The Outsider | A Taiwan Mix
A Taiwan famix! I have come to adore what Taiwan has become in my head. Based on mostly my interpretations of history + my own characterizations. There's a stronger focus on the 20th Century than anything else, but there you go.
The Outsider
A Taiwan Mix
Strange Little Girl
Little Taiwan | To the imperial countries, she’s not quite like the other Asians.
one day you see a strange little girl look at you
one day you see a strange little girl feeling blue
she’d run to the town one day
leaving home and her country fair
just beware
when you’re there
strange little girl
she didn’t know how to live in a town that was rough
it didn’t take long before she knew she'd had enough
walking home in her wrapped up world
she survived but she’s feeling old
'cause she found
all things cold
Sunset Soon Forgotten
Babby!Taiwan | She was one sister among many brothers, and for a while, however brief, they all lived together happily.
Be this sunset soon forgotten
Your brothers left here shaved and crazy
We’ve learned to hide our bottles in the well
And what's worth keeping, sun still sinking
Down and down
Once again
Down and down
Gone again
Be this sunset, one for keeping
This june bug street sings low and lovely
Those band-aid children chased your dog away
She runs, returning, sun still sinking
Down and down
Once again
Down and down
Gone again
I’m Not Your Toy
Colony!Taiwan + Japan | She’s not special. Maybe a little useful, but she’s just another colony in the Japanese Empire.
It's all false love and affection,
You don't want me, you just like the attention
Yes, it's all false love and affection,
You don't like me, you just want the attention.
I'm not your toy; this isn't another girl-meets-boy
I'm not your toy; this isn't another girl-meets-boy
Strawberry Gashes
World War Two | The island of Taiwan is a target of Allied bombing due to its strategic importance for Japan.
Called her over
and asked her if she was improving
She said feels fine it's wonderful wonderful here
Hex me told her
I dreamt of a devil that knew her
Pale white skin with strawberry gashes all over all over
-
Watch me lose her
It's almost like losing myself
Give her my soul
and let them take somebody else get away from me
Watch me fault her
You're living like a disaster
She said kill me faster
with strawberry gashes all over all over me
Pearl’s Dream
Post WWII | The war is over. She hoped for more freedom, but she’s left with nothing.
and when the battle was done
i was promised my sun
but with a thousand nights gone
to any kingdom i run
there's a place i must go
there's a place i must go
for my heart is a child
that stumbles lonely for the arms of the wild
hear the desert sigh
sing the city's lullaby
the giant iris of the wide blue sky
showing me the way
Looking Glass
KMT + Taiwan | It’s not democracy, no matter how much people preach it as such.
Waiting as I'm wanting to
Speaking as I'm spoken to
Changing to your point of view
Fading as I follow you
A boyish notion of false emotion
These words are spoken despite my love
A fool's devotion was set in motion
My eyes are open now
It's a glass cage so I can't pretend
You hide beneath the physical
I see it coming but I can't defend
You cut so deep, my belief is gone
Tell me what I want to say
Save me for another day
Break me, it's the game you play
Hate me as I turn away
24
United Nations | It was nice while it lasted, almost too good to be true-her time in the U.N is ending.
Been given 24 hours
to tie up loose ends
to make amends
His eyes said it all
I started to fall
and the silence deafened
Head spinning round
no time to sit down
just wanted to
run and run and run
Be careful they say
don’t wish life away,
now I’ve one day
And I can’t believe
How I’ve been wasting my time
In 24 hours they’ll be
laying flowers on my life, it’s over tonight
I’m not messing no I
need your blessing
and your promise to live free
please do it for me
Is there a heaven a hell
and will I come back
who can tell
Now I can see
what matters to me
it’s as clear as crystal
The places I’ve been
the people I’ve seen
plans that I made
start to fade
The sun’s setting gold
thought I would grow old,
it wasn’t to be
-
I’m not alone, I sense it, I sense it
All that I said, I meant it, I meant it
And I can’t believe
How much I’ve wasted my time
Dog Days Are Over
Post-United Nations | It’s over. What now? She won’t go back to China, she can’t.
Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that
Hold On
Post-United Nations | She’ll take nothing for granted anymore. But it’s more of a positive than a negative realization.
Say you to me
You're a bird with an eye for anything shiny
Searchin' the land
For a hero of a man
You say I need
More than my fair share of attention
But I think you know
That just isn't so
Underneath, I felt the fire of a burning question
Tearin' me apart
Right from the very start
And now I see
That it don't take a trick of the light to excite me
So strong
So long
You'll see
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
To what you
Know you got
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
Cause the world will turn if you're ready or not
-
Oh yeah, well the world will turn if you're ready or not
Oh, yes the world will turn if you're ready or not
The Outsider
Modern Taiwan | She’s stuck in limbo; on the outside of everything looking in. Can’t go back, can’t go forward.
Feeling like a loser
Feeling like a bum
Sitting on the outside
Observing the fun
Don't get on my bad side
I can work a gun
Hop into the backseat baby
I'll show you some fun
All I know is I cannot pretend
I'm sitting on the outside again
I've got the energy to blend
So I'm sitting on the outside again
These people are really weird
And they're giving me the fear
Just because you know my name
Doesn't mean you know my game
All of us are in your face
And whisper "I'm in the wrong place"
Is there more to lose than gain
If I go on my own again? (On my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside...
People are connecting
Don't know what to say
I'm good at protecting
What they want to take
Spilt the milk at breakfast
Hit me double hard
And I grinned at you softly
Because I'm a fucking wild card
Shut Up and Let Me Go
China + Taiwan | Really. Just shut up and stop being so clingy, that’s all she really wants inside.
Shut up and let me go
This hurts what I can't show
For the last time you have me in bits
Shut up and let me go
For fear of living in regret
I changed since from when we first met
Now oh so easily you're over me
Gone is love it's me that ought to be
Moving on you're not adorable
I want something un-ignorable
I ain't freaking, I ain't faking this...
Shut up and let me go, hey!
On the Radio
Taiwan + Hong Kong | As long as they have each other, in similar (but different) boats, maybe, just maybe, it’ll be okay.
while we were on our knees
praying that disease
would leave the ones we love
and never come again
and on the radio
we heard november rain
the solo's really long
but it's a pretty song
we listened to it twice
cause the dj was asleep
this is how it works
you're young until you're not
you love until you don't
you try until you can't
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath
this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood
and walking arm in arm
you hope it don't get harmed
but even if it does
you'll just do it all again
on the radio
you hear november rain
that solo's awful long
but it's a nice refrain
you listen to it twice
cause the dj is asleep
on the radio...
Independent Women (Part 1)
Taiwan Miracle | She’s wealthy, rich, and she relies first and foremost on herself.
Question: Tell me what you think about me
I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings
Only ring your cell-y when I'm feeling lonely
When it's all over please get up and leave
Question: Tell me how you feel about this
Try to control me boy you get dismissed
Pay my own fun, oh and I pay my own bills
Always 50/50 in relationships
The shoes on my feet - I've bought it
The clothes I'm wearing - I've bought it
The rock I'm rocking - I've bought it
'Cause I depend on me - If I wanted
The watch you're wearin - I'll buy it
The house I live in - I've bought it
The car I'm driving - I've bought it
I depend on me (I depend on me)
Boys Boys Boys
Taiwan | Taiwan likes to dance. Taiwan likes to flirt. If you’ve got it, flaunt it, and love it.
I'm not loose, I like to party
Let's get lost in your Ferrari
Not psychotic or dramatic
I like boys and that is that
Love it when you call me legs
In the morning buy me eggs
Watch your heart when we're together
Boys like you love me forever
Boys boys boys
We like boys in cars
Boys boys boys
Buy us drinks in bars
Boys boys boys
With hairspray and denim
Boys boys boys
We love them!
