Ten Years Like a Dream
Bilingual art song, emotional duet, piano + string quartet, cinematic, melancholic but luminous, male + female vocal contrast (or same singer dual tone), slow build, intimate → powerful → fading
Ten Years Like a Dream
Bilingual art song, emotional duet, piano + string quartet, cinematic, melancholic but luminous, male + female vocal contrast (or same singer dual tone), slow build, intimate → powerful → fading
Lyrics
Intro – soft piano, distant strings
(humming, no words)
Verse 1 – Young | light, flowing
EN:
Wine in my hand
Night in bloom
I walk like I own the moon
中：
灯影摇
人影轻
此刻不问归途
Verse 2 – Older | calm, grounded
中：
你未曾拥有
只是被带走
EN:
You held nothing
You were being held
Pre-Chorus – call & response
Young (EN): Isn’t this life?
Old (中): 不过一瞬
Young (EN): Isn’t this love?
Old (中): 留不住
Chorus – main hook, repeatable
EN:
Ten years like a dream I never woke from
Ten years fading into blue
中：
十年如梦
未曾醒来
EN:
All I gained from the endless echo
Was a name I never chose
中（hook重复）：
一个名字
轻又重
Verse 3 – Young | fragile now
EN:
If it was nothing
Why does it shine?
中：
若是幻影
为何还痛
Verse 4 – Older | softened
中：
人心向光
即使会散
EN:
Some illusions
We need to believe
Bridge – emotional peak
Young (EN): Let me stay in the light
Old (中): 灯已灭
Young (EN): Let me sleep in the night
Old (中): 你已醒
Final Chorus – layered, stronger
EN:
Ten years like a dream I never woke from
Ten years I was lost in you
中：
十年如梦
一半沉醉
EN:
All I carry through the silence
Is a name that follows through
中（重复hook）：
一个名字
一生相随
Outro – very soft
中（低声）：你说那是梦
EN（远声）: I called it life
(piano fades)