Female (Marching at Night Version)

from The Opposite and Inside​-​Out by TzChien

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lyrics

Miles and miles I crawled with bare hands
They have taught me how to stand
but not to walk with legs
like a man (I ain't no man)
My families, fellows they never would have care
They said, honey, already
you have rights to state
what you care (but we don't really care)

愛多少笑容被拆開
才找有一面無胭脂
(How many smiles have to be torn up
in exchange of one without makeup)

叫汝誒名字 只有一鳥仔哭啾啾
叫我誒名字 只有一鳥仔哭啾啾
(Call you name (but to hear) a bird lamenting
Call my name (but to hear) a bird lamenting)



Oh years and years all the doctrines I've been fed
They said, honey, you have a pretty face and shape
but your brain (It shouldn't be complicated)
My families, fellows they couldn't understand
They said, woman, a mother is what you should've became
to breed an heir (like a fine mare)

愛多少哭聲被拆開
才換來一暝誒安寧
(How many cries have to be torn up
in exchange of one night safe-and-sound)

叫汝誒名字 只有一鳥仔哭啾啾
叫我誒名字 只有一鳥仔哭啾啾
叫汝誒名字 只有一鳥仔哭啾啾
叫我誒名字 只有一鳥仔哭啾啾
(Call you name (but to hear) a bird lamenting
Call my name (but to hear) a bird lamenting)


同款誒話交付我來講出嘴
我卻變作使性地誒女人
同款誒話交付別人講出嘴
勾咖簡單嘛係人生誒道理
(Words delivered by me and then
I turned into a hysterical woman
The same words delivered by the others
It’d be truth of life no matter how simple it is)


叫汝誒名字 只有一鳥仔哭啾啾
叫我誒名字 只有一鳥仔哭啾啾
(Call you name (but to hear) a bird lamenting
Call my name (but to hear) a bird lamenting)



Families, fellows, some time for the song today
As a female, I have a life to repent

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from The Opposite and Inside​-​Out, released September 15, 2020

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TzChien Portland, Oregon

TzChien is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter whose works featured orchestra in folk songs. Her lyrics are withdrawn and poetic. Her songs are rather soundtrack-like and musical.

TzChien’s music conveys the image of the society: full of inevitable oppression, but still managing to find some warmth and beautify within.
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