Solution (Cui Jian)
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[edit] General Information
| Artist: | Cui Jian |
|---|---|
| Title: | Solution |
| Release Date: | 1990, February |
| Label: | unknown |
| Type: | CDDA |
| Language: | Chinese |
[edit] Track Listing
- Solution
- This Space
- Piece of red cloth
- Lonely like fire
- The opportunist
- Wild on the snow
- Like a knife
- Nan Ni Wan
- Start again
- Last Shot
[edit] Lyrics
[edit] Solution
Many problems in front of me,
All without solution.
But I never get a chance to try and solve them,
And that's the bigger problem.
I suddenly run into you,
You stare at me.
What suddenly flashes through my mind is,
First I should find a solution for you.
Many problems tomorrow,
But only one now.
I pretend to talk seriously with you,
But you see through me.
You laugh with a calculated ease,
Extending a hand,
To take my disingenuousness and problems,
And accept them together.
Outwardly I look so serious,
But inwardly I am unconcerned.
My mind is a complex mess,
But what I need is simplicity.
I assumed nobody could see through,
My concealed temper.
And while your every move embarrassed me,
I secretly enjoyed it.
Although there are many problems in my mind,
They don't equal the limitless joy I feel but no one can see.
There's no feeling between you and I,
But every time I kiss you I have to show you that I'm crazy about you.
Yesterday I looked at the world with cold eyes,
However today I took a hard look at you and still couldn't determine your identity.
Oh! My God! My God! A new problem…
The world and I will be subject to your solution.
music and lyrics: Cui Jian
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion
Wang Yong: keyboards
[edit] This Space
I can't open the sky
I can't get into the earth
Freedom isn't just a prison
You can't leave me
I can't leave you either
Neither of us really knows if it's love or lie
Money is only money
Profit is only profit
You and I aren't just slaves
You do everything for me
I do everything for you too
We aren't just a couple of dried shrimp
This space
Offers nothing new
Just like my love for you offers no mystery
I've looked at you
And never really seen you
But after repeated encounters I finally recognize the infinite emptiness
Just like this space
What I've thought I've never spoken
What I've spoken I've never done either
What makes me happy is just playing guitar and singing for you
Don't cry for a bit
And then laugh for a bit
You knew what I was from the very beginning
The sky is a wok
Surrounded by the desert
You are a dry well
But the deeper the more beautiful
This fire in my breast
This sweat on my body
Is the real sun
Is the real spring water
This space
Offers nothing new
Just like my love for you offers no mystery
I've looked at you
And never seen the real you
But after repeated encounters I finally recognize the infinite emptiness
Just like this space
music and lyrics: Cui Jian
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion
Wang Yong: keyboards
[edit] Piece of red cloth
That day you took a piece of red cloth
Covered-up my eyes and covered-up the sky
You asked me what I saw
I said, "I see the happiness"
This feeling made me so tranquil
It made me forget I have no place to live
You asked me where I'm headed
I said, "I'm going your way"
Couldn't see you, couldn't see the road
My hand was clasped by yours
You asked what I was thinking
I said, "You decide"
I sense you are not cold like steel
Yet like steel you are strong and hard
I sense there is blood in your body
Because your hand is hot
This feeling made me so tranquil
It made me forget I have no place to live
You asked me where I'm headed
I said, "I'm going your way"
I feel this is not a wasteland
Yet can't see this land is already dry and cracked
I feel I want to drink a little water
But your mouth covered my mouth
I can't go and I can't cry
Because my body is already withered
I will be by your side forever
Because I know your pain so well
Doooo…Doooo…
music and lyrics: Cui Jian
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, acoustic guitar, trumpet
Liu Junli: bass
Wang Yong: keyboards, accordion
[edit] Lonely like fire
You look at me, I look at you
Silently at one another
My heart is calling
The evening sun is setting
Into the evening sun you walk far away
Trailing a long shadow
Hey! Slow down.
I've got something to say
There's too much to say
It's better to keep silent
My heart has stopped calling
It sinks as the sun sets
Into the evening sun I also walk far away
Trailing a twisting shadow
Hey! Don't stop me
I've got nothing to say
Maybe this is life
Losing everything is happiness
When we are together nothing else exists
When we are apart nothing is worth doing
I dare not think about the future and the past
I just want to drink alone
Forget the day and the night
There's no right or wrong
Ohhhh…
If you sit in front of me
I will tell you everything
Even though saying it will make no difference
Even though you aren’t listening
Loneliness is like a raging fire
Expansive like the heaven and earth
Blazing pain and joy
Like the shackles on my body
Ohhhh….
There’s too much to say
It’s better to keep silent
My heart has stopped calling
It sinks as the sun sets
Into the evening sun I also walk far away
Trailing a twisting shadow
Hey! Don’t stop me
I’ve got nothing to say
music: Cui Jian
lyrics: Cui Jian & Huang Xiaomao
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar, baritone horn
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion
Wang Yong: keyboards
[edit] The opportunist
Suddenly there's an opportunity
Empty and pointless
Like the girl who first gave birth to us
We didn't say we were willing
What is opportunity anyway?
For now I'm still not sure
But action is already like sharp lightning and raging wind
We don't have any experience at all
We don't like the past either
But we really believe if we keep at it
We will definitely get new results
We don't know if in life we need to be tricky
Or if in life we should work hard
Anyway things have already been restarted so we shouldn't be afraid of chaos
Ohhh…
If we have an opportunity we should demonstrate our desire
Ohhh….
