When I can see their both sides now

When I was very young,
I liked watching TV.
When I was a youth,
I liked watching films.
When I was an adult,
I liked watching TV series dramas.

When I am now old,
I like watching life, 

as I can watch them directly.

Both Sides Now · Joni Mitchell

Rows and floes of angel hair

And ice cream castles in the air

And feather canyons everywhere

Looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun

They rain and they snow on everyone

So many things I would have done

But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now

From up and down and still somehow

It's cloud illusions I recall

I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels

The dizzy dancing way that you feel

As every fairy tale comes real

I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show

And you leave 'em laughing when you go

And if you care, don't let them know

Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now

From give and take and still somehow

It's love's illusions that I recall

I really don't know love

I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud

To say, "I love you, " right out loud

Dreams and schemes and circus crowds

I've looked at life that way

Oh, but now old friends, they're acting strange

And they shake their heads and they tell me that I've changed

Well, something's lost, but something's gained

In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now

From win and lose and still somehow

It's life's illusions I recall

I really don't know life at all

It's life's illusions that I recall

I really don't know life

I really don't know life at all

繼續談戀愛

我們不再是戀人的那一天，

仍可以繼續談戀愛的喔！

我們不再是戀人的那一天

（恋人じゃなくなった日）

 

作詞 作曲︓優⾥ 　　

編曲︓CHIMERAZ 

我們初次相遇的那天 

我們牽手的那天 

我們接吻的那天 

我們吵架的那天 

我忘了我們一週年紀念日的那一天 

我決定記住哪怕最細微的事情的那天 

隨著日曆上紀念日的增多 

我越愛你就越害怕你的那天 

我想過分手的那天 

我們真的分手的那天 

不會再有紀念日了 

我想過忘記的那天 

我記起的那天 

我們不再是戀人的那一天 

我希望我們能在某個地方見面的那天 

我們真正重逢的那天 

我當時道歉說對不起的那天 

你的寵物麥睡著的那天 

我們成為朋友的那一天 

我越愛你就越害怕， 

但我為我們相遇而感到幸福的那天 

我下定決心永遠不會丟下你一個人的那天 

我想一直陪在你身邊，

在一個我們心心相印的地方 

我答應你我們會成為一對的那天家人 

我們不再是戀人的那一天 

我會讓你幸福，

讓我們幸福，

讓我也幸福 快樂地生活，生活，生活，

永遠生活 

因為我會在你身邊 我們成為一家人的那一天 

我們哭泣的那一天，

各自的故事映照在柔和的陽光下 

我哭不是因為難過 

我們不再是戀人的那一天

Sword can be easily pulled from a broken stone

When you are separated from someone

not on your own accord, for any reason,

it is advisable to take control and 

separate your daily thoughts and living from them.

If you can't pull the sword from the stone,

break the stone.

———————

Passenger - Sword from the Stone

.

How you doing, darling?

How you getting on?

Any horses running?

Worth betting on?

How's the weather down there?

I hope you're keeping warm

How you feeling, sweetheart?

Are you moving on?

Are you sleeping okay?

Or do the nights go on and on?

I hope you're eating well

I hope you're staying strong

'Cause I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

For time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

And I've tried, 

and I can't pull the sword from the stone

How are your mum and dad?

How's your brother too?

My folks are holding up

My sister's pulling through

Both the cats say hi

I know they miss you too

'Cause I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

For time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

'Cause I've tried, 

and I can't pull the sword from the stone

Because I'm fine and then I'm not

I'm spinning 'round and I can't stop

I can't do this alone

Time flies then it's so slow

I'm up and down like a yo-yo

I can't do it on my own

See, I've tried, 

and I can't pull the sword from the stone

Before and after one has become famous and successful

Before one becomes successful and famous,

being someone known only to his mother,

he will only talk with his mother 

about the ways he can go:

"Are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys?"

"Should I make my way out of 

my home in the woods?"

After one has become successful and famous,

he has become someone

who can frankly talk with his mother only 

about his ups and downs on the way there,

just because only his mother couldn't fool him 

and tell him her real feelings.

"Hey, Mom, do the papers say anything good?"

Elton John - Captain Fantastic and Brown Dirt Cowboy

Captain Fantastic, raised and regimented, 

hardly a hero

Just someone his mother might know

Very clearly a case for Corn Flakes and classics

"Two teas both with sugar please"

In the back of an alley

While little dirt cowboys 

turned brown in their saddles

Sweet chocolate biscuits and 

red rosy apples in summer

For it's hay make and "Hey mom, 

do the papers say anything good?

Are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys?

Should I make my way out of my home in the woods?"

