苏打绿 / Sodagreen / Su1 da3 lu4
幸福额度 / Xing4 fu2 e2 du4 / The limit of happiness
Theme song of The limit of happiness – 幸福额度 – Xing4 fu2 e2 du4
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你现在的感情 从何选择
ni3 xian4 zai4 de5 gan3 qing2, cong2 he2 xuan3 ze2
Your present feeling, how to choose?
看天气的脸色 还是体温
kan4 tian1 qi4 de5 lian3 se4, huan2 shi4 ti3 wen1
Depend on face color of the weather or body temperature?
幸福不会是牛顿 一颗苹果成学问
xing4 fu2 bu2 hui4 shi4 niu2 dun4, yi4 ke1 ping2 guo3 cheng2 xue2 wen4
Happiness can’t be Newton who turned one apple into the learning
所以 得不到那个人是否该恨
suo3 yi3, de2 bu2 dao4 na4 ge5 ren2 shi4 fou3 gai1 hen4
So, when you can’t get that person, should you hate?
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你现在的人生 要什么呢
ni3 xian4 zai4 de5 ren2 sheng1, yao4 shi2 me5 ne5
Your present life, what do you want?
出门要豪华车 或随缘分
chu1 men1 yao4 hao2 hua2 che1, huo4 sui2 yuan2 fen4
When you go out you want a luxury car or just take whatever destiny arranges for you?
幸福或许是诸葛 三顾也不见得成 (note 1)
xing4 fu2 huo4 xu3 shi4 zhu1 ge3, san1 gu4 ye3 bu2 jian4 de5 cheng2
Happiness perhaps is zhu1 ge3, but, even you paid three time of visits, probably you were not able to achieve it.
所以 达不到你要的是否该扔
suo3 yi3, da2 bu2 dao4 ni3 yao4 de5 shi4 fou3 gai1 reng1
So, those you can’t reach, should you throw them out?
又或者永远是不可能满分
you4 huo4 zhe3 yong3 yuan3 shi4 bu4 ke3 neng2 man3 fen1
Or, perhaps forever won’t be able to get the full points (reach perfection)
You say why 爱让寂寞像永恒
You say why ai4 rang4 ji2 mo4 xiang4 yong3 heng2
You say why love let loneliness look like eternal
And why 爱像过客不闻不问
And why ai4 xiang4 guo4 ke4 bu4 wen2 bu2 wen4
And why love is like the passenger who never hears and never asks
Oh why 爱 似乎总不贴近灵魂
Oh why ai4 si4 hu1 zong3 bu4 tie1 jin4 ling2 hun2
Oh, why love never seems close to my soul
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回忆里的气氛 是热是冷
hui2 yi4 li3 de5 qi4 fen4, shi4 re4 shi4 leng3
Is the atmosphere in the memories hot or cold?
孤芳的像天鹅 还是风筝
gu1 fang1 de5 xiang4 tian1 e2, huan2 shi4 feng1 zheng1
The aloof beauty is like a swan or a kite
或许就像哥伦布 错误点起万盏灯
huo4 xu3 jiu4 xiang4 ge1 lun2 bu4, cuo4 wu4 dian3 qi3 wan3 zhan3 deng1
Perhaps, it is like Columbus, the mistake lighted up ten thousand lights (discovered the new continent)
所以 是不是还想要再试再撑
suo3 yi3, shi4 bu2 shi4 huan2 xiang3 yao4 zai4 shi4 zai4 cheng1
So, would you still want to try and hang on to it?
又或者 因为曾有的疼沉沦
you4 huo4 zhe5, yin1 wei4 zeng2 you3 de5 teng2 chen2 lun2
Or perhaps, because of heartaches for the past sinking (memory)
You say why 爱让寂寞像永恒
You say why ai4 ran4 ji2 mo4 xiang4 yong3 heng2
You say why love let loneliness look like eternal?
And why 爱像过客不闻不问
And why ai4 xiang4 guo4 ke4 bu4 wen2 bu2 wen4
And why love is like passengers never hear and never ask?
Oh why 爱 似乎总不贴近灵魂
Oh why ai4 si4 hu1 zong3 bu4 tie1 jin4 ling2 hun2
Oh why love never seems close to the soul?
