One Song a Day - Heart of a Traveler 遊子意. Translation and song link below
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2007, Iceland. After the third attempt of getting on that flight to Grimsey, the little Icelandic island on the edge of North Pole, I finally could say ‘been there done that’ to myself. I even wrote a whole story about it in a book. This song was written on the way back from the airport to the city in Akureyri, walking, drenched in cold rain. So, what do you get from traveling? A lot of leg work, trips disrupted by unpredictable weather, soaked in cold rain, followed by a nasty cold, a song... a tourist would ask ‘why’, a traveler would say ‘why not’. Which one you would rather be?
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Heart of a Traveler
（Chet Lam)
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There’s a heart in every city
Which cannot be seen easily
Where roads connecting all wishes like veins
Every city is familiar, every corner is strange
We are all waiting for some special moment when we catch someone’s eyes when resting in between our journeys
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I care more about the process of searching
Though every turn leads to the same results eventually
Answers suddenly appear after the shoes are worn out
But the questions have been forgotten
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We document stop after stop with the ever changing clouds
We document love after love with sunsets
Every little thing is our fuel and our burden
It’s no one else but ourselves
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Every traveler has a story
You just have to ask
Details might vary from time to time
After all what’s left is just memory
Behind every choice there’s some regret
Behind every regret there’s some silver lining
Moon sets, sun rises, beauty view emerges after darkness
We’re still here, I’m all grateful
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I’ve flown with the diamonds in the sky
I’ve walked through the land of ice and fire
I’ve sailed on the sea of love but after a while
Still miss the Paris in your eyes
I’ve sailed on the sea of love
but time after time...
I missed the Paris in your eyes
Paris in your eyes
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2009年在冰島創作的歌。第三天成功於小島Grimsey踩在北極圈的線上，安全飛回小鎮Akureyri，從機場在冷雨中走45分鐘回到市中心，重感冒，酸軟雙腿（三天在冷雨中走路來回機場不是說笑的），因為天氣變化把旅程改完又改的狼狽，最後成為一首歌；最後，得到的都不能量化、但世上最好的東西，通常都是不能量化的經驗與故事。一個遊客會問何苦，一個旅人會說何不，你情願是哪一個身份？
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遊子意
（曲詞：林一峰）
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每個城市都有顆心 不能輕易被看見
馬路就像血脈一樣 把每個渴望相連
每個城市都很熟悉 每個角落都陌生
停歇上路匆匆剎那 就等待那一個眼神
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尋尋覓覓更在乎過程
兜兜轉轉一樣的結果
踏破鐵鞋 不經意地答案出現
竟忘了問題是甚麼
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一站一站浮云游子意
一段一段落日故人情
一點一滴 也是力量 也是牽絆
不是別人 都是自己
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每個旅人都有故事 你問他就會告訴你
細節可能有點偏差 反正留下的只有回憶
每個選擇都有遺憾 每個遺憾都有轉機
月落日出柳暗花明
人還在 心存感激
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尋尋覓覓更在乎過程
兜兜轉轉一樣的結果
踏破鐵鞋 不經意地答案出現
竟忘了問題是甚麼
一站一站浮云游子意
一段一段落日故人情
一點一滴 也是力量 也是牽絆
不是別人 都是自己
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我曾經跟天空的鑽石一起飛翔
我曾經走在冰火交融的土地上
我曾經航行在感情的海上
但沒過多久 就開始想念你眼中的巴黎
我曾經航行在感情的海上
一次又一次 錯過了你眼中的巴黎
你眼中的巴黎
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