Joanne Lee made the unthinkable and asked Hans and I to do a cover version of the famous rendition of Tong Hua (童话) but in a special version that incorporates English and Mandarin. The English lyrics is fully translated to maintain the Chinese meaning and untouched or unedited so that it holds the integrity of the emotional and sentimental value.
I agreed to doing it immediately because it's not the first time I had done such projects and I love it. It's my passion to re-create music and compositions of music has always been my motivation.
To give everyone a better idea of the cover song, here's the lyrics and the original performance by Jason Chen & J Rice.
LYRICS:
English/Chinese rendition with Violin/Trumpet
lyrics
(Josh)
Don't know how long
It's been a while since
You told me...your favorite story
(Jason)
It's been on my mind
Driving me crazy
Am I the reason that (you're crying now) harmony
B-section
(Josh)
I see the tears in your eyes
They tell me you don't believe
That I can't be...your prince charming.
(Jason)
Maybe you can't understand
But when you (said you loved me)
My life was (changed
And I wish you could see)
Hook:
(Josh)
I'm willing to
be the one
and the angel that you love
with open arms
I'll always be there
(Jason)
You must believe
That you and me
Will end up living happily
In our own fairytale story
Verse 2: in chinese
B-section
(Jason)
I see the tears in your eyes
They tell me you don't believe
That I can't be...your prince charming.
(Josh)
Maybe you can't understand
But when you said you loved me
My life was changed
And I wish you could see
In chinese
Hook 2:
(jason)
I want to be
be the one
and the angel that you love
with open arms
I'll always be there
(Josh)
You must believe
That you and me
Will end up living happily
In our own fairytale story
