as boundless as the sea and sky(hǎi kuò tiān kōng)

as boundless as the sea and sky

"Sea and sky" is a Cantonese song sung by Hong Kong Rock Band beyond. It is composed by Huang Jiaju and composed by beyond and Liang Bangyan. It is included in the Cantonese album "music and anger" released by beyond in May 1993.

In 1993, the song won the top ten Chinese Golden Melody Awards in Hong Kong and the "my favorite creative Song Award" on the pop charts. In 2010, the song was selected as "30 years and 30 songs" in the 30 years classic selection of Chinese Golden Melody Award.

Today, this song has gone beyond the scope of language and music and become a kind of faith, belief and power.

Creative background

In 1992, beyond shifted its focus to Japan and ended its long-term cooperation with xinyibao. It has always been beyond's dream to become an international band. However, due to Japan's strict requirements on music production and language barrier, beyond has been depressed for a while, but they still work hard. In May 1993, beyond returned to Hong Kong from Japan. This year is also the tenth anniversary of the founding of beyond. So Huang Jiaju wrote the song "the sea and the sky", which records the ten-year journey of beyond. The lyrics carry the hardships of Huang Jiaju and the band's development in Japan and their persistence in ideas, and are included in the Cantonese album "music and anger". This song also expresses Huang Jiaju's inner struggle and disappointment in the music world of Hong Kong.

Song lyrics

Today, I watch the snow drift by in the cold night drift far away with my cooled heart chase after the rain and the fog the sky and the sea are wide can you and I change (who is not changing) how many times I meet the cold eyes and ridicule I have never given up my ideal I feel lost in a trance I love in my heart (who knows me) forgive my uninhibited indulgence and love for freedom I also love you Even if one day I will fall down abandon the ideal, anyone can even if one day only you share with me today I watch the snow drift through the cold night drift away with a cooling heart chase in the rain and rain, indistinguishable in the fog the sky and the sea are vast, you and I can change (who is not changing) forgive me for my uninhibited and indulgent love of freedom even if one day I will fall down abandon the ideal, anyone can even if One day, only you can share with me still free self, sing my song forever travel thousands of miles forgive me for my uninhibited and indulgent love of freedom also fear that one day I will fall abandon the ideal, anyone can even if one day only you share with me abandon the ideal, anyone can even if one day only you share with me forgive me for my uninhibited and indulgent love of freedom also fear that one day I will fall abandon the ideal Anyone can, even if one day it's just you and me

Appreciation of songs

"The sea and the sky" has all the characteristics of pop rock, and it is full of fighting spirit. It is the result of youth's surging blood being magnified after the mixer and effect device. The influence of this song is not only in karaoke and song ordering programs, but also in people's hearts. What this song brings to people is a kind of positive attitude towards life, the belief of insisting on one's own ideal and never giving up. The bitterness, the freedom, the perseverance and the great power of the song have inspired a whole generation. "the sea and the sky" is one of the most outstanding works in beyond's music career. It awakens the main melody consciousness of Hong Kong's singing circle and plays a kind of music that can arouse public resonance. It's a pity that this work, which marks beyond's real maturity, has become Huang Jiaju's masterpiece. However, such cruel reality, to some extent, corresponds to the pathetic sense of fatalism in the sea and sky. "The sea and the sky" is the peak of the popularity of Cantonese songs in China. The song is full of inspirational, singing the open-minded feeling of pursuing freedom. (Chinese Golden Melody Award review) < / I >

Award winning record

Important performance

Cover version

Derivative works

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