Time Passages between a Gen Z and a Baby Boomer

A Gen Z chatted with a Baby Boomer.

The Gen Z said, 

"If I had been born a Baby Boomer, 

I would be leading a better life than 

I am now."

The Baby Boomer said, 

"If I had been born a Gen Z, 

I would have led a better life than 

I did back then."

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Al Stewart - Time Passage

It was late in December, 

the sky turned to snow

All around the day was 

going down slow

Night like a river beginning to flow

I felt the beat of my mind go

Drifting into

Time passages

Years go falling in the fading light

Time passages

Buy me a ticket on 

the last train home tonight

Well, I'm not the kind to live in the past

The years run too short and 

the days too fast

The things you lean on 

are things that don't last

Well, it's just now and then, 

my line gets cast into these

Time passages

There's something back there 

that you left behind

Oh, time passages

Buy me a ticket on 

the last train home tonight

Hear the echoes and 

feel yourself starting to turn

Don't know why you should feel

That there's something to learn

It's just a game that you play

Well, the picture is changing, 

now you're part of a crowd

They're laughing at something, 

and the music's loud

A girl comes towards you, 

you once used to know

You reach out your hand, 

but you're all alone in those

Time passages

I know you're in there, 

you're just out of sight

Oh, time passages

Buy me a ticket on 

the last train home tonight

Carried Away by Passion

When one is down,

one is easily carried away by passion.

Carried away by what?

By certain people?

By certain events?

By mere things?

Who can help?

No one can help, except oneself.

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Crosby, Stills & Nash – Carried Away

You came from out of the skies

Your skin and your eyes

The colours of bronze

The moon in your ear

Twinkled and shone

Soon you'll be gone

Sailing out on the blue

Your old man and you

Drifting along

Leaving me here

Thinking it through

Soon you'll be gone

Moving through my changes 

as fast as I can

Trying to bring a balance to 

me and the man

Part of me is screaming to say

I want to be carried away

Moving through my changes 

as fast as I can

Trying to bring a balance 

to me and the man

Part of me is screaming to say

I want to be carried away

From out of the skies

Your skin and your eyes

The colours of bronze

The star in your ear

Twinkled and shone

Soon you'll be gone

Celebrating 1 Billion Views: "Lemon" by Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師)

Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師)'s "Lemon" music video

reached 1 billion views on 3 Nov.2026,

since being released on 27 Feb.2018.

It is quite an impressive achievement to reach

such a vast audience.

One of the key reasons why the song is

so successful is that

Kenshi Yonezu injected his real emotions

into the track,

making it deeply touching,

listeners can resonantly share his feelings

about life and loved ones.

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Japanese Drama - "Unnatural" (非自然死亡)

Theme Song : Kenshi Yonezu (米津玄師) -"Lemon"

The following Kenshi Yonezu's Live Music Video ”Lemon”

for celebrating 1 Billion Views (10億回記念)

reached by the song.

Soon to fall in love again with winter

In these early days of November,

A rain will suddenly fall.

With each passing rain,

The weather grows cooler and cooler,

Carrying a faint hint of winter.

I am someone who fears heat.

I love winter!

Billie Marten - Winter Song

"Winter Song"

This is my winter song to you

The storm is coming soon

It rolls in from the sea

My voice; a beacon in the night

My words will be your light

To carry you to me

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love-

They say that things just cannot grow

Beneath the winter snow

Or so I have been told

They say we're buried far

Just like a distant star

I simply cannot hold

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love-

This is my winter song

December never felt so wrong

Because you're not where you belong

Inside my arms

I still believe in summer days

The seasons always change

And life will find a way

I'll be your harvester of light

And send it out tonight

So we can start again

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love-

This is my winter song

December never felt so wrong

Because you're not where you belong

Inside my arms

This is my winter song to you

The storm is coming soon

It rolls in from the sea

My love; a beacon in the night

My words will be your light

To carry you to me

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

Is love alive?

