All Things Expire

All things expire.

The expiry date exists but 

it is always ignored.

No need to be cynical,

No need to be hysterical.

The Visitor - Sienna Spiro  

 

We lay on towers, on rented time

I'm yours for hours, you're always mine

All things expire, I know you won't stay

But I seem to inspire you to say

Say that you love me

Say I'm all you need

In the back of my mind, I

Know I'm temporary

You're holding me for the night 

for some pleasure

If that's all we are

Know I'll always be a visitor, mm

In your arms

It's in my nature to be cynical

I want to be remembered, 

so I get hysterical

I wanna be that one thing, 

somethin' special to you

Say you won't forget me, 

but you always do

Then say that you love me

Say I'm all you need

In the back of my mind, I

Know I'm tеmporary

You're holding me for the night 

or somе pleasure

If that's all we are

Know I'll always be a visitor, mm

In your arms, in your arms, oh

Out of sight, out of mind

In some decades ago, since the early 2000s,

the earth was said to become flat.

Wherever she goes, she is always in sight.

Now, since the early 2020s,

the earth is becoming round again.

Wherever she goes beyond the horizon,

she is not in sight,

and even her shadow cannot be seen.

Out of sight, out of mind.

_______

Mark Knopler - Wherever I go

Maybe I'm bound to wander

From one place to the next

Heaven knows why

But in the wild blue yonder

Your star is fixed

In my sky

Just another bar, at a cross roads

So far from home

But that's alright

Whenever I'm going down the dark road

I don't feel alone in the night

There's a place in my heart

Though we're far apart

May you always know?

No matter how long since I saw you

I keep the flame there for you

Wherever I go

They're looking too close up in here

Pulling down the blinds

But they'll let you stay a while

And I'm going, in a while

Now I've got leave you, brother

So this round's mine

Just looking at you, anyhow

You can go on and have another

You wouldn't, call time

I'm gonna say my goodbye's now

There's a place in my heart

Though we're far apart

May you always, know?

No matter how long since I saw you

I keep the flame there for you

Wherever I go

Soaring High to Search and Find

Sometimes I imagine, 

Being able to fly above 

the mountains and trees, 

soaring high.

Looking down from that height, 

I might find even more 

of the beautiful scenery, 

Hidden deep within

the mountains and woods.

——————

The Bee Gees - Search, Find

Don't let the day keep movin' on

With tears and pride, they hide the sun

Look to the road that lies ahead

I'm turnin' to the dream we left to die

Dyin' alone, cry for the moment 

you passed me by

Baby, I don't now how

I'm only cryin' now

Search, find

No stone unturned, no hell, no fury

Gon' stop my love in all its glory

Search, find

No man, no God, no pain can sever

My love for you, God, we're forever

Don't lose the will to make it right

A day is just a brighter night

And from the flames, a dyin' love

Can learn to fly and rise above in me

All that we are, 

you are the heart of my everything

Maybe I lose my mind

I'm not the losin' kind

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Ink Strokes — 

Soaring Above the Mountain Tops and Treetops 

(15cm x 15cm) (2026) 

水墨幾筆 - 翱翔於山樹之巔（15cm x15cm) （2026）

有時會幻想，

能飛到群山與林樹的頭上翱翔，

從那個高度俯瞰，

可找到更多屬於山樹之中，

更多美麗的風景。

To Delay or To Reset

When love is beginning to fade,

there are choices of action ahead.

One choice is to reset the love;

it is somewhat a delay tactic,

to wait and see whether love can come back.

Another one is to reset life to 

start all things new.

It is a sort of quick decision

to cut further possible losses caused

by the love affair.

VIDA Hollywood「Starving Love」

I'm starving love

I fall in love, forget

夢の中で All reset

Starving love

進まない Regret

Nothing left behind, no

去り際の愛しささえも

触れる手の平だけだもの

Just tell me, baby

Ain't know we're still in a romance?

Holding you still makes no sense

I don't need no solace

会いたいのは Fake?

Like a cake

満たされればもう忘れるの

甘い記憶は残らない

Why, why

I'm starving love

I fall in love, forget

夢の中で All reset

I’m starving love

進まない Regret

Nothing left behind, no

I’m starving love

愛されても Forget

満たされても All reset

I’m starving love

止めれない Cigarette

Nothing left behind, no

わけじゃないけどただ馴れ合い

自分にさえも

I can't tell a lie without

Having a second thought

退屈になれば終わらすの

また終わらすの?

何度も Bye, bye, bye

もう飽きた Word

満たされない?

