情願 (Willingly)
Quiet narrative folk ballad with restrained emotion. Gentle acoustic guitar and minimal piano, soft melodic vocal delivery, no dramatic chorus lift. Low dynamic range, reflective storytelling mood, calm and controlled singing, slow tempo. Bass: Deep, smooth 808 sub bass. Focus on long, gliding notes (heavy portamento) on key changes. The bass should have a velvety tail (long release). Crucially: Apply sidechain compression to the kick drum. Keep the overall level slightly tucked under the main vocal. Guzheng: Cinematic and flowing. Play the primary, memorable melodic motif during all instrumental breaks. In verses, use supportive, delicate arpeggios with a shimmering texture. Employ fast, rhythmic plucking/glissandi flourishes right before the big chorus hits for dramatic tension. Erhu: Deeply emotional and mournful tone. Focus on powerful, slow vibrato swells (crescendos) during the bridge and final chorus. Mix low in the background, but utilize extensive, lush plate reverb
情願 (Willingly)
Quiet narrative folk ballad with restrained emotion. Gentle acoustic guitar and minimal piano, soft melodic vocal delivery, no dramatic chorus lift. Low dynamic range, reflective storytelling mood, calm and controlled singing, slow tempo. Bass: Deep, smooth 808 sub bass. Focus on long, gliding notes (heavy portamento) on key changes. The bass should have a velvety tail (long release). Crucially: Apply sidechain compression to the kick drum. Keep the overall level slightly tucked under the main vocal. Guzheng: Cinematic and flowing. Play the primary, memorable melodic motif during all instrumental breaks. In verses, use supportive, delicate arpeggios with a shimmering texture. Employ fast, rhythmic plucking/glissandi flourishes right before the big chorus hits for dramatic tension. Erhu: Deeply emotional and mournful tone. Focus on powerful, slow vibrato swells (crescendos) during the bridge and final chorus. Mix low in the background, but utilize extensive, lush plate reverb
Lyrics
情願把昨天
交還給風
讓它慢慢遠去
不再伸手 觸碰你
那些未說完的話
停在夜色裡
像窗縫漏進的雨
無聲 卻慢慢滲進記憶
[Chorus 1]
情願如此
就此別離
不問原由 也不責你
若這一段 如錯時開的花
凋落了
也就不必再提
情願把你的影子放走
任它隨日光偏移
我留在原地不說話
忘掉曾有這世界；有你
[Verse 2]
你說的永遠
過於透明
我握不住它
也握不住你
往日的溫度
已被風帶走
只剩一封
沒寄出的舊信
在抽屜裡 靜靜泛黃
[Chorus 2]
情願如此
就此別離
不問原由 也不責你
若這一段 如錯時開的花
凋落了
也就不必再提
情願把你的影子放走
任它隨日光偏移
我留在原地不說話
忘掉曾有這世界；有你
[Bridge]
若還能回到最初那一刻
我仍會 把手交給你
只是此刻
放手
比所有承諾都更真
[Outro]
情願如此
情願不問
風過之後
一切 自有歸程
English Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Willingly, I return yesterday
Back to the wind,
Letting it drift away slowly,
No longer reaching out
To touch you.
All the words left unsaid
Linger in the night,
Like rain seeping through a window crack—
Silent,
Yet slowly sinking into memory.
[Chorus 1]
Willingly,
I let it be this way—
A quiet farewell.
I ask no reasons,
And place no blame on you.
If this was a flower
Blooming out of season,
Then once it withers,
There is no need to speak of it again.
Willingly, I set your shadow free,
Let it drift with the shifting light of day.
I stay where I am, without a word,
Forgetting that this world once existed;
That you did.
[Verse 2]
The forever you spoke of
Was too transparent,
I couldn’t hold on to it,
Just as I couldn’t hold on to you.
The warmth of those days
Has already been carried away by the wind.
All that remains
Is an unsent old letter,
Quietly yellowing
In a drawer.
[Chorus 2]
Willingly,
I let it be this way—
A quiet farewell.
I ask no reasons,
And place no blame on you.
If this was a flower
Blooming out of season,
Then once it withers,
There is no need to speak of it again.
Willingly, I set your shadow free,
Let it drift with the shifting light of day.
I stay where I am, without a word,
Forgetting that this world once existed;
That you did.
[Bridge]
If I could return to that very first moment,
I would still place my hand in yours.
But here and now,
Letting go
Is truer
Than any promise we ever made.
[Outro]
Willingly,
I accept it as it is.
Willingly,
I no longer ask.
After the wind has passed,
Everything
Finds its own way home.