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Chen Yiwen

HALF THE MOON

Famous for one wedding song she now cannot escape and did not write about love

style

  • mandopop
  • lush piano ballad
  • cinematic strings
  • controlled female vocal
  • wide reverb
  • emotional restraint then release
  • mandarin accent
  • tender and grand
  • mandarin accent
  • aching

the numbers

bpm
136
key
A# major
energy
0.65
dance
0.91
valence
0.41
vocal at
8.9s
length
3:43
language
Ma

lyrics

(a teacup set down, gently)
(嗯...)

Two cups still warm upon the tray
You only drank from yours halfway
The platform swallowed your last look
我记得 — every page, the book
(don't turn, don't turn)

They say the moon is whole tonight
They're wrong, they're wrong
(月亮... 月亮...)

You keep half the moon with you
I keep half the moon here too
Two silver pieces, one lost light
You keep half the moon with you
You keep half the moon
(别走... but you were already gone)

Your ticket stub — I kept the half
The torn edge fits my photograph
The kettle sings your leaving song
I let it cry; it's not for long
(sing soft, sing soft)

You keep half the moon with you
I keep half the moon here too
Two silver pieces, one lost light
You keep half the moon with you
You keep half the moon

如果你抬头 — if you look up
Wherever your new morning breaks
(look up, look up)
We hold one sky in broken cups
And drink whatever distance makes

You keep half the moon with you
I keep half the moon here too
Two silver pieces, one lost light
You keep half the moon with you
You keep half the moon

(两个杯子... two cups)
(one still full)
HALF THE MOON — Chen Yiwen · FERAL