Back Shadow / Bui Ying

(composed by Shoji Ishii, lyrics by Lin Xi, translated by Abby Wu)

If you smile at this moment, I wouldn't be in tears
Like a form and it's shadow the most passionate of companions
Being together everytime and everywhere
But then we can't embrace each other; trying to embrace and it would be lost
Not knowing the resemblance of each other

If you feel sad, I wouldn't be happy
Like a form and it's shadow doing the same type of movement
Coming straight upon common sense
Being close, but compare with you one step too slow, too early, ahead or
behind
Forever casting my back against the sunlight

*Just like the reflection beside your body, a hazy shadow of your back
Neither clear nor sober, burying the true nature of mine
I cannot go afar, nor can I come to a stop
Covering my eyes, how can I clearly keep apart the vivid shadow of your back
Not making a single sound, but often inducing resonance by your left and
right
What a pity, you have not yet clearly seen*

If you want to move forward, I wouldn't step behind
Like a cast of shadow that cannot perform solo
There's not even a name I possess
Then again, half of it was left in your heart, the other half behind your
back
How is it possible to walk alone on my own

Repeat*

I am fast changing into a shadow
Hard to embrace, harder to abandon
Often be with you
Just like you

Repeat**

Can't keep apart, can't keep apart, the shadow of your back
Can't keep apart, can't keep apart, the shadow of your back