Monday, January 26, 2009

Cries In A Distance vs Always Online

My sister was surfing for JJ Lin's songs when we came across a song title "Cries In A Distance". Curious, we decided to listen. It's actually an English version of the song "Always On Line". The lyrics remind me of a story about war or terrorist attack.

I "google"-ed about this song to find out that the song is indeed about war. Here is the video



....and the lyrics as follow. I find it rather touching.

Cries in a distance
Can't stop the tremble
I'm just awaiting my turn
Hiding will never
Save me forever
The guns gonna get me for sure
Dear God I pray why won't you be my friend
Come to me and take my hand
Like mama would say
Everything will be okay
All I hear is 3 2 1
The scream from the guns
And then 1by1
No one gets to run
Someone's dad or mom
Sister, brother and son
No…no…
All I feel is 1 2 3
My tears start to bleed
Smell of roses on my feet
I feel sore…
I fall…
I call…
I crawl…
Cries in a distance
Can't stop the tremble
I'm just awaiting my turn
Hiding will never
Save me forever
The guns gonna get me for sure
Dear God I pray why won't you be my friend
Come to me and take my hand
Like mama would say
Everything will be okay
All I hear is 3 2 1
The scream from the guns
And then 1by1
No one gets to run
Someone's dad or mom
Sister, brother and son
No…no…
All I feel is 1 2 3
My tears start to bleed
Smell of roses on my feet
I feel sore…
I fall…
I call…
I crawl…
All I hear is 3 2 1
The scream from the guns
And then 1by1
No one gets to run
Someone's dad or mom
Sister, brother and son
All I feel is 1 2 3
My tears start to bleed
Smell of roses on my feet
I feel sore…
I fall…
I call…
I crawl…
I feel sore…
I fall…
I call…
I crawl…


From the album Sixology, both songs Cries In A Distance and Always Online share the same instrument and melody but the theme for both songs differ. The former is about war and violence that takes place in this world while the latter is about romance.

Upon searching Youtube, I found that there is another version of video produced for Always Online.