NEON FERRY
Learned to sing from cassettes his father played in a taxi for thirty years
vex on it
the runHonest use case: Listeners who appreciate introspective, melancholic reflections on lost love and the passage of time, especially those with an affinity for Cantopop aesthetics.
Exhibit: “Will the crossing take eight minutes / Or thirty years, all told?”
style
the numbers
- bpm
- 129
- key
- F major
- energy
- 0.69
- dance
- 0.95
- valence
- 0.55
- vocal at
- 1.9s
- length
- 3:44
- words
- 204
- clichés
- 0
- language
- Ca
most sung: “carry” ×15 · “ferry” ×13 · “neon” ×12
shared with the crate: 23 other songs use “gold” · 71 other songs use “night”
lyrics
(a ferry bell rings across the water) (夜晚... 夜晚...) The pier lights ripple gold and green Your coat too thin for harbor wind I gave you mine at seventeen And never asked for it again (仲記得... I still remember) The city stacked its stars in windows Just for us that night (咁靚啊... so beautiful) Neon ferry, carry me (carry me) Neon ferry, carry me Back across the years to her Neon ferry, carry me (慢慢... slowly) Neon ferry, carry me The water keeps what we were (嗚... woah-oh) They tore the old pier down last year The noodle stall is a bank now But salt and diesel linger here And so, somehow, does our vow (唔好走... don't go) Neon ferry, carry me (carry me) Neon ferry, carry me Back across the years to her Neon ferry, carry me (慢慢... slowly) Neon ferry, carry me If I stand at the rail tonight With my collar to the cold (the bell rings twice) Will the crossing take eight minutes Or thirty years, all told? (我個心... my heart knows) Neon ferry, carry me (carry me) Neon ferry, carry me Back across the years to her Neon ferry, carry me Neon ferry, carry me The water keeps what we were (the far shore glows) (夜晚... goodnight, goodnight)