There's this particular line that made me think for a long time about what it meant: 徒留我孤单在湖面 / 成双。Very roughly translated, it says something about being left alone on the lake and pairing up. I kept wondering: pairing up with who? How can you pair up with anything when you're alone? Then it hit me: of course! The lyrics were referring to the reflection of the protagonist on the lake's surface! Duhh.

I've always thought that Chinese songs in general, whether secular or Christian, are more beautiful than English ones. Maybe it's the nature of the language itself, in the way each word can be so pregnant with meaning, in the way one could produce a different nuance or shade of meaning simply by exchanging one word for another. Or maybe it's simply because the language is truly my mother tongue (even though I read, speak and write in English a lot more), the language of the people of my colour.

I used to like Jay Chou a lot, too, until his third album, when I felt he was becoming way too commercialised. Not sure which album he is at now, but I have to say, still; the man is undeniably talented. I also used to think he was really good-looking xP

Anyway, so much for that, I better go and sleep already! :P