Then that song came on...

I parted paths with Annie this morning, she walked to the Business building, and I to Bachelor's basement (Speech Therapy department) when Wakin Chou 周华建 's song (真心英雄- Sincere Hero) came on my Ipod. I listened to it and remembered China and everything I experienced there. The only reason that song is now in my Ipod is because of the Superband 纵贯线 concert that I attended all because of Yong (thanks Yong!). That was honestly one of the best concerts that I have ever been to. Being there in the crowd, listening to not just 1 singer but 4 very famous chinese singers (which btw, I only knew one of them) with a gazillion Chinese people all around me was so damn amazing! I remember thinking of my parents while enjoying myself. I thought about how much my mum especially would enjoy listening to Wakin Chou sing.. I thought I wouldn't know any of the songs that were sung but turns out I did. They were songs that some time or other, I've listened to before in my parents' car while they did their parental duty of driving me around.That only made my night even better!

Anyway, I digress. The song. That song, 真心英雄.. I listened on playback about 10 times today. I don't know why.. but for some reason, the lyrics just seemed so... inspiring.. and really rings true to me. I'm going to try and translate it as best I can:

There used to be a dream in my heart
to sing a song to forget all your pain 
Under the magnificent starry sky, who is the real hero
ordinary people touch my heart the most 
When there is no hate, there is no pain

I wish that people everywhere were full of love
Use our song to change the contents of your heart

I wish that your life from now on be extraodinary


Grasp life's every minute 
Go all out and achieve your heart's dreams
If you don't go through the wind and rain, how would you see the rainbow?

There's no one who can just simply succeed
Grasp every moment that touched you 
Embrace the friends you treasure 
Let true words and happy tears
Flow in your heart and mine.

This is probably a really bad translation, but it's kinda the gist of what it means. If anyone knows me well enough, they would say that I am a sentimental person. I know I am... This song, cheesy as it is.. (I hate it admit it, but I'm cheesy too) I still love it. Heck, I listened to it about 10 times today. It's a great song.