happy.BIRTH.day
Words and Music by Ashin
Why aren’t milk shakes sweet, why isn’t the landscape
beautiful
Because when you’re by my side, the rest of the world is
missing its center
From the start the expression in your eyes was especially
affectionate
We weren’t wearing shoes, crossing barefoot, whispering
together
Before this, just who was I?
You appeared
Before my eyes, in a moment, everything changed
Happy birth day, you’re at my side
I’d suffer beside you this lifetime, and we’ll surpass
heaven one day
Happy birth day, say goodbye to yesterday’s sadness
From the time I met you, that was my happy birth day
Kites and the wind are tangled together, the poet and his
poem go round in circles
You’re sitting by my side, this kind of happiness is
impossible to describe
I’ve traveled around the world, seen so many stewardesses
None were as beautiful as you, the first model can only
sparkle beside you
Why is that when I’m happy, tears can still fall, watering
my wilderness, roses bloom abundantly
I’m not tired, I don’t sleep, I don’t rest, I don’t close my
eyes
I don’t want to waste a second when you’re in this world
Notes: this song was a solo release by Ashin, minus the rest of Mayday. About the stewardesses - as in Little Nurse 小護士,
it's hard to decide if the reference is sexist or just honest (most
heterosexual men I know delight in the idea of a pretty nurse or flight
attendant tending to their every need). Still, in Asia, many
Airlines still have strict rules about the appearances of their female
flight attendants, ranging from weight restrictions to hair and makeup
requirements. So if Ashin flew around the world on, say,
Singapore Airlines, chances are he really has seen a lot of very
beautiful women.