The English passages move from a letter in a sailor’s coat and a lighthouse to glowing tavern windows after closing. Another singer’s passages remain romanised in the public text. The title associates them with Mist and Moon, but their spelling alone does not settle a dialect or supply an invented Chinese transcription.
The public folk-rock brief uses acoustic-electric guitars, cello, brushed drums and oceanic pedal steel, with baritone and ethereal vocal contrast. This is a distinct mashup edition, not the original recording of either component. Follow the exchange between voices as two shores draw closer.
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[singer A]
There is a lighthouse where the old waves turn,
A small white flame for the hearts that burn.
I left your letter in a sailor's coat,
And watched my longing learn to float.
Oh Atlantic moon, carry me home,
Over the water, over the foam.
If love is a road that the sea pulls apart,
I will keep your harbor inside my heart.
[transition]
[singer B]
xiao3 ciao2 wae4, iɛ^n ny5 xi5, ten in paen3 iɛ^n ron sa li
lieu3 sɿ1 noɛ^2, pu xin1 ci3, ten ni5 kuei1 zœ^2 qin qin xi
di jyœ^1 yœn, hua xian1 xi5, doq yi3 lae^n koe^n nin vei5 tsy
siao sɿ^ŋ soe5, tzo he^n xi5, yuq ciao luo sae^n tso laoq di
pho ven ciœ^n, pho cin ciœ^n, pho po siao sɿ lae^n zaon ven
hua vei5 sia, nin vei5 fen, iq pae^n xin xian vei ni tsuen
[singer A]
The tavern closes, but the windows glow,
Two empty glasses and a radio.
Your shadow turns at the end of the street,
And every silence learns your beat.
Oh Atlantic moon, do not let me fade,
Hold my voice where the old strings played.
One more light on the water, one more song to the shore,
I loved you once, I love you more.
[transition]
[singer B]
qie^n seu lae^n, yoq tsha we^n, lei iɛ^n ron xiao peq zen len
ven yuq baq, ciao ron zen, tsy ciu siao khe^n ci fae^n cʰen
noŋ in soe5, cian hua fei, pu zaon tzo rae^n nin vei5 wei
xiao hoaŋ sen, tsʰin zaq tui, jieu zy wei3 vae^n zaon xin fei
xian iq lü, mon iq wei, uae^n tso siao sɿ ciq peq khe
[singer A]
Let the guitars answer low,
Let the tide move warm and slow.
When the last star leaves the blue,
I will still be singing you.
Oh Atlantic moon, carry me home,
Over the water, over the foam.
One more light on the water, one more song to the shore,
I loved you once, I love you more.
[instrumental]
[singer A]
The lighthouse fades, the sea stays true,
And every wave returns to you.
