Giant Deer (巨鹿)
Single released on June 23, 2016. Be included in Hua Chenyu’s 3rd album “H”.
Theme song of the documentary “The Great Shokunin (了不起的匠人) Season 3”.
1. About the song
The song was inspired by a peculiar dream. In the dream, Hua Chenyu ran all the way through the darkness and reached a white world. There he saw a group of white angels dancing and playing. He woke up in the middle of night and wrote this song in the dark. Hua Chenyu communicated specially with Dai Yuedong, and felt the story could be expressed well in an anthropomorphic way. Dai Yuedong finally chose the symbolic purity “Giant Deer” as the lyrics image, because “Giant Deer” itself represents “weird dream”.
In order to maintain the sanctity and ethereal inspiration of the song, Zheng Nan specially recruited a string band of more than 40 members for accompaniment. The harmony in the song is all from Hua Chenyu’s vocals. Hua Chenyu also deliberately adopted an abnormal harmony singing method. “Giant Deer” begins with a piano solo, and then joined with wind instruments, from quiet to crescendo and then back to quiet, the continuous changes of multiple groups of high notes and harmony create a beautiful and holy atmosphere.
DEMO’s song title was “Angel”.
2. Videos
Mars Concert 2021 FanCam
MV
Recording
3. Lyrics Translation
Lyricist: Dai Yuedong |
| 巨鹿 | Giant Deer |
|---|---|
| 在宇宙中 超光速了吗 | In the universe, have I surpassed the speed of light? |
| 躲在银河后 | Hiding behind the Milky Way |
| 谁会发 现我 | Who would find me? |
| 奇怪的梦 夜空飞奔出 | A strange dream, Canters across the night sky |
| 像一只巨鹿 | Like a Giant Deer |
| 在黑色 中 | in the darkness |
| RUN | |
| 追着阳光 | Chasing the sunlight |
| 奔向远方 | Running afar |
| FLY | |
| 挥动双手 | Waving both arms |
| 变成翅膀 | Turning them into wings |
| 我试图穿越无限的虚空 | I seek to cross the endless void |
| 不受现实约束 | Unbound by reality |
| 我渴望前往另一个国度 | I yearn to leave for another nation |
| 也想与流星共 舞 | And dance with the shooting stars |
| RUN | |
| 追着阳光 | Chasing the sunlight |
| 奔向远方 | Running afar |
| FLY | |
| 挥动双手 | Waving both arms |
| 变成翅膀 | Turning them into wings |
| RUN | |
| 追着阳光 | Chasing the sunlight |
| 奔向远方 | Running afar |
| FLY | |
| 挥动双手 | Waving both arms |
| 变成翅膀 | Turning them into wings |