
Parks full of old and young,
Smiling faces made me drunk (Back to life).
C3
Twenty twenty, ain』t no money (This is the year of the rat),
Out of order, it ain』t funny (World』s in a new format),
Twenty twenty, no more old hat (COVID-19 will go away),
Twenty Twenty, Please fly, fly fly fly fly fast (A life will be back, life will be back, life will be back someday).
Twenty twenty, ain』t no money (Leaving the year of the rat),
Out of order, it ain』t funny (Restaurants someday packed) ,
Twenty twenty, no more old hat (Parks full of old and young),
Twenty Twenty, Please fly, fly fly fly fly fast (Smiling faces made, smiling faces made, smiling faces made me drunk).
Please fly, fly fly fly fast (leaving the year of rat).
Please fly, fly fly fast (leaving the year of rat).
附上一段我老師最近的新作Shine