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A Few Strokes of Ink Paint– 

Sudden Autumn Rain (15cm x 15cm) (2026) 

水墨幾筆 - 特如其來的幾場秋雨（15cm x15cm) （2026）

十一月初的這幾天， 

會突如其來下一場雨。 

幾場雨下來， 

天氣越來越清涼， 

有點冬天的氣息了。

我是怕熱的人， 

我愛冬天。

Life is Like a Passing Dream.

Life is like a passing dream.

It's never what it seems to be

from day to day:

Sometimes, a dream is better than life.

Sometimes, a dream is worse than life.

In either case, dreams can bring one

out of one's reality and may

give one some hints to improve it.

Play To The World · Barclay James Harvest

You - you can make the day seem right

And make the darkness bright

That's what you do

Girl, don't hide your love away

You'll want it back some day

That's what they say

And, my friend

We're gonna make it right

And play to the world tonight

We'll play to the world

Time, what's to become of me?

What will the future see?

What will they say?

Life is like a passing dream

It's never what it seems to be

From day to day

And, my friend

We're gonna make it right

And play to the world tonight

We'll play to the world

The crowd is too crowded.

The crowd is too crowded.

Control the crowd!

Crowd Control is needed!

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軟硬天師 - 最後今天

（Softhard - The Very Last Day）

作詞：軟硬天師/黃偉文 作曲：Dick Lee　

星期五晚 元旦既中環

凌晨十二點 一九九三年

氫氣球煲呔 有音樂皺紙啤酒花街

跟住浮出街 德忌笠 九七六四 YY

亂試乜野都亂試 願意乜野都願意

我話乜都敢試 你話有乜意思

突然漆黑一片 你係咪想走先

我地幾時再見 朋友你究竟係邊

未滿十八歲 飲得好鬼醉

笑得好空虛 咁點解我會去

塞入街 你扯我拉

逼埋一堆堆 點解推推推

世界變暫停 變怪獸 變異形

衝落街 訓落街 見野博命拉

跌落地 升上天

唔想咁樣 可以點樣

氫氣球升天 再見 朋友再見

最後今天 天天最後今天

氫氣球升天 再見 朋友再見

今天最後今天 最後今天

朋友你究竟係邊

我地幾時再見

最後今天

係咪條路斜 或者雪亂射

可能幅畫邪 個個亂講野

為乜要 八卦多咀

各判各有罪 點解推推推

無左廿一人 有遊魂 有鬼神

愛傳聞 愛歪聞 講到似層層

咩原因 疑幻疑真

人云亦云 係乜野人

樂極變生悲 聖地變禁地

生活唔完美 失色無趣味

靜到死 執左未 無曬人氣

我唔敢返基地 無左個屋企

屋企靜英英 朋友凍冰冰

條街冷清清 我就孤伶伶

星期六 究竟你去左邊

幾時再出現 我地幾時再見

氫氣球升天 再見 朋友再見

你究竟係邊 我地幾時再見

氫氣球升天 再見 朋友再見

跟住究竟去邊 跟住究竟會點

天天最後今天 各位觀眾再見

最後今天

凌晨四點 紅綠燈亂閃

究竟你想我點 跟住究竟去邊

跟住究竟去邊

Friday night, Central on New Year’s Day

Midnight, 1993

A helium balloon, a bow tie

Music, crumpled paper, beer, Flower Street

Then floating out into the street

Dak Gei Lap, 9764, YY

Trying anything at random,

willing to do anything

I said, “I’ll try anything”;

you said, “What’s the point?”

Suddenly, everything went dark

Were you trying to leave first?

When will we see each other again?

My friend, where are you, really?

Under eighteen, dead drunk

Laughing so emptily

So why did I go?

Jammed into the street, 

you pull, I tug

Pressed together in heaps—

why keep shoving, shoving, shoving?

