DUMMY – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 姜濤, MIRROR

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Keung To's 'DUMMY' offers a unique opportunity to delve into the nuances of Cantonese. The song's introspective and metaphor-rich lyrics about navigating public life provide a compelling narrative. Exploring the lyrical wordplay and cultural references within 'DUMMY' can be a rewarding way to deepen your understanding of both the language and contemporary Hong Kong culture.

[English]

Out of the factory, a carbon copy

Like a reflection, a puppet learning to walk

The craftsman's duty, to make the best

Wholeheartedly chasing progress, completing tasks

A uniform path, self-repair, the mechanism's format has a roadmap

Able to do everything, following signals and doing as told

Day after day, doing what's normal, following data, outputting power, that's the routine

But feeling unwell, chaos accelerates the turn

Magnetic field overload, like a flamboyant performance, exaggerated

Power becomes weight, the unconventional is seen as beautiful

A unique volume, wanting to be resounding but firing blanks

A mutant bids farewell to normalcy

Dummy Dummy

You and I have tried to define the meaning of existence

Dummy Dummy

A puppet seems to have snapped its strings, creating suspenseful strange events

Dummy Dummy

Leaping to be unrestrained, chanting as if there are words

Don’t be Dummy

Flicking a finger, turning it into an amusing thing

Gritting teeth

Breaking free, playing with fingers randomly

Ignoring gazes, a spider trapped in silk, the clock seems to jump erratically

Seeking simple remedies for illness, already lacking the skill to cure

A new symbol of losing control while laughing, in a black mirror, losing interest, meaningless

Thinking something serious has happened, everyone points a finger

Eyes revealing fierce nearsightedness, doubting the original story

A scholar at the end of the road, automatically creating trouble

Like multiple channels, randomly implanting nonsense

Must be stopped, to live, bid farewell to immaturity

Dummy Dummy

You and I have tried to define the meaning of existence

Dummy Dummy

A puppet seems to have snapped its strings, creating suspenseful strange events

Dummy Dummy

Giving up being unrestrained, learning is not too late

Don’t be Dummy

Flicking a finger, purely causing trouble

(Ambitious, but turns into withered branches, quite suspicious)

Turning into an embarrassment

(Saying goodbye to unrestrainedness, then stopping, this kind of drifting)

Continuing to begin

Saying goodbye to the past, replanting from scratch, starting now

Dummy Dummy Dummy Dummy Dummy

Saying thank you again, giving a speech later

Dummy Dummy

I will re-calibrate the trajectory, the meaning of existence

Dummy Dummy

The puppet will remember the original intention, never forgetting the instructions

Dummy Dummy

Having fallen, will try again, working hard is not too late

Don’t be Dummy

Walking out of the golden temple, becoming a great meaning

Speaking ends here

DUMMY

[Chinese]

出廠 一個倒模

像對倒 好一個木偶學人去踏步

匠人義務 做最好

一心會追進度 完成庶務

劃一線路 自我復修 機關格式都有路線圖

會做到周身刀 對著訊號會照做

日復日做就是正常 跟資料 輸出電量就是慣常

但是抱恙 混亂加速轉向

磁場過量 如花式表演誇張

力量變重量 另類當漂亮

突異的音量 要鏗鏘卻放空槍

變異類道別正常

Dummy Dummy

你我有試過 自訂 存在意義

Dummy Dummy

布偶似斷纜 製造懸疑怪事

Dummy Dummy

跳躍去放肆 念念如像有詞

Don’t be Dummy

郁一郁手指 變成趣事

咬牙切齒

甩繩 亂玩手指

未理目光 蜘蛛困絲 鐘似亂跳字

有病向淺中醫 已乏術無法救治

失笑中失控新標誌 黑鏡中一個 失嫂意沒意義

自認真出事 萬人靈犀一指

目露凶光近視 懷疑原來故事

末路進士 自動生事

就像多聲道 亂植入厥詞

必須制止 要活著 道別幼稚

Dummy Dummy

你我有試過 自訂 存在意義

Dummy Dummy

布偶似斷纜 製造懸疑怪事

Dummy Dummy

放棄去放肆 學習還未算遲

Don’t be Dummy

郁一郁手指 純屬惹事

(躊躇滿志 卻變枯枝 相當可疑)

變做糗事

(道別放肆 再去終止 這種飄移)

繼續開始

道別過去從頭灌溉 現在開始

Dummy Dummy Dummy Dummy Dummy

再道謝 日後致辭

Dummy Dummy

我會再校對軌跡 存在意義

Dummy Dummy

布偶會記得初衷 無忘訓示

Dummy Dummy

跌過會再試 賣力還未算遲

Don’t be Dummy

走出金光寺 變大意義

說話到此

DUMMY