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The Village
03:44
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I was walking alone in a mountain deep and high,
not relying on language to check the time
The rain fell down with flowers, back and forth,
swung between shadows of trees
Shout not at the air nor catch it
I moved into an incomplete village
A healthy body and an open mind
Patiently waiting for the wind, back and forth,
swung between shadows of trees
Watched sunrise, and walked with love
Don’t know why
The feeling of spring has been forgot again and again
Don’t know why
As walking by, let go the hold of flowing sand
Experiences detained in the past, memories called me gently
As wind blew slightly, next encounter is expected
Flow like a river, pull back like the sea, without force
In an unknown kingdom, ages and pain could take me away
Gunfire in the city,
sensitive to intimacy, and uncomfortable with the strange
Or suffer , or sleep, I’d not go back anymore
Don’t know why
The feeling of spring has been forgot again and again
Don’t know why
As walking by, let go the hold of flowing sand
Don’t know why
The feeling of spring has been forgot again and again
Don’t know why, don’t know why
Don’t know why, don’t know why
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2. |
Dear Friends
03:11
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Swipe to a trouble
Saved as an answer
With eyes staring at the floor
Facing away toward nowhere
You might not be listening, but I was still telling
In a sudden silence, then you said
Said that you’d quit, ain’t take pains for the red
I just realized
Calm and steady like you, got moments of dread
You’ve been practicing over and over, got moments of running away
Dear friends, don’t you know
It is so transparent in the morning of Taipei
May you not sense that I consoled you with words I may break
Haven’t told you all this time, that I hesitated looking at your face
Though your coffee spilled all over, the attitude still made me respect
To go through long hallway, there is darkness to tolerate
You might not be listening, but I was still telling
Fearful and fragile like me, got moments to strive
Will practicing over and over, finally make me thrive
Dear friends, don’t you know
It is so transparent in the morning of Taipei
May you not sense that I consoled you with words I may break
Haven’t told you all this time, that I hesitated looking at your face
Though your coffee spilled all over, the attitude still made me respect
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3. |
Albatross
04:31
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Some songs have intentions to speak
or obscure hypotheses
But you are different, you are
In the moments particulaly chaotic
What to say, in a blink, in one word
still silence
Spring, don’t waste it
Memories will be gone right away
How lucky to be with someone gazing upon life together
Wanna take a walk to Youth Road
You can see the sunset at the end
How lucky to be with someone
Get dreamy with sleepy eyes together
When some start drifting, they’d never come back
or get rid of loneliness by forgetting
But you are different, you are
Just stay there quietly, without unreliable carefreeness
And I say to myself
I waste my time again
Fortunately you’re here as a reminder
How lucky to be with someone gazing upon life together
Wanna take a walk to Youth Road
You can see the sunset at the end
How lucky to be with someone, without worrying
talk without planing
Just get dreamy with sleepy eyes together
Spring, don’t waste it
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4. |
Train
05:05
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I was expecting the voice from the transmission
It talked to me and said something
Wait, I seemed to hear it
No, it said, it just didn’t hang up
Give me everything and I’d take all
Greed is mistaken for romantic giving
If it’s possible for my heart to grow steady roots
Time is a rapid, violent train
that runs too fast to remember station names
Life is the surface of a lake
It’s clear, even so, the bottom is unseen
I was in the train, you didn’t see me, do you
Being buried in the void of time, speechless
Please go forward, I’ll find you, don’t be afraid
The voice tapped my shoulder, tears were all over my face
Speechless
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5. |
Moonlight
03:05
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The moonlight reflected on the road after rain
The quiet night got even darker
vanished in the train passing by
Moonlight, it‘d never arisen
Moonlight was in the hustled crowd
Trivial like me, I couldn’t see
Wishes are on the other side of the mountain
Wishes, they’d never come true
Moonlight, it‘d never arisen
wishes they never come true
Moonlight, it‘d never arisen
wishes they never come true
I wake up, open my eyes, yesterday won’t repeat again
Lousy songs pervade in my room
Keep myself some time to waste
for today and the next day
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6. |
Daydreaming
03:41
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In a blur night, the gleam of moonlight on the roadside, waiting
The man alone wandered aimlessly,
found himself run into same crossroads
He looked back, couldn’t see clear
Is it sunset or gloom?
