森林 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: Mr.
• Album: If I am

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the nuances of Cantonese through Mr.'s "森林," a song that delves into the complexities of urban existence and the enduring human spirit. Discover how the band uses vivid imagery and poignant lyrics to paint a picture of resilience and finding beauty in unexpected places.

[English]

Quietly watching the window

My thoughts like flowers sleep in winter

Colors already appear on the horizon

This moment, the city looks like a painting, but always heading home

In the blink of an eye, so many changes

Among the crowd, listening to the city's jokes

All the sadness in an instant feels so small

Slowly learning that even if the world pauses, it doesn’t matter anymore

Actually, destiny is like a tall building

Transforming into a city, chaotic like code in flickering lights

Look out from the terrace, see the world

Does the shining world no longer dazzle?

After so many changes

Night falls over the forest

This flower won't bloom, but it still wants to make noise

Flowers, don’t you still want to love?

Living in this big world, turning it into enemies, so cold

Actually, destiny is like a tall building

Transforming into a city, chaotic like code in flickering lights

Look out from the terrace, see the world

This world, using every method to build a home

Every flower, high or low

Falling apart in the city’s decay, finding the price of its beauty

But still holding its charm, unafraid to fall

A piece of shattered flower in the sky

Who’s it decaying for?

Actually, destiny is like a tall building

Transforming into a city, chaotic like code in flickering lights

Look out from the terrace, see the world

This world, doing everything to build a home

Humbly blooming flower

Falling apart in the city’s decay, shining bright again

But still holding its beauty, unafraid to fall

Flowers bloom, fly, as if painted

Enduring all changes

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[Chinese]

靜靜凝視窗前

腦海的思緒像花 在冬季睡眠

天邊已泛彩霞

這一刻都市像畫 但始終一個歸家

轉眼間 太多的變化

人潮內聽這鬧市的笑話

瞬間所有悲傷 都只覺渺小

慢慢學會 世界若暫停 仍不再重要

其實 命運就像大廈

如都市幻化 凌亂如燈火中的密碼

露臺 看看世界吧

這個天下 閃爍風光不再嗎

經過幾多變化

夜幕來襲森林

這朵花 不會盛開 但始終想再喧嘩

花與花 再不懂去愛嗎

活在大世界化做敵人 如此冷酷嗎

其實 命運就像大廈

如都市幻化 凌亂如燈火中的密碼

露臺 看看世界吧

這個天下 用盡方法建立這一個家

每朵 高高低低的花

為都市腐化 零落時找到它的代價

但仍有個美態吧 不怕倒下

天邊的一顆碎花

為誰而腐化

其實 命運就像大廈

如都市幻化 凌亂如燈火中的密碼

露臺 看看世界吧

這個天下 用盡方法建立這一個家

卑躬屈膝的花

為都市腐化 零落時擦亮這個家

但仍有個美態吧 不怕倒下

花開花飛花似畫

經得起變化

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
靜靜 /jìng jìng/ A2	adverb - quietly, silently
凝視 /níng shì/ B2	verb - to stare intently
腦海 /nǎo hǎi/ B1	noun - mind, brain
思緒 /sī xù/ B2	noun - thoughts, train of thought
花 /huā/ A1	noun - flower
冬季 /dōng jì/ B1	noun - winter
天邊 /tiān biān/ B2	noun - horizon
彩霞 /cǎi xiá/ B2	noun - colored clouds, rainbow clouds
畫 /huà/ A2	noun - painting, picture
歸家 /guī jiā/ B1	verb - to return home
變化 /biàn huà/ B1	noun - change, variation
人潮 /rén cháo/ B2	noun - crowd, tide of people
笑話 /xiào huà/ B2	noun - joke, joke story
悲傷 /bēi shāng/ B2	noun - sadness, sorrow
學會 /xué huì/ B1	verb - to learn
重要 /zhòng yào/ B2	adjective - important, significant
命運 /mìng yùn/ B2	noun - fate, destiny
大廈 /dà shà/ B2	noun - large building, skyscraper
幻化 /huàn huà/ B2	verb/noun - to transform, transformation
燈火 /dēng huǒ/ B2	noun - lights, lamps
密碼 /mì mǎ/ B2	noun - password, code
看 /kàn/ A1	verb - to see, to watch
世界 /shì jiè/ A2	noun - world