海底 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 三块木头

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music can be a deeply emotional experience, and '海底' offers a unique opportunity to connect with the nuances of Mandarin Chinese through its poignant and metaphorical lyrics. This song can help you learn vocabulary related to nature, emotions, and introspection. What makes '海底' special is its powerful storytelling and the cultural conversation it started about mental health, providing a window into contemporary Chinese society and the power of music to both express and heal.

[English]

Scattered moonlight pierces through the clouds

Scattered moonlight pierces through the clouds

Avoiding the crowd, it forms the scales of the sea

Avoiding the crowd, it forms the scales of the sea

Waves soak your white dress, trying to push you back

Waves soak your white dress, trying to push you back

Waves wash away the bloodstains, wishing to warm you

Waves wash away the bloodstains, wishing to warm you

Listening deep into the sea, whose wail is guiding the way?

Listening deep into the sea, whose wail is guiding the way?

Your soul sinks into silence, no one wakes you up

Your soul sinks into silence, no one wakes you up

You love the salty breath of the sea breeze

You love the salty breath of the sea breeze

You love the salty breath of the sea breeze

Stepping on the wet gravel

Stepping on the wet gravel

Stepping on the wet gravel

Stepping on the wet gravel

You asked me, where do we go after death?

You asked me, where do we go after death?

You asked me, where do we go after death?

Will anyone love you? Can the world just stop?

Always forcing a smile for cold-hearted people

Always forcing a smile for cold-hearted people

People on the shore wear indifferent faces

People on the shore wear indifferent faces

No attachment to this world, all turns to smoke

No attachment to this world, all turns to smoke

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Scattered moonlight pierces through the clouds

Scattered moonlight pierces through the clouds

Avoiding the crowd, slipping into the depths of the sea

Avoiding the crowd, slipping into the depths of the sea

Waves wash away the bloodstains, wishing to warm you

Waves wash away the bloodstains, wishing to warm you

Your soul sinks into silence, no one wakes you up

Your soul sinks into silence, no one wakes you up

Your soul sinks into silence, no one wakes you up

You love the salty breath of the sea breeze

You love the salty breath of the sea breeze

Stepping on the wet gravel

You said people’s ashes should be scattered into the sea

You said people’s ashes should be scattered into the sea

You said people’s ashes should be scattered into the sea

You asked me, where do we go after death?

You asked me, where do we go after death?

Will anyone love you? Can the world just stop?

Always forcing a smile for cold-hearted people

Always forcing a smile for cold-hearted people

People on the shore wear indifferent faces

People on the shore wear indifferent faces

No attachment to this world, all turns to smoke

No attachment to this world, all turns to smoke

Too late, too late

Too late, too late

You once cried with a smile

You once cried with a smile

Too late, too late

Too late, too late

Your trembling arms

Your trembling arms

Too late, too late

Too late, too late

No one pulls you back up

No one pulls you back up

Too late, too late

Too late, too late

You clearly hate suffocating

You clearly hate suffocating

[Chinese]

散落的月光 穿過了雲

散落的月光 穿過了雲

躲著人群 鋪成大海的鱗

躲著人群 鋪成大海的鱗

海浪打濕白裙 試圖推你回去

海浪打濕白裙 試圖推你回去

海浪清洗血跡 妄想溫暖你

海浪清洗血跡 妄想溫暖你

往海的深處聽 誰的哀鳴在指引？

往海的深處聽 誰的哀鳴在指引？

靈魂沒入寂靜 無人將你吵醒

靈魂沒入寂靜 無人將你吵醒

你喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

踩著濕濕的沙礫

踩著濕濕的沙礫

踩著濕濕的沙礫

踩著濕濕的沙礫

你問我死後會去哪裡？

你問我死後會去哪裡？

你問我死後會去哪裡？

有沒有人愛你？ 世界能否不再？

總愛對涼薄的人扯著笑臉

總愛對涼薄的人扯著笑臉

岸上人們臉上都掛著無關

岸上人們臉上都掛著無關

人間毫無留戀 一切散為煙

人間毫無留戀 一切散為煙

散落的月光 穿過了雲

散落的月光 穿過了雲

躲著人群 溜進海底

躲著人群 溜進海底

海浪清洗血跡 妄想溫暖你

海浪清洗血跡 妄想溫暖你

靈魂沒入寂靜 無人將你吵醒

靈魂沒入寂靜 無人將你吵醒

靈魂沒入寂靜 無人將你吵醒

你喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

你喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

踩著濕濕的沙礫

你說人們的骨灰應該撒進海裡

你說人們的骨灰應該撒進海裡

你說人們的骨灰應該撒進海裡

你問我死後會去哪裡

你問我死後會去哪裡

有沒有人愛你？ 世界能否不再？

總愛對涼薄的人扯著笑臉

總愛對涼薄的人扯著笑臉

岸上人們臉上都掛著無關

岸上人們臉上都掛著無關

人間毫無留戀 一切散為煙

人間毫無留戀 一切散為煙

來不及來不及

來不及來不及

你曾笑著哭泣

你曾笑著哭泣

來不及來不及

來不及來不及

你顫抖的手臂

你顫抖的手臂

來不及來不及

來不及來不及

無人將你打撈起

無人將你打撈起

來不及來不及

來不及來不及

你明明討厭窒息

你明明討厭窒息

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
月光 /yuè guāng/ A2	noun - moonlight
海 /hǎi/ A1	noun - sea
海浪 /hǎi làng/ A2	noun - sea wave
靈魂 /líng hún/ B1	noun - soul
寂靜 /jì jìng/ B1	noun - silence
海風 /hǎi fēng/ A2	noun - sea breeze
沙礫 /shā lì/ B1	noun - gravel
骨灰 /gǔ huī/ B2	noun - ashes
打撈 /dǎ lāo/ B2	verb - to salvage
血跡 /xuè jì/ B1	noun - bloodstain
溫暖 /wēn nuǎn/ A2	adjective - warm verb - to warm
涼薄 /liáng bó/ C1	adjective - cold and indifferent
散落 /sàn luò/ B1	verb - to scatter
哀鳴 /āi míng/ B2	noun - wail
窒息 /zhì xī/ B2	verb - to suffocate

Key Grammar Structures

• 散落的月光 穿過了雲

  ➔ Adjective + 的 + Noun

  ➔ The structure "散落的月光" uses the pattern "Adjective + 的 + Noun" to describe the moonlight as scattered.

• 海浪打濕白裙 試圖推你回去

  ➔ Verb + Object + 试图 (shì tú) + Verb Phrase

  ➔ The sentence uses "试图推你回去" to express an attempt, highlighting the structure Verb + Object + 试图 + Verb Phrase.

• 往海的深處聽 誰的哀鳴在指引？

  ➔ 向/往 + Noun + 的 + Noun

  ➔ The phrase "往海的深處" uses the structure 向/往 + Noun + 的 + Noun to indicate direction or orientation.

• 你喜歡海風鹹鹹的氣息

  ➔ Verb + Adjective + 的 + Noun

  ➔ The phrase "海風鹹鹹的氣息" uses the structure Verb + Adjective + 的 + Noun to describe the salty breath of the sea breeze.

• 你問我死後會去哪裡？

  ➔ Pronoun + 问 (wèn) + Object + 会 + Verb

  ➔ The sentence uses "你問我死後會去哪裡" to ask a question about the future, highlighting the structure Pronoun + 问 + Object + 会 + Verb.