Brown Dirt Cowboy, still green and growing

City slick Captain

Fantastic the feedback

The honey, the hive could be holding

For there's weak winged young sparrows that 

starve in the winter

Broken young children on 

the wheels of the winners

And the sixty-eight 

summer festival wallflowers are thinning

For cheap easy meals, 

hardly a home on the range

Too hot for the band with 

a desperate desire for change

We've thrown in the towel too many times

Out for the count and when we're down

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

From the end of the world to your town

And all this talk of Jesus 

coming back to see us

Mmm mmm couldn't fool us

For we were spinning out our lines 

walking on the wire

Hand in hand went music and the rhyme

The Captain and the Kid 

stepping in the ring

From here on sonny sonny sonny, 

it's a long and lonely climb

For cheap easy meals, 

hardly a home on the range

Too hot for the band with 

a desperate desire for change

We've thrown in the towel too many times

Out for the count and when we're down

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

From the end of the world to your town

We've thrown in the towel too many times

Out for the count and when we're down

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

From the end of the world to your town

Stairway to Heaven at Work

The Peter Principle is a human resources theory 

proposed by Laurence J. Peter, 

stating that in a hierarchical organization, 

employees will continue to be promoted 

based on their success in their current roles 

until they reach a level 

where they lack the capability 

to carry out the work required at that level.

An employee's incompetence is 

observed and evidenced by their stress in 

carrying out their work,

which results in lowered work efficiency, 

failure to meet work quality standards, 

poor implementation of tasks, 

deteriorating staff relationships, 

or even making mistakes in their duties.

The employee is described as 

having reached their level of incompetence.

The employee, of course, knows their situation 

and may feel frustration and dissatisfaction 

with their work. 

However, they may not admit it 

unless they are willing to 

step back from their position.

In rare cases, some people may recognize that 

they don't have the capability 

to be promoted to certain levels, 

so they will refuse to be promoted. 

This is often mistaken by outsiders as a sign 

that the employee is not ambitious.

____

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven

There's a lady who's sure all that 

glitters is gold

And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

When she gets there she knows, 

if the stores are all closed

With a word she can get 

what she came for

Ooh, ooh, and 

she's buying a stairway to Heaven

There's a sign on the wall, 

but she wants to be sure

'Cause you know sometimes 

words have two meanings

In a tree by the brook, 

there's a songbird who sings

Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get 

when I look to the West

And my spirit is crying for leaving

In my thoughts I have seen 

rings of smoke through the trees

And the voices of those who stand looking

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon 

if we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason

And a new day will dawn for those 

who stand long

And the forests will echo with laughter

Oh-oh-oh-oh-whoa

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, 

don't be alarmed now

It's just a spring clean for the May queen

Yes, there are two paths 

you can go by, but in the long run

There's still time to change the road 

you're on

And it makes me wonder

Ohh, whoa

Your head is humming, and it won't go, 

in case you don't know

The piper's calling you to join him

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow? 

And did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How everything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The tune will come to you at last

When all are one, and one is all

To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

Thank you to some persons in my life.

Occasionally, I like to play a "thank you" game:

I would think over to list 

the first five people in my life 

to whom I would like to say thank you.

This list changes 

both in people and their ranks over time.

I hope that the list will keep on changing, 

proving that I have new encounters with new people 

in my life ahead.

偶爾喜歡玩一個「感謝」遊戲：

我會思考列出我生命中前五個

最想要說謝謝的人。

這個列表隨著時間的推移

在人選和他們的排名上都會改變。

我希望這個列表會不斷變化，

證明我將會在未來的生活中與更多未遇見過的人相處。

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Thank You - Dido (Acoustic Cover by Sierra Eagleson)

My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why

I got out of bed at all

The morning rain clouds up my window

And I can't see at all

And even if I could, it'd all be grey

But your picture on my wall

It reminds me that it's not so bad

It's not so bad

I drank too much last night, got bills to pay

My head just feels in pain

I missed the bus and there'll be hell today

I'm late for work again

And even if I'm there, they'll all imply

That I might not last the day

And then you call me

And it's not so bad, it's not so bad

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

Oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

Push the door, I'm home at last

And I'm soaking through and through

Then you handed me a towel

And all I see is you

And even if my house falls down now

I wouldn't have a clue

Because you're near me

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

And oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

And I want to thank you

For giving me the best day of my life

Oh, just to be with you

Is having the best day of my life

Everything coming to an end

Everything will come to an end,
Some people and things will also disappear from around us.
Not talking about dreams.

But about life.

一切都會結束， 

有些人與物也會在身邊消失。

不是說夢，

是講人生。

Humbert Humbert - 横顔しか知らない

你可以在這裡再坐一會兒

好好看看這座城市的景色

太陽快要下山了，你會看到夕陽

我會等你，直到日落

一切都會結束，你也會消失

至少讓我陪在你身邊直到最後

你消失得無影無蹤

照片裡你笑了

你可以在這裡再待一會兒

我們繼續前幾天的對話吧

很快整座城市都會被染成鮮紅色

日落時分，我得帶你去

一切都會結束，你也會消失

夜色深沉，別丟下我

你消失得無影無蹤

照片裡你笑了

你消失得無影無蹤

只剩下我的影子

“Yum Cha” Friend

He moved out to stay overseas 

for around one year.

He recently returned to live here.

He moved out and moved in.

I treasure that I can occasionally call him out 

to Yum Cha to chat about everything 

and nonsense.

————

他搬出去在海外待了大約一年。 

他最近回到這裡居住。 

他搬出去又搬回來。 

我很珍惜我偶爾可以叫他出來去飲茶，

月旦天下。

________

Eik Octobre - Everyone goes to this place

After Rain

The old tree,

having many leaves.

After the rain,

listening to the rain.

老樹葉茂

雨後聽雨

水墨幾筆：聽雨（15cm x15cm) （2025）

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坂本龍一 - Energy Flow