Success In Sight

This was a song that I overlooked when Mayday new album came out. Pretty much skipped it, largely because the melody wasn't too appealing the first few times I heard it.

That was until it won the Best Lyrics Award (caught my attention), and then subsequently the 2nd version of the MV came out.



Now, it has grown on me so much that it's becoming one of my favourite songs on the new album.

The lyrics are so freaking well written.

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Viewed narrowly, the lyrics are obviously talking about the hardship Mayday have gone through to pursue their music dreams.

Viewed from a wider perspective, it can be a reflection of many goals we pursue in life. Our commoner life may be nowhere as exciting or dramatic as theirs, but some of the lines in this song really shook and touched me on a personal level.

才体会每场仗 都仰赖 枪与粮
梦是把热血和 汗与泪 熬成汤
浇灌在干涸的 贫瘠的 现实上
当日常的重量 让我们 不反抗

Every battle relies on guns and food. Can passion alone feed your stomach? Can love exist without bread?
Pursuing your dreams wholeheartedly is like watering the dry and barren soil of reality with blood, sweat and tears. It may not yield any results.
Can you persevere in the face of  harsh reality?

And should the day come when you arrive at your goal, would you be as happy as you thought? Or are you just stepping into another jail? Another rat race?

一双又一双的目光 像监狱和高墙
墙里的风光是不是 如当初想像

You will be judge by others. By society norms. By peer pressure. And ironically, the older we get, the more we are afraid of being judged.

Can we find back our younger self? The one who is "stupid" but strong?

Are we really wiser as we grow older? Or have we lost something in the process of growing up?

从不多想, 只是信仰
少年回头望 笑我“还不快跟上？”