第二个我 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 陈默之

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the world of contemporary Mandopop with Chen Mozhi's poignant track, "The Second Me" (第二个我). This emotionally charged ballad is an excellent resource for intermediate Chinese language learners, offering a rich vocabulary of regret, nostalgia, and longing in a modern context. Learning the lyrics will not only help you understand the dynamics of romantic vocabulary but also immerse you in a catchy melody that explores the universal theme of a love that can never be replicated.

[English]

The Second Me

Lyrics: Jiang Li

Music: Jiang Li

Performed by: Chen Mo Zhi

Arrangement: Zhang Rui / Jiang Li

Recording: Jiang Li

Mixing / Mastering: Jiang Li

Producer: Jiang Li

OP: Topper Culture

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Time keeps getting longer and longer

We sway together in this harbor

No one said how it should end

I look at your cold face

Thinking back to how we first loved

Back then, in our eyes, it was each other

All the gentle hopes we shared

How did it turn into just a dream?

But people are like migrating birds

You know love is the island we call home

Maybe I am just very ordinary

But I’ll never meet a second me

After being loved by you

Anyone I meet feels like something's missing

If only we had a "what if"

Could we maybe not let this moment slip away?

The pain and sadness that follow

Please turn your head

I’ve always been behind you

Remember when we promised to go somewhere far

That was your birthday wish back then

I can't forgive myself for it

My lonely room feels so loud

All those times we hesitated on life's choices

Thank you for quietly brightening my dark world

Old photos I can't bear to throw away have turned yellow

Will you slowly forget me?

Sometimes I relax and imagine

Us reuniting on some night

Maybe people have too many greedy desires

That's why in the end, loneliness keeps us caged and lost

But people are like migrating birds

You know love is the island we call home

Maybe I am just very ordinary

But I’ll never meet a second me

After being loved by you

Anyone I encounter feels like something's missing

If only we had a "what if"

Could we perhaps not miss this chance

Pain and sadness

Please turn your head

I’ve always been behind you

But I dare not admit how much I can't let go

After leaving, no one else is like a second of you

Maybe I am just very ordinary

But I’ll never meet a second me

After being loved by you

Anyone I meet feels like something's missing

If only we had a "what if"

Could we maybe not let this slip away?

Pain and sadness

Please turn your head

I’ve always been behind you

[Chinese]

