Name: #4 "Faded" // English Song Spotlight (Alan Walker/Iselin Solheim)
Uploaded: 2017-09-17T02:46:16.000Z
Duration: 7 min 24 s
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Today I'm going to talk about 
Faded by Alan Walker!

Welcome back to Crown's 
English Song Spotlight

In the last episode we talked about 
We Don't Talk Anymore by Charlie Puth

And today's song is probably the most 
recommended song ever

before everyone's recommendation, 
I've never heard of this song

but seriously, there were way too many people 
recommending this song

and after I googled it I realized that...oh god

This song is about searching for 
someone, something, or some place

Or probably about someone who is lost 
and trying to find himself/herself

This time I'm also going to explain and 
break down the lyrics

So now let's dive into this top hit song together!

This line could be translate into:
你伴我如影隨形

By using "shadow" and "light" these two words, 
we can see that

Light and shadow exist together and 
can't be separated

In fact, there certainly are better words

to describe two people that can't be parted

as foretelling that what is going to happen

Noted that the past tense "were" is used here

Which means that how it used to be is 
not the same right now

Afraid our aim is out of sight, wanna see us, alive

害怕我們失去目標，但希望我們不要放棄彼此

"Aim" here is a noun meaning goals and aspirations

The phrase "out of sight" means something is 
too far to see

You may often hear the idiom 
"out of sight, out of mind"

It means something is easy to forget due to 
the inability to see it

And the "alive" in the line "wanna see us alive"

it might also implicate the expectation that 
their relationship is still "alive"

which means that they don't give up on each other

Was it all in my fantasy? Were you only imaginary?

全都只是在我的幻想裡面嗎？難道你只是我的想像嗎？

"Fantasy" and "imaginary" are actually 
two very similar words

Since what he cherished has faded too quickly

It made him doubt that if all of it is
just a dream or fantasy

resembled the feeling of yelling out loud and 
keeping on searching

These shallow waters never met what I needed

這淺水從不是我所求，我要放手去尋找我要的

And the "meet" in "meet my needs" means "符合"

"a deeper dive" is "往更深的地方潛下去"

which means to let go and dive into a deeper state

Eternal silence of the sea, I'm breathing, alive

This line could be translated into:
在永恆寧靜的海洋中，我活著、呼吸

"Eternal" means "永遠、永恆"
"silence" means "安靜"

Appreciating the silence under the deep sea

and finally feeling able to breath like being alive

Under the bright but faded lights, you set 
my heart on fire

在明亮卻開始逐漸消散的燈光下，你曾使我的心熊熊燃燒

"Bright" is "亮", but "faded" means "漸漸消失"

It used to shine bright like the sunlight, but 
now it's dull and fading away

"set something on fire" means "使某物燃起熊熊烈火"

This line could be translated into:
亞特蘭提斯，在無窮盡的海洋底下

According to the legend, it's an island with 
highly developed civilization

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