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旧塔: 舊塔: Old Towers

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[Quiet chorus: whispered, distant, subliminal, background voices like shadow reminders from the past] 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain [stoic, soft, but powerfully even, time-worn voice] 不必着急 不必著急 No need to hurry 不必误解 不必誤解 No need to misunderstand [Soft opening, close-mic vocal, almost spoken] 时间继续流动 時間繼續流動 Time keeps moving 人继续前行 人繼續前行 People keep going [Gentle pulse enters, erhu barely audible as resonance] 有些声音 有些聲音 Some voices 来自力量的承认 來自力量的承認 come from recognizing strength 而不是轻视 而不是輕視 not from contempt 西方的急切 西方的急切 Western impatience 往往只对强者而来 往往只對強者而來 is often aimed only at the strong 我们彼此如此 我們彼此如此 We treat each other this way 也如此对待你们 也如此對待你們 and treat you the same [Very light harmonic support, no percussion] 那不是不敬 那不是不敬 That is not disrespect 只是我们的方式 只是我們的方式 It is simply our way [Brief instrumental breath] 喧哗是表演 喧嘩是表演 Noise is theater [Drop instruments for half a bar, let line land] —— [Quiet chorus 1: whispered, distant, almost subliminal, background voices] 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain —— 中国人一直明白 中國人一直明白 Chinese people have long understood 事有其时 事有其時 that things have their time 行有其道 行有其道 and actions have their path [Warm strings fade in softly] 正如你们 正如你們 Just as you 有自己的分寸 有自己的分寸 have your own sense of measure 也有自己的节奏 也有自己的節奏 and your own rhythm 有时候 有時候 Sometimes 话会硬一点 話會硬一點 words come out a bit hard 不是试探 不是試探 Not a test 而是承认 而是承認 but recognition 那就是我们 那就是我們 That is how we 对自己人的方式 對自己人的方式 treat our own [Subtle rhythmic lift, still restrained] 大音希声 大音希聲 The greatest sound is nearly silent —— [Quiet chorus 2: slightly clearer than before, still background, rhythm felt more than heard] 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain —— 我们会尽量不去评判 我們會盡量不去評判 We try not to judge 但若有时难免 但若有時難免 but sometimes it happens 也请试着理解我们 也請試著理解我們 please try to understand us 正如我们试着理解你们 正如我們試著理解你們 just as we try to understand you [Percussion enters very lightly, brushed or muted] 我不能代表所有人 我不能代表所有人 I can’t speak for everyone 这只是一个安静的声音 這只是一個安靜的聲音 this is just one quiet voice 在试着理解 在試著理解 trying to understand 正在发生什么 正在發生什麼 what is happening 人们向外看 人們向外看 People look outward 看见别处的塔倒下 看見別處的塔倒下 seeing towers fall elsewhere 新的在道路铺开时升起 新的在道路鋪開時升起 New ones rise as paths are laid 旧塔终会消失 舊塔終會消失 Old towers eventually disappear [Music widens slightly, no triumph] —— [Final chorus 3: fullest presence, layered but still restrained, then release] 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 人还在 人還在 People remain 塔起 塔起 Towers rise 塔落 塔落 Towers fall 我们都还在 我們都還在 We are all still here —— [Outro: erhu resonance, piano fades, voice nearly spoken] 时间继续 時間繼續 Time continues 人继续 人繼續 People continue 当时候到了 當時候到了 When the time comes 你们会知道 你們會知道 you will know 而这 而這 And this 正是 正是 is simply 顺理成章 順理成章 how things unfold