If we have an opportunity we should show our strength
The truth is always in some distant place
The girls are always next to you
But when you’re facing them
You’re always in competition with them
Tomorrow I will keep being busy
Although it’s still pointless
It’s just that I want to pack in every opportunity
Just like clinging on to heaven
Friend – please come over and help out
But we’d prefer you don’t know too much
Because for this kind of work you only need perception and guts
Friend – I’ll give you a chance
Your first time to try handling business
Just like when you were eighteen
You were given a girl
Ohhh….
If we have an opportunity we should demonstrate our desire
Ohhh….
If we have an opportunity we should show our strength
music and lyrics: Cui Jian
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar, baritone horn
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion
Wang Yong: keyboards
[edit] Wild on the snow
Stripped to the waist
I greet the blustering snow
Running down the road from the hospital I escaped.
Don't stop me
I don't want any clothes either
Because my sickness is that I have no feeling.
Give me a bit of flesh
Give me a bit of blood
Take away my grit and resolve.
Please let me cry
Please let me laugh
Please let me go wild on this snowy ground.
Yi Yeh Yi Yeh
Because my sickness is that I have no feeling.
Yi Yeh Yi Yeh
Please let me go wild on this snowy ground.
I wear no clothes or shoes
Yet cannot feel the force and intensity of the northwest wind.
I don't know if I'm walking or running
Because my sickness is that I have no feeling.
Give me a little stimulation - oh doctor my lord!
Give me a little love - oh nurse my goddess!
Please let me cry or please let me laugh.
Please let me go wild on this snowy ground.
Yi Yeh Yi Yeh
Because my sickness is that I have no feeling
Yi Yeh Yi Yeh
Please let me go wild on this snowy ground
music: Cui Jian & Wang Yong
lyrics: Cui Jian
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion
Wang Yong: guzheng (Chinese zither)
[edit] Like a knife
The crimson heart shines,
Reflecting red on my hands so they're almost black.
The guitar in my hand is just like a knife,
Wanting to cut the skin from my face leaving only my mouth.
No matter who you are my baby,
I'll use my blood in place of your tears.
No matter if you're an old man or a young girl,
Peel away your facade and see the truth.
Jin Jin Jin…
The bare naked knife glistens,
Reflecting on that old man revealing regret.
He furrows his brow and pouts his lips,
Can’t tell if he’s outraged or suffering.
Don’t worry my baby,
We weren’t born to quarrel.
But the authority on my body is like a knife,
Wanting to firmly thrust itself into this land.
Jin Jin Jin….
Your naked body glows,
Reflecting on your ancestors revealing their shame.
You open your heart and extend you hands,
You say what you want is my incisiveness.
You are crying my baby,
Don’t know if it’s weakness or the beauty of strength.
Now my heart is like a knife,
Wanting to pierce your mouth to kiss your lungs.
Jin Jin Jin….
music and lyrics: Cui Jian
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion
Wang Yong: keyboards
[edit] Nan Ni Wan
Flowers in a basket are fragrant
Listen to me sing a little
Sing for a little
Come to 1Nanniwan
Nanniwan is a nice place
Nice place
Nanniwan in years gone by
Was a barren mountain with no human beings
Nanniwan today
Is different from the past
Nanniwan today
Is different from the past
And no longer looks like it did
It's the best 2Jiangnan in north 3Shaanxi
Nice place and beautiful scenery
Nice place and beautiful scenery
Crops everywhere
Cattle and sheep all around
1 Nanniwan is literally translated South Muddy Bay.
2 Jiangnan is a classical reference to the most bountiful region south of the Yangtze river.
3 Shaanxi is a province in northwest China known for its arid and inhospitable environs.
music and lyrics: Traditional (circa 1930's)
arrangement: Cui Jian
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion, dizi (Chinese flute)
Wang Yong: keyboards, guzheng (Chinese zither)
[edit] Start again
My feet planted on the Earth
My head tipped to the Sun
I pretend I am alone on this world
I shut both eyes tight
I press up against the wall
I pretend I’ve lost my head
La la la la….
I don’t want to leave
I don’t want to exist
I don’t want to live so much in reality
I want to leave
I want to exist
I want to die and then do it all over again
The rainbow in that cigarette pack
The ocean in that wineglass
Pack all of them into my empty heart
I talk more and more nonsense
I fall deeper and deeper into silence
I pretend more and more that I understand nothing
La la la la….
I don’t want to leave
I don’t want to exist
I don’t want to live so much in reality
I want to leave
I want to exist
I want to die and then do it all over again
Look in all directions
Look at all the people
Look at me at the end of a brilliant road
Don’t feel my heart racing
Don’t feel ashamed
Don’t feel sure that I even want to know
La la la la….
music and lyrics: Cui Jian
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion
Wang Yong: keyboards
[edit] Last Shot
A stray bullet hit my chest.
Instantly my life flashed before my eyes.
Oh! The last shot…
music: Cui Jian
lyrics: Cui Jian & Wang Gui
translation: kemaxiu
Cui Jian: vocals, guitar
Amari Kyosuke: lead guitar
Liu Junli: bass
Ma He: drums
Liu Xiaosong: percussion
Wang Yong: keyboards
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