Duality
Lyrics-Composition-Production, August 2025This song started off with two crazy ideas, “what if I compose with no meter but along a motif”, and, “what if I swtich its mood completely in its second half”?
Starting the first half of the song with serenity and coldness, the second half dives into a burning zeal. The lyrics was something I wrote in 2020, finally realized into music. Hope you enjoy it.
我向星星祈祷
Whispering my prayers to stars
我被黑暗包裹
I'm cloaked in darkness.
谁是祈祷的人
Who's the mortal/person praying?
谁是聆听的灯
Who's the lamp hearing?
黑暗之中
In darkness,
我看见一盏灯
I saw a lamp,
那是我的隐忍
It's my quiet temperance,
和恐惧
And terror
希望
And hope
灯光有断续的停歇
The light falters and sways
我向 神虔诚地祈祷
Devout prayers I gave to Divine
祈祷什么
Praying what
为了什么
For what
啊你是否明白
Oh do you see
你是否明白
Do you see
橘色的光
Amber glowing light
燃烧 的光
That burning glow
神的光
Divine light
是否我的光
Is it my lamp
还是神的眼
Be it Divine eyes?
还是你的眼
Be it your eyes?
When Stars Fall into the River
Lyrics-Composition-Production, August 2024“When Stars Fall into the River” is something I wrote when I just landed in NYC, overwhelmed by this Metropolitan city. Reflecting on my homesickness, I wrote this llulaby for adults to give myself and my audience a calming space. To admit I was lost, but there is always hope.
天上 的星星 熄 灭了
Stars of the sky have faded
孩子你别怕 就 睡吧
Fret not, child, just go to sleep
妈妈的怀抱 是一个
An embrace from mother
孩子构筑的 梦啊
Is a dream built by a child
天上的星星 熄 灭咯
Stars of the sky have dimmed
孩子你别怕
Fret not, child
因为妈妈就在这里
For mother is here
即使妈妈不在这里啊
Even though mother isn’t here
听 万丈的月光
Listen, boundless light from the moon
听 那是城市中的宁静
Listen, breathless quiet of city
听 淡淡的日光
Listen, morrow’s hazy sunlight
那是生活里的希望
There’s hope in life
天上的星星熄灭了
Stars of the sky have ebbed
孩子你别怕
Fret not, child
困倦的孩子 闭上眼
Close your eyes, wearied child
她就渐渐变成了燕
Steadily, a swallow she become
Blue Scar
Lyrics-Composition-Production, May 2023"Blue Scar" is a Single of two songs I composed and mixed in an attempt to capture the possible consequences of water-related environmental crises. With the two songs, I aspire to inspire my audience to emphasize with the music content and have the basic-level emotional understanding toward the severity of the problems.
Lyrics Cards designed to be used as book marks
Gentle, ethereal, and sad. "Withering Land", as how it's titled, talks about rising sea level. While it serves as a reflection on this pressing issue, it also carries a sense of nostalgia, as I contemplate the future loss of beloved coastal areas that hold special meaning to me. The song possesses a captivating quality that lends itself to being looped, allowing listeners to fully immerse themselves in its evocative content.
With an accent on the more eerie side of my music, "Thirst in the Waves" addresses the issue of water scarcity by illustrating a world dominated by arid deserts and an acidic ocean. Contrasting with "Withering Land," this piece delves into a more experimental and cinematic style, evoking the ambiance of film scores. To enhance its theme, I generated a string of sounds by MaxMsp, utilizing data on global fresh water consumption. The bubbling sound effect mimics the sensation of breathing underwater and serves as a forewarning of impending suffocation. Furthermore, the volume of the bubbling sound increases in correlation with the rise in the source data.
With an accent on the more eerie side of my music, "Thirst in the Waves" addresses the issue of water scarcity by illustrating a world dominated by arid deserts and an acidic ocean. Contrasting with "Withering Land," this piece delves into a more experimental and cinematic style, evoking the ambiance of film scores. To enhance its theme, I generated a string of sounds by MaxMsp, utilizing data on global fresh water consumption. The bubbling sound effect mimics the sensation of breathing underwater and serves as a forewarning of impending suffocation. Furthermore, the volume of the bubbling sound increases in correlation with the rise in the source data.
Withering Land
“我 从没有 料到 月亮 与硬币 之间
I never thought, between the moon and the sixpence
竟 然是我们 的故乡先 死去
It is our hometown that first died
我 从没有 料到 黎明 与夕阳 之间
I never thought, between dawn and dusk
竟然 是海 水更快的 升起
It is our ocean that first ascend
那 不断下落的 天幕 下
Under the ever-falling sky
只有潮水抚摸 陆地
Only the tide, grazing the land
八千 年 的记 忆 揉进了 长 河
Eight-thousand-year past is kneaded into a river
那 不断变迁 的 天 幕 下
That ever-changing (under the sky)
那永 恒的灿 烂只 闪烁 一眼
That eternal glittering, one blinking eye
那 康复的 希望 是 一种 特权
The salvaged hope, is an entitlement
它 存在于 我们 夸夸其谈的 唇 间
Only existing on the chattering lips
那 破灭的 承诺是 是一种 冷漠
The broken promise, is an indifference
十年之后 之后 只有水声拍打土 地
Decades later, only waves hitting the land
那 不断下落的 天幕 下
Under the ever-falling sky
只有潮水抚摸 陆地
Only the tide, grazing the land
八千 年 的记 忆 揉进了 长 河
Eight-thousand-year past is kneaded into a river
那 不断变迁 的 天 幕 下
That ever-changing (under the sky)
那永 恒的灿 烂只 闪烁 一眼
That eternal glittering, one blinking eye”
Thirst In the Waves
“我们的生命流逝 却不再感受
Our fleeting life,
Feeling no longer.
选择了屏蔽感 (双目轻盈) 嘴唇不再饥渴
Masking shield was chosen
(Gracefully airy eyes)
Lips that thirst no more
只想饮血
Only craving blood
看月相 有一丝猖狂 它再也没有回来
Moongazing, it’s blatantly immodest
It never came back
它再也没有回来
向天际涌去 沙如水覆盖了泉眼
It never came back
Flocked to the horizon
Sand as water, shrouded the mouth of spring”
LetTheRainComeDown
Lyrics-Composition-Production, May 2022An experiment of creating water-like sound. A part of the Single “Two Quiet Years”
Rendezvous
Lyrics-Composition-Production, Dec 2021
“Rendezvous” refers to a meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people
The irony lies at, while the in the lyrics the singer is asking the other person to come only at their convenience, she also speaks contrary to her thought.
“Dear I’m so bored
All day long
So if you have time
just visit me at the store
Dear I’m just bored
Dear I’m just so bored
So if you have time
just visit me at the store
...I, I, I will find you
...I, I, I will find you”
The irony lies at, while the in the lyrics the singer is asking the other person to come only at their convenience, she also speaks contrary to her thought.
“Dear I’m so bored
All day long
So if you have time
just visit me at the store
Dear I’m just bored
Dear I’m just so bored
So if you have time
just visit me at the store
...I, I, I will find you
...I, I, I will find you”
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