Ex-Boyfriend Closing Theme: Xiao Yu's "We Made A Promise"

Ah, if a song could kill, I'd be dead many times over already. The fact that this song is featured in The Wailing Breakup does not help matters. But all's good, because I'm a masochist viewer slash listener. You can croon me to death all you want, Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu's limited edition album, "The Beautiful Force"

A special thank you to the contributors of my death, the production unit of Ex-Boyfriend for recognizing a gem when they hear one. (They liked his voice, approached him for the job and voila! Xiao Yu is the sound behind Ex-Boyfriend; not only for the OP theme and ED theme, but the ALL of the BG songs/melodies you hear, sans Mayday's Zai Ming & Chun Jiao and the bombastic (not a compliment) sound effects . That wouldn't be his doing, no.)

Song Title: We Made A Promise (pinyin: Wo Men Shuo Hao Le)

Composer: Xiao Yu (formerly Song Nian Yu)

Lyricist: Cao Yu Tang 

Translated Lyrics:

I think I saw myself

Another version of me

You just asked, "What's wrong?"

Turns out that even I couldn't fight it

 Depressed...

Depressed...

Forgot where I spent the night 

Remember the secret we once shared?

And it's gone

The look of understanding you once had

Not knowing any better, we made a promise

We made a promise

Why are things different now

Remember the secret we once shared?
And it's gone 

The wish we made

Not knowing any better, we made a promise

We made a promise

Why did the feelings change

What's wrong 

I can see myself now

Another version of me

You just asked, "What is wrong?" Ooh

Busking earnestly on the streets 

I persevere

I persevere

I got lost somewhere

Remember the secret we once shared? 

And it's gone

The look of understanding you once had 

Not knowing any better, we made a promise

We made a promise

Why are things different now

Remember the secret we once shared?

And it's gone 

The wish we made

Not knowing any better, we made a promise

We made a promise 

Why did the feelings die away

What's wrong  

This song that's written for you

I can no longer sing it anymore

My heart feels empty 

I know the things we care never turn around (never turn around)

Can I be strong?

Can I be stroooong? 

Remember the time when we watched the sunset together?

(Watched the sunset, watched the sunset)

And it's gone 

The alley where we kissed

(The alley, the alley)

Not knowing any better, we made a promise 

We made a promise

Why are things different now

(Please don't go wrong)

Remember the time we thought we could fly?

And it's gone

The square where we hugged

Not knowing any better, we made a promise

We made a promise

The promise to be with you forever

What's wrong 

What is wrong 

What's wrong 

Chloe Says

Ok don't laugh at me, but when I first heard this song alone in its entirety (i.e not from the drama), the first thing on my mind was, "Oh, this is what happens to the dude in the Hey There Delilah song." Whaaat? Is it a bad thing I like my love stories/songs resolved? 

I thought I would go emo while translating this, but the song feels surprisingly light. I only die when I listen to this version, the EVILLLL drama version:

TRANSLATION NOTES

Fairly straightforward, BLUE for words sung in English, (parenthesis) to indicate echo(?) effect when sung. Also, I'm not really sure about the English line, "Please don't go wrong" at the end (it sounds like it though, tried my best listening). It's not in the given lyrics but the perfectionist in me likes to have the translations complete.