Looked around, the sky is so high
He got dizzy, is it for the dreaming?
Springtime in March, rain in July, and a year passed by
In this wonderworld, wherever you go
There’s always lingerers who can’t return,
the lonely and frowned ones, and sillies willing to leave
Tighten the belt, walk toward the unreachable dreamland
Look around, the sky is so high
Daydream, is it just for imagining?
Springtime in March, rain in July, and a year passed by
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7. |
Wish upon a star
03:58
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On a waving summer night
Deposits underwater got stirred
Radiant light sparkles in the cosmos
On a spectrum of emotional evolution
We are just part of the nature
Allow me to make a wish upon you
Then render myself to the ocean
Allow me to tolerate you
Allow me to ask from you
In the pursuit of inter-dependence and revolving
So obsessed with repeating demands
Even though what we trust in
is known to be a stone
I am only a scene you glimpse at
I wish to rest like you
Our meaning is to navigate ahead
instead of leaving away
Saying goodbye is not my way
Allow me to make a wish upon you
Then render myself to the ocean
Allow me to tolerate you
Allow me to ask from you
In the pursuit of inter-dependence and revolving
So obsessed with repeating demands
Even though what we trust in
is known to be a stone
Radiant light sparkles in the cosmos
On a spectrum of emotional evolution
We are just part of the nature
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8. |
Colorless Youth
03:09
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The packaged commodity is open and not refundable
Time passes by, wind naturally blows, revealing the forgotten
It’s invisible and trackless to feel
It’s invisible, doesn’t mean there’s no gap
My talent is a bottle,
contains only limited amount of water
Time is like mud bricks, burried by sand
Time passes by, blended with dust, piling and filling up the cracks
It’s invisible and trackless to feel
It’s invisible, doesn’t mean there’s no gap
I am a substance without unit
Searching the worth of living
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9. |
Dancing on the ice lake
04:45
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The air is damp and cold
A pair of boots left by a woman barefoot
Look left and look right
The fog flows slowly and it’s misty everywhere
My hands holding the steering wheel
I look around with random thoughts
The light emanates through the glass window
Start the car, and I’ll follow
Take a turn, and another
Keep circling, a mountain
Another mountain, and one more turn
Stop here, the sea is right there
West sun casts upon my forehead
The sea ahead is a layer of frozen ice
Here comes the woman
Realizing it’s needless to guess after the fire burnt out
She walks toward me
Stretching both of her arms
The sun is setting, and it’s getting dark
I’m caught off-guard
So heartwarming to be led
Take a step, and keep walking
I stand on the surface of sea
And I turn aside, there she is
You, under the moonlight, are limpid blue
Spinning on the ice, a monologue of dance
In the crystal grace, with arms opened
I should take the sides, keep it just to myself
Walk into the moonshine, and never return
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10. |
Seeker
04:58
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Looking around, none to enjoy with
Wander to observe my heart
An actor that chases time
Get stuck with visions
Seek through for truth, slowly lost in words
Whenever there is meaning of things
Even sentiment and season change
Can harmonize and reunite
The preacher is sitting still
But I get uneasy
If all is false, where are You
If there is no meaning
There is no way to determine
I don’t want to be left behind alone
The rain is pouring down
It’s supposed to run
But I’m still greedy for
A cicada unwilling to reproduce
The rain is pouring down
It’s supposed to run
But I’m still greedy for
A cicada unwilling to reproduce
The preacher is sitting still
But I get uneasy
If all is false, where are You
If there is no meaning
There is no way to determine
I don’t want to be left behind alone
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Shallow Levée Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, The songs sung in both Mandarin and Taiwanese, our music is best known for not only the poetic
reflection on ourselves and society, but the unique gentle warmth that stems from our hometown.
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Contact:shallowlevee@gmail.com
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