BIRTHDAY WITHOUT A GIFT Sinh Nhật Không Có Quà Music Type: Indie Pop COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] I almost didn’t come. One card in my hand. Nothing in the other. [Verse 1] I stand outside your doorway with a card I wrote last night. Folded twice inside an envelope, your name in crooked lines. This […]
THE CALL I DON’T ANSWER Cuộc Gọi Em Không Bắt Máy Music Type: Dark Pop / Piano COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] Third time today. Same number. Same vibration across the table. I know why they’re calling. I let it stop. [Verse 1] The number flashes on my phone again, I know the last four digits […]
RICE UNTIL FRIDAY Cơm Đến Thứ Sáu Music Type: Acoustic Folk COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] Tuesday night. Three eggs. Half an onion. Rice until Friday. [Verse 1] I open up the refrigerator, count what’s left from shelf to shelf. Half a cabbage in the corner, three small eggs and nothing else. There’s some garlic in […]
MINIMUM PAYMENT Khoản Tối Thiểu Music Type: Neo-Soul / Pop COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] Thirty-first. 11:48. Three tabs open. One number I keep avoiding. [Verse 1] Rent goes first, then electricity, phone bill waiting underneath. I move the numbers into columns, count what’s left and barely breathe. There’s a sweater in my shopping cart I’ve […]
FIRST DAY AGAIN Ngày Đầu Tiên Một Lần Nữa Music Type: Hopeful Pop COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] New building. New badge. Smaller number on the contract. Still, I came. [Verse 1] I stand outside the entrance ten minutes early in the rain, reading the company name twice like I might turn and walk away. My […]
DAD THINKS I’M WORKING Ba Vẫn Nghĩ Em Đi Làm Music Type: Acoustic Ballad COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] Dad calls at seven. I let the rejection email stay open on my screen. “Work busy?” “Same as always,” I say. [Verse 1] His name lights up beside the message that begins with “Thank you for your […]
THE EMPTY ID CARD Chiếc Thẻ Nhân Viên Trống Music Type: Piano Ballad COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] Last day. I pull the lanyard over my head. For the first time in years, nothing hangs from my neck. [Verse 1] My photograph is slightly faded, corners scratched from every day. My name is printed underneath it, […]
7:30 ANYWAY Vẫn Rời Nhà Lúc 7:30 Music Type: Indie Folk COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] Seven twenty-nine. I button up the shirt I don’t need anymore. At seven thirty, I leave anyway. [Verse 1] I wake before my mother, iron yesterday’s blue shirt. Pack a bag with nothing useful, make the old routine still work. […]
THE CHAIR BY THE WINDOW Chiếc Ghế Bên Cửa Sổ Music Type: Soft Rock / Piano COMPLETE ENGLISH LYRICS [Intro] There’s a chair by the window I pass a hundred times a day. I never sit there. [Verse 1] Every morning I walk past it with a coffee in my hand, eyes already on the […]
Có một thời gian, chúng ta thường nói về cơ thể và tinh thần như hai căn phòng riêng biệt. Một bên là ăn uống, ngủ nghỉ, vận động, làn da, mái tóc, sức khỏe. Một bên là cảm xúc, suy nghĩ, sự bình an, những câu hỏi về ý nghĩa và cách ta nhìn […]
