作词侯亚强
作曲侯亚强
演唱侯亚强
The alarm rings again at half past five each dawn
Rubbing my sleepy eyes I struggle to get up and carry on
I watch the sky outside slowly turn bright
A weight of a thousand jin rests heavy upon my life
My feet grow weary from every single day’s grind
I dare not fall ill dare not take a trip to unwind
Afraid one small slip will drag me down into decline
Cigarettes burn one after another inside my pocket
Yet none can ease the sorrow deep within my socket
Life feels like an endless bottomless pit
Draining my strength leaving me breathless in it
This life has been far too bitter for me to bear
I hope the next life won’t be such a heavy care
This life has worn me out with endless strain
I hope the next life frees me from all this pain
This life has left me stifled trapped in despair
I hope the next life brings everything fair
On my way home from overtime late at night the streets are bare
Streetlights stretch my shadow filling me with lonely care
I clutch my meager paycheck held tight in my hand
Counting mortgage and daily costs that this month demand
My youthful dreams have been worn flat by reality’s blow
Only a numb shell wanders through the world below
So many times I’ve wanted to give up run far away
Yet cruel reality chains me firmly where I stay
Looking in the mirror I’m no longer young as before
Wrinkles by my eyes bear all the marks of years gone by more
Life is a long and weary pilgrimage on the way
Filled with despair and powerlessness every single day
This life has been far too bitter for me to bear
I hope the next life won’t be such a heavy care
This life has worn me out with endless strain
I hope the next life frees me from all this pain
This life has left me stifled trapped in despair
I hope the next life brings everything fair
If reincarnation truly waits for me beyond this door
I’d become a free bird soaring forevermore
Flying high across the boundless open sky
With no more troubles and no more sorrows to sigh
If karma truly holds its destined fate
I’d trade every hardship that I now must bear
For just a fleeting moment of sweetness over there
Even if it lasts no longer than a single breath in air
This life has been far too bitter for me to bear
I hope the next life won’t be such a heavy care
This life has worn me out with endless strain
I hope the next life frees me from all this pain
This life has left me stifled trapped in despair
I hope the next life brings everything fair
