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

Faded by Alan Walker!

Actually, I wanna confess that

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 hella popular

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!

You were the shadow to my light

Did you feel us?

Another start, you fade away

Afraid our aim is out of sight

Wanna see us, alive

You were the shadow to my light

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

When there is light, there is shadow

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

there is a close relation between them

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

However, he chose the word "shadow"

giving the feeling of darkness and lost

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

This line could be translated into:

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

or something to be achieved

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"

Instead of the concept of "being alive"

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

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

Where are you now?

Was it all in my fantasy?

Where are you now?

Were you only imaginary?

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

This line could be translated into:

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

They both mean "not real"

What he wanted to express here is that

Since what he cherished has faded too quickly

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

The repeating "where are you now"

resembled the feeling of yelling out loud and keeping on searching

These shallow waters never met what I needed

I'm letting go, a deeper dive

Eternal silence of the sea

I'm breathing, alive

These shallow waters never met what I needed

I'm letting go, a deeper dive

This line could be translated into:

這淺水從不是我所求，我要放手去尋找我要的

Shallow means "淺"

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

which means "符合我所要求的"

"Let go" is "放手"

"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

Where are you now?

Where are you now?

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

This line could be translated into:

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"

Where are you now?

Atlantis

Under the sea, under the sea

Where are you now?

Another dream

The monster's running wild inside of me

I'm faded, I'm faded

So lost, I'm faded

Atlantis. Under the sea, under the sea

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

"Atlantis" is "亞特蘭提斯"

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

but eventually sank into the sea and disappeared

The use of the story here is because that what he has lost and been looking for

is like the lost Atlantis

Mysterious and beautiful, but unsearchable

The monster's running wild inside of me, I'm faded

This line could be translated into:

內心波掏洶湧、情感肆虐，我迷失了自己

"Monster" here could be implying the demons within his heart

and "running wild" means running around crazily

Maybe it's because he couldn't find what he searched for

Therefore it made him go insane and lose himself

So this is today's English Song Spotlight!

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Alan Walker said that, the best part about this song is that

The meaning and interpretation of the lyrics

is not the same for every listeners

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