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廢城故事

暴雨天 文浩約好美穗
商討婚宴事宜煩惱中飲醉
怎麼娶 摯友也都畏懼
只好一再延期等賓客都敢去

愁雲下瘟疫蔓延
誰會理友好 新婚慶典
新增個案逐個逐區的抗戰
如荷里活場面 實況身邊上演

怪上帝 何以無數雙眼都不閉
只知咫尺內有無數個喪禮
還有誰有膽去搞婚禮
誰也頹到很 廢

自那天 文浩置身醫院
不知跟美穗隔離四間房遠
喘息中 說了最終志願
很想跟美穗在荒街里走一轉

從來沒瘟疫蔓延
人這樣渺小 竟反了天
恐慌裡會望見甚麼的遠見
繁盛炒得太高 人性知得太淺

欠上帝 人太狂妄需要天洗禮
只知咫尺內有無數個喪禮
誰救誰接觸也許一剎 由機轉危

廢就廢 誰怕全市都已經荒廢
已犧牲性命但人性更高貴
誰怕無數心血都枉費
誰到危殆先疼惜一切
脫開口罩相擁有 多 寶 貴
誰說逃過一劫該洗禮
誰決定領洗

沒法推 痊癒了的美穗
跟她死黨迫到蘭桂坊一醉
祝福中 笑了笑的美穗
彷佛身處婚宴生死已相許

Abandoned City Story

In the rain Wen Hao made plans with Mei Hui
To plan their wedding in drunken bliss
How will he marry, he worries, his friends are scared
So he'll keep postponing till his guests dare to come

Plague spreads under dark clouds
Who cares for a friend's new celebration?
New cases in each district fight like they're at war
Like a Hollywood scene, this battle unfolds right in front of us

Oh God, why won't you close so many eyes?
I can only see the many funerals right next door
Who would dare to have their wedding now?
Everyone's fallen into a defeated depression

From that day Wen Hao lived in the hospital
Not knowing Mei Hui was quarantined four rooms away
Gasping for breath, he uttered his dying wish
He longed to walk in the empty streets with Mei Hui

There was never such a widespread plague before
We humans are so small, yet we defy the heavens
In this panic, what distant foresight can we see?
Our prosperity was overhyped, and our humanity too shallow

We owe God an apology for our arrogance, he's punishing us
I can only see countless funerals right next door
Who's saving who? One touch, one moment, and danger strikes

So be it, let it be, who cares if the whole city's abandoned?
Lives have been lost, but humanity has become stronger
Who cares if all our hard work has been in vain?
Only when facing death do we cherish everything
Taking off our masks to hold each other, how precious
Who says surviving is a baptism?
Who decides the baptism?

Mei Hui recovered and was released, she couldn't avoid it
She and her friends went to Lan Kwai Fong to get drunk
Amidst the well-wishes, Mei Hui smiled
As if she were at her wedding, life and death had already been exchanged