Blue Scar

Two songs on water-related environmental crisis. Lyrics, composition and production by Morning Close, May 2023.

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
那破灭的承诺是一种冷漠
The broken promise, is an indifference
十年之后 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
It never came back
向天际涌去 沙如水覆盖了泉眼
Flocked to the horizon; sand as water, shrouded the mouth of spring

Lyrics by Yuxin Chen. English translation by Barry Wang.

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