Uploaded July 2017 | Updated September 2026, 16 minutes ago

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Original music by Sandy Lam (林忆莲)
Lyrics/vocals by me

The song title translates to something like “in love with someone who doesn’t come home.”

I remember my mom listening to this song when I was a kid. Funny, I’m now exactly the age she was when this song came out (in 1990) and I think I finally understand it.

(Apologies for the high notes; I am not a trained singer, just an amateur!)

Special thanks to my cousin Han for finding this obscure instrumental.

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Old words won’t work here anymore
After all, we’ve walked this road before
I’m not the type to keep regrets
Haven’t lost the light of our love yet

Back then I thought we would be
A romance, eternally
A story of us with no end

Is it that I like to suffer
This kind of losing future?
Hope only burns so bright
Say you will be by my side
Daylight turns to night

Why is it you don’t come home to me?
Languish as I wait here desperately
Heart that cannot stray
Dying but I stayed
Bitterness that can’t be erased
Can’t be contained

爱上一个不回家的人
等待一扇不开启的门
善变的眼神
紧闭的双唇
何必再去苦苦强求　
苦苦追问