Drumroll please – Leah Dou is back!
It’s a little strange listening to her (I guess it’s “her”?! But the pronoun could be “them”!) singing a heterosexual love ballad hahaha (?!), but Lionman (CHN) did a great job at the Cantonese rap as the co-lyricist and co-arranger for “Monday,” and he is very convincing as the super shy “Super Mario living on the next block.” I can picture them together on funky, goofy romantic dates!
So…great dates consist of orangeade, sunset, awkward convos and BURNING desires to be together lol for Leah? Noted √
Back to Leah – I love her vibe. She’s really chill and laid-back. Maybe this interview explained it all – she is indeed a kid who doesn’t lack candy and hence the calm demeanor and the secure attachment style noticeable in every song and every interview…Leah was born in 1997 to musicians Wang Fei / Faye Wong and Dou Wei. She’s got incredible genes AND wisdom beyond her years! This is her last album. Listen! Isn’t that dreamy and a bit psychedelic?
Let’s also talk about Chen Jiaying / Katie Chan, the woman behind Leah and Faye. She’s their agent and also Leah’s “gran” because she took care of baby Leah during Faye’s Yuezi [puerperium, the traditional one-month convalescence period following childbirth, during which the mother follows a special diet and observes various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the “wind”] as well as her divorce from Dou Wei in 1999. Ms. Chan treats her artistes as her own children. She’s the unsung heroine in Leah’s and Faye’s career achievements.
Hopefully we’ll have the great fortune to hear more of Leah’s and Faye’s success stories in the years to come as they continue to be managed and supported by Katie!
词：竇靖童 & 獅子俠
Lyricists: Leah Dou / Dou Jingtong & Lionman (CHN)
曲：竇靖童
Composer: Leah Dou / Dou Jingtong
编曲：竇靖童 & 獅子俠
Arrangers: Leah Dou / Dou Jingtong & Lionman (CHN)
厂牌：Grey Waters
Record Label: Grey Waters
[Verse 1]
剛剛我站在路口
Just now I was standing at the crossing
空氣裡的快樂因子很多
The happy elements abounded in the air
聽著mp3 播范特西
Listening to the MP3 playing Fantasy [Note: Fantasy is a cool 2001 album by Jay Chou.]
我又想到你
I thought of you again
想到你無法抗拒
Thinking of you is something irresistible
Stuck in my dreaming baby
Stuck in my dreaming baby [Note: I think it’d be better if this line were “Stuck in my dream my baby.”]
金色的天空 雲朵片片劃過
In the golden sky, clouds slid by
好像心裡頭 是一樣
It seemed to match what’s going on in my heart
[Pre-Chorus]
如果說 風和雨化做是你
If the wind and the rain morphed into you
我願化成大地 在一起
I’d like to turn into the ground [so we’d be] together
[Chorus]
Monday
Monday
和你走到Sunday
I’d walk with you till it’s Sunday
坐最後一班電車
to ride the last streetcar
和你看日落
to watch the sunset with you
我們去喝橘子汽水
We’d go drink orangeade
我想和你浪漫約會
I’d like to go on romantic dates with you
[Verse 2]
不需要去說太多
No need to say much
此刻這一分鐘 心還在跳動
This moment, this minute, the heart’s still racing
聽著聲音 畫著這旋律
Listening to the sounds, drawing this melody
腦海裡都是你
my mind is filled with you
一個 sunny day 那個場景很電影
One sunny day – that scene was so cinematic
在山路駕著跑車 畫面全部八毫米
[We were] driving a race car on the mountain road – the footage was all shot on an 8-mm film
海邊的晚風 有你的溫柔
The breeze by the ocean contained your gentleness
好像在心裡頭 是一樣
It seemed to match what’s going on in my heart
[Pre-Chorus]
如果說 太平洋化成是你
If the Pacific Ocean turned into you
我願化成微風陪伴你
I’d like to morph into a breeze to accompany you
[Interlude]
我們第一次見面
The first time we met
我這人一直很靦腆
I was shy as I’d always been
你問我為什麼戴頭盔
You asked me why I was wearing the helmet
可能我是Super Mario住在臨街
Maybe because I’m Super Mario living on the next block
總之不會是你的真命天子
Anyway it’s impossible that I could be your Mr. Right
哪兒有那麼好的事兒
How come there be such a great thing
孫悟空都沒我調皮
Even Monkey King is not as naughty as I am
來的花花世界 我都不知道為什麼
Coming to this teeming world – I don’t even understand why I’m here
開車兜兜轉轉
Driving around
和你又來到了海邊
I came again to the seaside with you
帶你看日落城市
Taking you to see the city basking in a sunset
山頂的夜景好像霓虹燈閃爍
The night view on the mountaintop is like [a sea of] flickering neon signs
很高興初次見面
Nice to meet you
遇到你時光倒轉
Meeting you is like having the clock turned back
[Chorus]
Monday
Monday
和你走到Sunday
I’d walk with you till it’s Sunday
坐最後一班電車
to ride the last streetcar
和你看日落
to watch the sunset with you
我們去喝橘子汽水
We’d go drink orangeade
我想和你浪漫約會
I’d like to go on romantic dates with you
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