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不​完​整​的​村​莊 The Village

by Shallow Levée

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1.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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released June 18, 2020

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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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