My Theme Song - Eyeful Tower: Musings, by Sam C. Chan

My Theme Song

by Sam C. Chan

Summer 2006

Recently, during a conversation with a friend, I conceded to have long earned the title Stupidus Maximus. I jokingly said:

If I had a theme song, it'd be something like:

Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb...
(to the tune of the Tums commercial)

Then I thought to myself: I could actually have a theme song... In fact, I'll have two! So,
I hereby designate* the following as my "official" Bravo Anthem, and Sam's Song.

Click on within lyrics to listen to sample clips I've prepared for you.

Just Wave Hello - Charlotte Church
Designated as: Bravo Anthem

Just leave all your troubles behind now

My way is clear and true
Reach into the light
That shines in you.

E giunta l'ora del desio
All around the world
Questo e il momento dell'addio
All around the world
The dawn is rising on a new day
Time for us to go
The shadows fall and quickly fade away
Time to wave hello

It's time to go now

Time to wave hello now
Let your dreams be wings
That fly as far as the stars

It's time to wave hello
All around the world we go
Shadows fall behind us
As we follow the Sun
That moment has come
It's time to wave hello

It's time to go now
Time to wave hello now
Raise your hands and show the world
And tell everyone the moment has come
It's time to wave hello.

Just wave hello
Just wave hello
Just wave hello

Je suis moi (I Am Me) - Françoise Hardy
Designated as: Sam's Song

In French

et la rue m'habitue à n'être plus personne
presque plus personne
et la ville me force à suivre son rhythme fébrile
son rhythme fébrile
mais quand on se retrouve
quand il rentre le soir
il suffit d'un regard

et je suis moi
j'ai le ciel au bout des doigts
le monde au-dessous de moi
comme pour la première fois
je suis moi
j'entends, je sens et je vois
je suis moi
comme pour la première fois
je suis moi

et la rue me ramène à sa vie monotone
sa vie monotone
dans la ville je me perds, je m'oublie, je m'abondonne
oui je m'abandonne
mais quand on se retrouve
quand le ciel devient noir
il suffit d'un regard

et je suis moi
j'ai le ciel au bout des doigts
le monde au-dessous de moi
comme pour la première fois
je suis moi
j'entends, je sens et je vois
je suis moi
comme pour la première fois
je suis moi

je suis moi
j'ai le ciel au bout des doigts
le monde au-dessous de moi
comme pour la première fois
je suis moi
j'entends, je sens et je vois
je suis moi
comme pour la première fois
je suis moi

je suis moi...

English translation by yours truly

and the street makes me feel insignificant
almost nobody
and the city forces upon me its feverish pace
its feverish pace
but when one finds oneself
when it returns in the evening
one glance is enough

and I am me
the sky is at my fingertips
the world below me
as for the first time
I am me
I hear, I feel and I see
I am me
as for the first time
I am me

and the street brings me back to its monotonous life
its monotonous life
in the city I lose myself, I forget, I abandon
yes I abandon
but when one finds oneself
when the sky darkens
one glance is enough

and I am me
the sky is at my fingertips
the world below me
as for the first time
I am me
I hear, I feel and I see
I am me
as for the first time
I am me

I am me
the sky is at my fingertips
the world below me
as for the first time
I am me
I hear, I feel and I see
I am me
as for the first time
I am me

I am me…

* Obviously, it's only a casual unilateral, un-endorsed designation.

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