I'm starving love

I fall in love, forget

夢の中で All reset

I’m starving love

進まない Regret

Nothing left behind, no

I’m starving love

愛されても Forget

満たされても All reset

I’m starving love

止めれない Cigarette

Nothing left behind, no

Starving Love

我飢渴著愛

墮入愛河，隨後忘卻

在夢境中，一切重置

渴望愛的撫慰

毫無進展的後悔

最終什麼也沒留下，沒有

連離去時的那份依戀

也只剩雙手相觸時的餘溫

告訴我吧，寶貝

難道不知道我們仍在浪漫之中嗎？

緊抱著你卻依然毫無意義

我不需要任何安慰

想見你的心情只是假象嗎？

就像一塊蛋糕

只要得到了滿足，就會轉眼遺忘

甜蜜的記憶不會留下痕跡

為什麼，究竟是為什麼

我飢渴著愛

墮入愛河，隨後忘卻

在夢境中，一切重置

我渴望著愛

毫無進展的後悔

最終什麼也沒留下，沒有

我渴望著愛

即使被愛著，也會忘記

哪怕被滿足，也全部重置

我渴望著愛

停不下來的香煙

最終什麼也沒留下，沒有

並非故意，卻只是習慣性地妥協安於現狀

甚至連對我自己

我都無法毫無顧忌地說謊

而不去反覆斟酌

感到厭倦了就要結束嗎？

又要再次結束了嗎？

無數次的 Bye, bye, bye

早就聽膩的詞彙

依然無法被滿足嗎？

我飢渴著愛

墮入愛河，隨後忘卻

在夢境中，一切重置

我渴望著愛

毫無進展的後悔

最終什麼也沒留下，沒有

我渴望著愛

即使被愛著，也會忘記

哪怕被滿足，也全部重置

我渴望著愛

停不下來的香煙

最終什麼也沒留下，沒有

渴望愛的撫慰

James Blunt - Stop the Clock

Don't kill time. 

If time is dead, 

the killer will be punished by 

being arrested and handcuffed. 

He is left trapped and can 

only watch life slip away. 

 James Blunt - Stop the Clock 

Did it take you a minute to realize that 

I'm deep in it?

'Cause it feels like hours, 

I've been stuck here thinking

I get down, down on my knees

Begging, begging, please

Every single prayer's wasted in the air (hey)

It's like the hands of time (oh-oh)

Are putting handcuffs on mine (oh-oh)

And nothing about this is holy

It's just killing me, killing me slowly

And I'm not ready yet (oh-oh)

But I'm running outta breath (oh-oh)

And all I can do is watch

'Cause I can't find a way

To stop the clock

Mmm, mmm

Whoa-oh, mm

Mmm, mmm

Whoa-oh

I hear that long, black train, 

it's running outta track

And I'm no coward but right now, 

I've got no powers

Oh, no more you and me, 

we all get eulogies

But most of them, I swear, 

are wasted in the air (hey)

It's like the hands of time (oh-oh)

Are putting handcuffs on mine (oh-oh)

And nothing about this is holy

It's just killing me, killing me slowly

And I'm not ready yet (oh-oh)

But I'm running outta breath (oh-oh)

And all I can do is watch

'Cause I can't find a way

I can't find a way to 

stop the hourglass now (ooh, ooh)

Sand just slips away and 

life goes way too fast (hey)

It's like the hands of time 

(you're taking away from me)

Are putting handcuffs on mine

 (they'll never set me free)

And nothing about this is holy

It's just killing me, killing me slowly

And I'm not ready yet 

(I don't want you to leave)

But I'm running outta breath 

(one step ahead of me)

And all I can do is watch

But I can't find a way

To stop the clock

'Welcome back!'

Whenever you are hurt, 

for whatever reasons, 

or by whoever,

it is a blessing that 

you can have a home to go back to, 

and some family members say to you, 

'Welcome back!'

——————

Motoki Ohmori – 「0.2mm」Official MV

Motoki Ohmori – 「0.2mm」

Little hands

Sunlight filtering through the trees

A gentle breeze

The day I came home crying

Another gentle breeze

Heard in the distance:

The bouncing of a ball

That kind child’s Cheerful voice

“I’m home”

“Hey, listen...”

“Welcome back”

“How was your day?”

The more I try to understand love

The more I only drift away from it

No matter where I am

No matter what I do

You are in my heart

You live in everything

My stomach growls

And I snap back to reality

Saying this life passes in the blink of an eye

Saying I want to become just a little kinder

Well, easier said than done

Learning the rhythm of a world

that isn't sweet

It’s okay to run away

It’s okay to cry

I realize that being myself

Is more important than anything else

I come to know love

“I’m home”

“Hey, listen...”

