Qing Feng Wu 吳青峰 - Outsider (English Translation)
[Verse 1]
Longing allows me to become, an émigré pondering who disappeared
Longing comprises my life a madman's memoir who could read
[Verse 2]
Behind me those dangers take my piece by piece, forcing me to the edge
For at the edge came dangers flowing incessantly
[Chorus]
Falling, unconscious of endless darkness
Rends me wrecks me in the twinkling of an eye
Build me back up encircle me with comfort
Clasp my hands cup my eyes
[Verse 3]
Death is this world adding you then promptly subtracting you
At last, we discover every one of us is nothing special
And so discover "we" is just this special
[Chorus]
Falling yet conscious nonetheless the darkness embracing me
A suspension of breath burying me in oblivion
Splits me scatters me endlessly
Clutched my bubble cuffed my tears
[Monologue 1]
Once, the world in front of us was a huge mystery, we knew not to fear
But now, the mysteries are unlocked
Fear, it turns out, is the formalin we're soaking in
[Monologue 2]
Who are you?
When you still lay in the bosom of childhood, swaddled in damp bedclothes
You once fell for someone, wrote little notes every day
As the school uniforms faded yellow, long shoved into the corner of a drawer
In the bustle of being let from school
Looking back only to find the pavement was deserted except for you
The asphalt streaming underneath
Once you watched the clouds for a whole afternoon so curious were you
Trapped some ants with whiteout
But recalling from a textbook how hardworking ants were
You quickly let them go
[Monologue 3]
One day, all those notes the world passed on to you
Have made yo thick-skinned and shameless;
You know the composition of the clouds, that sometimes they turn into acid rain
Pluto was abruptly kicked out like a rubber ball
While you discover, you are that dizzy trapped by whiteout
[Monologue 4]
When I was still a fish, before my legs had formed
Who was I, where was I
Our communication, why has it become a drawbridge long in need of repair
We and ourselves, have also lost touch (Lost touch, lost touch, lost touch)
[Monologue 5]
I always confuse one memory with another
Dark night has passed, but dawn is taking so long
Those things that will eventually be forgotten, are they worth writing down
How I wish someone would tell me: "You are not going nuts; there are others like you"
[Monologue 6]
Who can say for me the things I cannot say
Sing the songs I cannot sing
Painting out inside my dream, the sings of being unable to wake
Through a song
I found people whose dreams were the same as mine
[Monologue 7]
Reluctant to sleep when awake
Reluctant to wake up when asleep
The weightless self
Thus having gravity
Where the heart leads is home
My heart stays by the side, watching me
Telling me
Thank you for waiting, I am home
Longing allows me to become, an émigré pondering who disappeared
Longing comprises my life a madman's memoir who could read
[Verse 2]
Behind me those dangers take my piece by piece, forcing me to the edge
For at the edge came dangers flowing incessantly
[Chorus]
Falling, unconscious of endless darkness
Rends me wrecks me in the twinkling of an eye
Build me back up encircle me with comfort
Clasp my hands cup my eyes
[Verse 3]
Death is this world adding you then promptly subtracting you
At last, we discover every one of us is nothing special
And so discover "we" is just this special
[Chorus]
Falling yet conscious nonetheless the darkness embracing me
A suspension of breath burying me in oblivion
Splits me scatters me endlessly
Clutched my bubble cuffed my tears
[Monologue 1]
Once, the world in front of us was a huge mystery, we knew not to fear
But now, the mysteries are unlocked
Fear, it turns out, is the formalin we're soaking in
[Monologue 2]
Who are you?
When you still lay in the bosom of childhood, swaddled in damp bedclothes
You once fell for someone, wrote little notes every day
As the school uniforms faded yellow, long shoved into the corner of a drawer
In the bustle of being let from school
Looking back only to find the pavement was deserted except for you
The asphalt streaming underneath
Once you watched the clouds for a whole afternoon so curious were you
Trapped some ants with whiteout
But recalling from a textbook how hardworking ants were
You quickly let them go
[Monologue 3]
One day, all those notes the world passed on to you
Have made yo thick-skinned and shameless;
You know the composition of the clouds, that sometimes they turn into acid rain
Pluto was abruptly kicked out like a rubber ball
While you discover, you are that dizzy trapped by whiteout
[Monologue 4]
When I was still a fish, before my legs had formed
Who was I, where was I
Our communication, why has it become a drawbridge long in need of repair
We and ourselves, have also lost touch (Lost touch, lost touch, lost touch)
[Monologue 5]
I always confuse one memory with another
Dark night has passed, but dawn is taking so long
Those things that will eventually be forgotten, are they worth writing down
How I wish someone would tell me: "You are not going nuts; there are others like you"
[Monologue 6]
Who can say for me the things I cannot say
Sing the songs I cannot sing
Painting out inside my dream, the sings of being unable to wake
Through a song
I found people whose dreams were the same as mine
[Monologue 7]
Reluctant to sleep when awake
Reluctant to wake up when asleep
The weightless self
Thus having gravity
Where the heart leads is home
My heart stays by the side, watching me
Telling me
Thank you for waiting, I am home