#and have Thoughts

[caityjay13]

Lyrics translation - 蘇打綠 《安静在沸腾》

I couldn't find an English translation or pinyin for this song easily, so I snagged the lyrics from this post on baidu, ran them through mtl, did some spot-checking, and am posting them so I can read them more nicely (and sing along to this absolute banger)!

The song is 安静在沸腾 (ānjìng zài fèiténg, Silence* is Boiling) by the Taiwanese group sodagreen. (I know it's Taiwanese and these are simplified characters, but that's because I found them on baidu and also traditional characters scare me a little I won't lie.)

*I would love to hear thoughts on how folks would interpret 安静 in this context. I don't dislike "silence", but perhaps "calm" is more apt in this case? There are merits to each, but I find myself wanting to explain the depth of the word when I just translate it as "silence".

理性 的我 在左边侧脸 lǐxìng de wǒ zài zuǒbiān cè liǎn The rational me is on the left side of my face

不开口 却不寂寞 bù kāikǒu què bù jìmò I don't speak but I'm not lonely

感性 的我 在右边心田 gǎnxìng de wǒ zài yòubiān xīntián The emotional me is on the right side of my heart

翻涌着 热切思索 fānyǒng zhe rèqiè sīsuǒ Surging with fervent thoughts

想法的猫来回在黑白键 xiǎngfǎ de māo láihuí zài hēibái jiàn The cat of thoughts goes back and forth on the black and white keys

情绪的门关又开 不遮掩 qíngxù de mén guān yòu kāi bù zhēyǎn The door of emotions closes and opens without hiding

我的安静在沸腾 你是否听见 wǒ de ānjìng zài fèiténg nǐ shìfǒu tīngjiàn My silence is boiling over, do you hear it?

描绘出的 画面 miáohuì chū de huàmiàn The picture is drawn

我停止 使用预言 wǒ tíngzhǐ shǐyòng yùyán I've stopped using prophecies

我迈进我的世界 wǒ màijìn wǒ de shìjiè I'm stepping forward into my world

用最高的价格拍卖明天 yòng zuìgāo de jiàgé pāimài míngtiān Auction off tomorrow at the highest price

语言就是我声线 yǔyán jiùshì wǒ shēngxiàn Language is only my voice

世界都活在今天 shìjiè dōu huó zài jīntiān The whole world lives in today

I'm getting on my way

[hillbillyoracle]

I remain a medical mystery. My endocrinology appointment surfaced more questions than answers so it's on to more testing.

In other news, he asked what I did for work and I said writer and he looked at me like he was surprised and I just so badly want to know what it is I look like I do???

My nesting partner said I look like a PhD student. I feel offended but I'm not sure why lol.

[izzythedemigod]

I just found the funniest font ever

Like. What is this. Why is this. Who is the target audience of this?

[ahotknife]

the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself

[yeepof]

I understand that tall men are our POV characters, but surely being like a foot taller than everyone around them would have some occasional consequences

[dead-core]

i just need to have more rules for myself. more rules and limits. surely that will help me

[inkskinned]

How come you're all about "feminism" until it's time to protest? We haven't seen you make a single fucking post about the LA riots and it's really disappointing.

Hi friends. This is your reminder not to reply to questions like this. You do not need to self-report your behavior. This is a guilt trip designed to make you violate your own Miranda rights.

Also, they are not riots (Freudian slip, fed?), they're peaceful protests and are a democratic right under the first amendment.

where to find your local protest donate to legal funds my local immigrant support network

be safe out there, i love you.

[anthropologist-on-the-loose]

I'm as grateful for cellphones as the next person, but sometimes I think about how everyone having a phone on them at all times really did cause us to loose some things as a society. I mean - for example, kids these days will never experience their car breaking down and needing to find the nearest place with a phone they can use. They're never going to have the opportunity to tentatively approach a house only to discover that it's full of queer people having a party hosted by a transvestite to celebrate his creation of a sex homunculus, stay the night, and loose their virginity while unintentionally partaking in cannibalism. It's tragic, that kind of gay sexual awakening just doesn't happen these days because of cellphones.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

girl why the hell WEREN'T you at the devil's sacrament 👀 that's three sacraments in a row you've missed 👀 👀 👀

[valtsv]

stuck between "psychological horror statement" and "objectively the funniest thing you could say to your real flesh and blood dad" in the father's day card aisle

[rovermcfly]

I think a lot of people are forgetting that on tumblr fandom used to be practiced very differently. now everyone fucks off to their discords or tumblr groups to discuss everything with a select few, making tags be nearly only used for posting some finished fanworks or not at all

a decade ago people didn't have tumblr groups. people didn't even have dms. if you wanted to talk to anyone about anything you had to make a post, or send an ask (which more often than not would get published and thereby become a post in the end too)

so next time you think "I have a fandom thought but I have to find a small group of hyperspecifically like-minded people to share it with in private" remember all the freaks you could be missing out on meeting by keeping the tags dead. use tags, make friends. fuck discord.

[cafeyote]

me and gang at the haunted house

[cartoonsinthemorning]

Since you guys liked Marcille as Kermit that much, it seems fitting to thank you for my 12k milestone with MORE Kercille. And this time, Miss Falin is also here.

Thank you so much again everybody! MWAH 💗

[icewindandboringhorror]

(also feel free in the tags to clarify Why you made the choice you made!! :0c)

[some-pers0n]

You ever look at some art your mutual made and you just sit there in stunned silence and awe that one of your friends is out there making jaw-dropping beautiful art just for the hell of it