怎么能 怎么能
zen3 me5 nen2, zen3 me5 neng2
How come, how come
相聚分离 光影凉了又温
xiang1 ju4, fen1 li2, guang1 ying3 liang2 le5 you4 wen1
United and departed, the sunlight and the shadow cool and then warm up again?
想起忘记 眼泪浅了又深
xiang3 qi3 wang4 ji4, yan3 lei4 qian3 le5 you4 shen1
You recalled but then forgot, and the marks of tears shallowed and then deepened
凡美丽总像是流水逝去不会转过身
fan2 mei3 li4 zong3 xiang4 shi4 liu2 shui3 shi4 qu4, bu2 hui4 zhuan3 guo4 shen1
Those that are beautiful always like the flowing water which will be gone and will never turn around
雨水却在不知名的清晨纷纷
yu3 shui3 que4 zai4 bu4 zhi1 ming2 de5 qing1 chen2 fen1 fen1
But the rains came pouring down on an unknown dawn again
You say why Oh 寂寞像永恒
You say why Oh ji2 mo4 xiang4 yong3 heng2
You say why oh loneliness is like eternity
And why 像过客不闻不问
And why xiang4 guo4 ke4 bu4 wen2 bu2 wen4
And why it is like the passengers never hear and never ask?
And why
Oh why 爱 不贴近灵魂
Oh why ai4 bu4 tie1 jin4 ling2 hun2
Oh why love never seems close to the soul?
I say why 爱让你充满难疑问
I say why ai4 rang4 ni3 chong1 man3 nan2 yi2 wen4
I say why love let you full of questions and doubts.
And why 爱总让你一点不剩
And why ai4 zong3 rang4 ni3 yi4 dian3 bu2 sheng4
And why love always let you become empty without anything left
Oh why why 爱只需建立在一个吻
Oh why why ai4 zhi3 xu1 jian4 li4 zai4 yi2 ge4 wen3
Oh why why love only has to establish on a kiss?
怎么能 怎么能 怎么能 怎么能
zen3 me5 neng2 zen3 me5 neng2 zen3 me5 neng2 zen3 me5 neng2
How could it? How could it? How could it? How could it?
怎么能
zen3 me5 neng2
How could it?
Translated by Shu
Note 1: It is a historic story about 诸葛亮 Zhu1 Ge3 Liang4. 三顾毛芦 San3 gu4 mao2 lu2 means paid three visit to the thatched cottage — and then it generally means to invite someone or hire someone so sincerely and eagerly; and in this song, it means to pursue the one you love so desperately. For the historic story, see http://www.3us.com/thread-41600-1-1.html
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin
Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. ~Jacques Prévert
If you want to be happy, be. ~Leo Tolstoy
Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. ~Palmer Sondreal
Most people would rather be certain they’re miserable, than risk being happy. ~Robert Anthony
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ~Mark Twain
If only we’d stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. ~Edith Wharton
Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place. But there is always a little corner that keeps flapping around. ~E.L. Konigsburg
Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy. ~Cynthia Nelms
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness. ~Robertson Davies
Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad. ~Norm Papernick
Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. ~Fyodor Dostoevsky
What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner. ~Colette
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Openheim
Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn’t know you left open. ~John Barrymore
“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called. ~A.A. Milne
People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. ~H. Jackson Brown
It’s pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness. Poverty and wealth have both failed. ~Frank McKinney “Kin” Hubbard
Happiness and sadness run parallel to each other. When one takes a rest, the other one tends to take up the slack. ~Hazelmarie Elliott (“Mattie”)
Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. ~Margaret Young
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. ~St. Augustine
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one’s self? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, Afterthoughts, 1931
These quotes come from:
http://www.quotegarden.com/happiness.html
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Sodagreen (Chinese: 蘇打綠; pinyin: Sūdá lǜ) is a Taiwanese independent folk-rock-pop band formed in 2001. Its lineup has been unchanged since 2003. Sodagreen emerged in the Taiwanese indie music scene after receiving the Grand Jury Award in the Hohaiyan Gongliau Rock Festival in 2004, after which it signed a contract with Willlin Music. The band is prominent for its main vocalist and songwriter Wu Tsing-Fong, who stands out with his unique literary and performing style and wide vocal range.
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