Sandy Lam - Zhi shao hai you ni (At least I still have you)

This is one of those unknown gems that I have my wife to thank for. Together with Faye Wong, Sandy Lam is one of the best-loved mandarin pop singers. Overall, Faye Wong is more adventurous in her choice of repertoire, but this beautiful love song from the album Sandy'94 is better than anything Faye produced. The (almost too) sweet lyrics are encompassed in a beautiful melody with great piano playing and a well-judged guitar solo gives some beef to the song as well. As probably no-one outside the Chinese community will ever hear this fantastic song, I include the translated lyrics below.


I'm afraid that there's not enough time - I wanna hold you
Until I feel that your wrinkles show signs of aging
Until I'm sure that you're real, until I've lost all my energy
I'm willing to, because of you
Even if I can't move, I sitll wanna hold you
Until I can feel your hair turning white like snow
Until our visions become blurry ; until we can't breathe
Let us stay together

If I can give up on the whole world
At least there's still you who's worth it for me to cherish
Having you here is a miracle
Perhaps I can forget about the whole world
But I'm not willing to lose touch with you
I still remember the mark in your palm

This was not easy for us
I'm afraid that time is moving too fast and
it's not enough for me to take a good look at you
I'm afraid that time is moving too slow and
I'm always worried that
I will lose you
I want to become old in one night and
I want us to be together forever

he ate my heart, then he ate my brain ♥