“Welcome back”

“How was your day?”

Those joined hands

Hold an unwavering warmth

No matter where I am

No matter what I do

You are in my heart

You live in everything

“I’m home” “Welcome back”

小手 陽光透過樹葉的縫隙

微風 那天我哭著回家

又一陣微風

我能在很遠的地方聽到

球彈起

那個善良的孩子

快樂的聲音

我到家了

嘿，聽我說 歡迎回來

今天是什麼樣的一天？

如果你想了解愛情

我只是遠離愛情

無論你在哪裡

不管你在做什麼

你在我心裡

你生活在一切之中

我餓了

我感到如釋重負

生活過得真快

我說我想變得更友善一點。

嗯，就說吧

了解不安世界的節奏

逃跑也沒關係

哭也沒關係

做自己比什麼都重要

我知道

懂得愛

我到家了

嘿，聽我說

歡迎回來

今天是什麼樣的一天？

曾經相連的雙手

是堅定不移的溫暖

無論你在哪裡

不管你在做什麼

你在我心裡

你生活在一切之中

我到家了

歡迎回來

ちいさな手

木漏れ日

そよ風

泣いて帰った日

また そよ風

遠くで聞こえる

ボールが跳ねた

優しいあの子の

楽しそうな声

ただいま

ねぇ聞いてよ

おかえり

今日はどんな日だった?

愛を知ろうとすれば

愛から遠ざかるばっかなんだ

どこに居ても

何をしていても

心にあなたが居る

全てにあなたは生きる

お腹が空いて

ハッとする

もうあっという間の人生だと

あと少し優しくなりたいんだと言う

まぁ言うだけ言う

甘くない世の中のリズムを知る

逃げてもいい

泣いてもいい

私で居ることが何より大切だと

私は知る

愛を知る

ただいま

ねぇ聞いてよ

おかえり

今日はどんな日だった?

繋いだその手と手は

揺るぎない温かさなんだ

どこに居ても

何をしていても

心にあなたが居る

全てにあなたは生きる

ただいま

おかえり________

The Black Hole of Gambling

I once won a third prize 

in the Hong Kong Mark Six lottery, 

getting around $8,000. 

How happy I was, 

as it gave me hope that 

I could get rich by 

winning an even bigger prize 

in the future. 

Thereafter, I kept buying the Mark Six until 

I had used up all of my previous winning, 

losing every single time.

_____

The Alan Parson Project - 

The Turn of a Friendly Card Part I & II 

The Turn of a Friendly Card Part I 

There are unsmiling faces and 

bright plastic chains

And a wheel in perpetual motion

And they follow the races and 

pay out the gains

With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will 

make their lives easier

For God knows up till now 

it's been hard

But the game never ends when 

your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

No, the game never ends when 

your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

There's a sign in the desert that 

lies to the west

Where you can't tell 

the night from the sunrise

And not all the king's horses and 

all the king's men

Have prevented the fall of the unwise

For they think it will 

make their lives easier

And God knows up till now 

it's been hard

But the game never ends when 

your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

No, the game never ends 

when your whole world depends

On the turn of a friendly card

But a pilgrim must follow 

in search of a shrine

As he enters inside the cathedral

The Turn of a Friendly Card Part II 

There are unsmiling faces 

in fetters and chains
On a wheel in perpetual motion
Who belong to all races and 

answer all names
With no show of an outward emotion

And they think it will make their lives easier
But the doorway before them is barred
And the game never ends when 

your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
No the game never ends when 

your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card

Losing balance

When does a person begin to realize that 

he is getting old?

Among many triggers, 

one is when he boards a double-decker bus, 

he chooses not to go up to the upper deck, 

being afraid he might fall down the stairs 

if he loses his balance.

 

Hollow Coves - From the Second Floor

He tried to see the light

Limbs failed when 

he fell down from the couch

With fear in his eyes

He tried to talk but 

the words wouldn't come out

Seemed like he lost his mind

Felt helpless as he rolled around the floor

Sent shivers down my spine

What has he done? 

Will his mind ever come back?

But everyday people try to 

numb all their pain

Or they say it's just fun and games, 

living while they're young

And every time all they do is 

mess with their mind

Think about the rest of your life, 

you only get one

Then suddenly outside

He jumped headfirst from the second floor

Sent shivers down my spine

What has he done? 

Has his time really run out?

But everyday people try to 

numb all their pain

Or they say it's just fun and games, 

living while they're young

And every time all they do is 

mess with their mind

Think about the rest of your life, 

you only get one