The world turns to pause

Turns into monsters, 

turns into aliens

Rushing into the street, 

lying in the street

Seeing things, grabbing for dear life

Falling to the ground, 

rising to the sky

If I don’t want it this way, 

what can I do?

The helium balloon rises to the sky

Goodbye, my friend, goodbye

Today—the last day

Every day, today is the last day

The helium balloon rises to the sky

Goodbye, my friend, goodbye

Today—the last day, the last day

My friend, where are you, really?

When will we see each other again?

The last day

Is the road sloping?

Or is the snow flying everywhere?

Maybe the picture’s cursed

Everyone’s talking nonsense

Why be so nosy, so loud?

Everyone passes judgment, 

everyone finds someone guilty

Why keep shoving, shoving, shoving?

Twenty-one people are gone

There are wandering souls, ghosts and spirits

Loving rumors, loving twisted rumors

Telling them as though they must be true

What was the cause?

Was it illusion or reality?

Repeating what everyone says—

What kind of person does that?

Joy turns to tragedy

A sacred place turns forbidden

Life isn’t perfect

It loses its color, loses its joy

Quiet as death

Has it closed down yet?

There’s no one around anymore

I don’t dare go back to base

My home is gone

The house is silent

My friends are cold

The street is deserted

And I’m all alone

Saturday—where did you go, really?

When will you appear again?

When will we see each other again?

The helium balloon rises to the sky

Goodbye, my friend, goodbye

Where are you, really?

When will we see each other again?

The helium balloon rises to the sky

Goodbye, my friend, goodbye

Where do we go from here?

What happens next?

Every day, today is the last day

Goodbye, everyone watching

The last day

Four in the morning

The traffic lights flashing wildly

What do you want me to do, really?

Where do we go from here?

Where do we go from here?

Generation Replacing Generation

Generation is replacing generation 

For the loser now

will be later to win

And the first one now

will later be last

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The Times They Are A-Changin’ - 

Bob Dylan (Acoustic Cover by Jack & Daisy)

Come gather 'round people

Wherever you roam

And admit that the waters

Around you have grown

And accept it that soon

You'll be drenched to the bone

If your time to you is worth savin'

And you better start swimmin'

Or you'll sink like a stone

For the times they are a-changin'

Come writers and critics

Who prophesize with your pen

And keep your eyes wide

The chance won't come again

And don't speak too soon

For the wheel's still in spin

And there's no tellin' who

That it's namin'

For the loser now

Will be later to win

For the times they are a-changin'

Come senators, congressmen

Please heed the call

Don't stand in the doorway

Don't block up the hall

For he that gets hurt

Will be he who has stalled

The battle outside ragin'

Will soon shake your windows

And rattle your walls

For the times they are a-changin'

Come mothers and fathers

Throughout the land

And don't criticize

What you can't understand

Your sons and your daughters

Are beyond your command

Your old road is rapidly agin'

Please get out of the new one

If you can't lend your hand

For the times they are a-changin'

The line it is drawn

The curse it is cast

The slow one now

Will later be fast

As the present now

Will later be past

The order is rapidly fadin'

And the first one now

Will later be last

For the times they are a-changin'

Weather and Shelter

As long as we have shelter,

who cares about the weather?

Jose Feliciano - Rain 

Listen to the pouring rain 

Listen to it pour, 

And with every drop of rain 

You know I love you more 

Let it rain all night long, 

Let my love for you go strong, 

As long as we're together 

Who cares about the weather? 

Listen to the falling rain, 

Listen to it fall, 

And with every drop of rain, 

I can hear you call, 

Call my name right out loud, 

I can here above the clouds 

And I'm here among the puddles, 

You and I together huddle. 

Listen to the falling rain, 

Listen to it fall. 

It's raining, It's pouring, 

The old man is snoring, 

Went to bad 

And bumped his head, 

He couldn't get up in the morning, 

Listen to the falling rain, 

listen to the rain