A Song a day: 26th Jul 2012 (一千零一個

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Today’s song is “一千零一個” by Miriam Yeung. This is one of my favourite of Miriam. The direct translation of the title to English is “One thousand and one”, but it actually means “The one and only”.

The lyrics are about love, the protagonist is expressing her feeling to her boyfriend though a conversation (I think this conversation is through her imagination, as it is quite fictional). She started the conversation by talking fairy tales, but her boyfriend found it boring. She then asks how about we talk about your new friend (referring to the boyfriend’s new girlfriend). Then she talks about a story, referring to her relationship with her boyfriend. She said: you probably haven’t have enough, how about I tell you another story, but you probably guessed that it is about me as well. The girl feels that her boyfriend don’t want to breakup with her because of his guilt, but she rather he did so, because she feel that it is giving her more pain to let this drag on. But obviously, the girl don’t want to be the one who asked for the breakup.

I love this song because Miriam sings it in a way that you can feel the highs and lows of the girl. Hope you will enjoy this song as much as I do.