第二个我

作词：江离

作曲：江离

演唱：陈默之

编曲：张瑞/江离

录音：江离

混音/母带：江离

制作人：江离

OP：拓谱万文化

【未经著作权人许可不得翻唱翻录或使用】

时间 变得 越来 越漫长

我们 摇摆 在这 片海港

谁都 没说 该如 何收场

我看 着你 冰冷 的脸庞

回想 最初 相爱 的模样

那时 我们 眼中 是对方

倾尽 温柔 给过 的奢望

怎么 好像 变成 梦一场

可人都是漂泊的候鸟

你也知道爱是我们宜居的岛

或许我是很普通

但再也遇不到第二个我

只是被你爱过之后

再遇到谁都感觉会少些什么

如果我们有如果

可不可以这次就不要错过

刺痛完难过

请你转过头

我一直都在你身后

说好要一起去的远方

是你那时的生日愿望

我始终不能自我原谅

一个人的房间好喧嚷

在你我不断犹豫的那些人生选项

感谢你把我灰暗的世界悄悄点亮

没舍得扔的相片泛黄

你会否慢慢将我淡忘

有时闲下来也会幻想

我们重聚在某个晚上

只是人或许都有太多太多的贪妄

才会到头来被孤单圈养无处安放

可人都是漂泊的候鸟

你也知道爱是我们宜居的岛

或许我是很普通

但再也遇不到第二个我

只是被你爱过之后

再遇到谁都感觉会少些什么

如果我们有如果

可不可以这次就不要错过

刺痛完难过

请你转过头

我一直都在你身后

只是我却不敢 大方承认 我多舍不得

其实离开以后 不再有人 似你一般第二个

或许我是很普通

但再也遇不到第二个我

只是被你爱过之后

再遇到谁都感觉会少些什么

如果我们有如果

可不可以这次就不要错过

刺痛完难过

请你转过头

我一直都在你身后

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - a deep affection for someone verb - to feel deep affection for
lonely /ˈloʊnli/ B1	adjective - feeling sad because one has no friends or company
dream /driːm/ B1	noun - a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep verb - to experience a dream while sleeping
island /ˈaɪlənd/ A2	noun - a piece of land surrounded by water
bird /bɜːrd/ A1	noun - a warm‑blooded animal with feathers and wings
ordinary /ˈɔːrdənəri/ B2	adjective - normal, not special or unusual
second /ˈsekənd/ A2	noun - the unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a minute adjective - coming after the first in order or time
forget /fəˈɡet/ A2	verb - to fail to remember
wish /wɪʃ/ B1	noun - a desire or hope for something to happen verb - to hope for or desire something
brighten /ˈbraɪtn/ B2	verb - to make something become more light or cheerful
grey /ɡreɪ/ A2	adjective - of a colour between black and white noun - the colour grey
wander /ˈwɒndə(r)/ B2	verb - to move about without a fixed course, aim, or purpose
painful /ˈpeɪnfl/ B1	adjective - causing physical or emotional pain
memory /ˈmeməri/ B1	noun - the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information
longing /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/ B2	noun - a strong desire or yearning
hope /hoʊp/ A2	noun - a feeling of desire for a certain thing to happen verb - to want something to happen or be true
return /rɪˈtɜːrn/ B1	verb - to go or come back to a place noun - the act of coming back
melancholy /ˈmelənkəli/ C1	noun - a deep, persistent feeling of sadness adjective - feeling or expressing sadness

Key Grammar Structures

• 如果我们有如果

  ➔ Conditional sentences (hypothetical)

  ➔ Uses the phrase '如果...有...' to express a hypothetical or counterfactual situation, implying regret over what could have been different. No need to add a main clause here, as '如果我们有如果' is an idiom meaning 'if there are ifs' or 'if wishes could come true'.

• 可不可以这次就不要错过

  ➔ Negation with 不要 + aspect (imperative form)

  ➔ The sentence uses '可不可以' to form a polite question in '不要错过', making it a suggested negation. '就' emphasizes immediacy, turning it into an urgent imperative to avoid missing the chance.

• 只是被你爱过之后

  ➔ Adverbial clause with 之后 (sequencing)

  ➔ Uses '被你爱过之后' as an adverbial phrase indicating sequence after an action, meaning 'after being loved by you', modifying the main clause to describe a change in perception.

• 再也遇不到第二个我

  ➔ Double emphasis with 再也 + negation

  ➔ The phrase '再也...不到' (implying 'will no longer... again') emphasizes exclusivity in Chinese, meaning no one else can replace 'me', highlighting irreplaceability.

• 请你转过头

  ➔ Imperative sentence with politeness marker

  ➔ The sentence is an imperative softened by '请' (please), requesting an action 'turn your head', often used to express emotional plea in relationships.

• 我始终不能自我原谅

  ➔ Modal verb 不能 with adversative adverb 始终

  ➔ Combines '不能' (cannot) with '始终' (always) to express inability to forgive oneself perpetually, emphasizing emotional persistence.

• 感谢你把我灰暗的世界悄悄点亮

  ➔ Causative construction with 把 + resultative verb

  ➔ Uses '把我...点亮' (via you) to show causality, where the subject causes the object ('my dreary world') to be 'lit up' literally and figuratively.

• 有时闲下来也会幻想

  ➔ Habitual aspect with 也 + 会 (sometimes... also will)

  ➔ Expresses occasional habit using '有时...也...会', meaning 'sometimes when free, I also fantasize', showing irregular but possible actions.

• 才会到头来被孤单圈养

  ➔ Concession-result structure with 才会 + 被动

  ➔ The sentence implies 'only because of greed do we end up confined by loneliness', using '才会' for ironic concession and '被' for passive voice.