Life is Short
Taiwan | The Republic of China | Growing Up | Looking forward and back | ♥
Oh I am young but I have aged.
Waited long to seize the day.
All things said and plenty done,
Oh I am young but I have a past.
Traveled far to find the start.
Yes I am scared and I've been burnt.
But life is short.
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The Outsider
A Taiwan Mix
Strange Little Girl
Little Taiwan | To the imperial countries, she’s not quite like the other Asians.
one day you see a strange little girl look at you
one day you see a strange little girl feeling blue
she’d run to the town one day
leaving home and her country fair
just beware
when you’re there
strange little girl
she didn’t know how to live in a town that was rough
it didn’t take long before she knew she'd had enough
walking home in her wrapped up world
she survived but she’s feeling old
'cause she found
all things cold
Sunset Soon Forgotten
Babby!Taiwan | She was one sister among many brothers, and for a while, however brief, they all lived together happily.
Be this sunset soon forgotten
Your brothers left here shaved and crazy
We’ve learned to hide our bottles in the well
And what's worth keeping, sun still sinking
Down and down
Once again
Down and down
Gone again
Be this sunset, one for keeping
This june bug street sings low and lovely
Those band-aid children chased your dog away
She runs, returning, sun still sinking
Down and down
Once again
Down and down
Gone again
I’m Not Your Toy
Colony!Taiwan + Japan | She’s not special. Maybe a little useful, but she’s just another colony in the Japanese Empire.
It's all false love and affection,
You don't want me, you just like the attention
Yes, it's all false love and affection,
You don't like me, you just want the attention.
I'm not your toy; this isn't another girl-meets-boy
I'm not your toy; this isn't another girl-meets-boy
Strawberry Gashes
World War Two | The island of Taiwan is a target of Allied bombing due to its strategic importance for Japan.
Called her over
and asked her if she was improving
She said feels fine it's wonderful wonderful here
Hex me told her
I dreamt of a devil that knew her
Pale white skin with strawberry gashes all over all over
-
Watch me lose her
It's almost like losing myself
Give her my soul
and let them take somebody else get away from me
Watch me fault her
You're living like a disaster
She said kill me faster
with strawberry gashes all over all over me
Pearl’s Dream
Post WWII | The war is over. She hoped for more freedom, but she’s left with nothing.
and when the battle was done
i was promised my sun
but with a thousand nights gone
to any kingdom i run
there's a place i must go
there's a place i must go
for my heart is a child
that stumbles lonely for the arms of the wild
hear the desert sigh
sing the city's lullaby
the giant iris of the wide blue sky
showing me the way
Looking Glass
KMT + Taiwan | It’s not democracy, no matter how much people preach it as such.
Waiting as I'm wanting to
Speaking as I'm spoken to
Changing to your point of view
Fading as I follow you
A boyish notion of false emotion
These words are spoken despite my love
A fool's devotion was set in motion
My eyes are open now
It's a glass cage so I can't pretend
You hide beneath the physical
I see it coming but I can't defend
You cut so deep, my belief is gone
Tell me what I want to say
Save me for another day
Break me, it's the game you play
Hate me as I turn away
24
United Nations | It was nice while it lasted, almost too good to be true-her time in the U.N is ending.
Been given 24 hours
to tie up loose ends
to make amends
His eyes said it all
I started to fall
and the silence deafened
Head spinning round
no time to sit down
just wanted to
run and run and run
Be careful they say
don’t wish life away,
now I’ve one day
And I can’t believe
How I’ve been wasting my time
In 24 hours they’ll be
laying flowers on my life, it’s over tonight
I’m not messing no I
need your blessing
and your promise to live free
please do it for me
Is there a heaven a hell
and will I come back
who can tell
Now I can see
what matters to me
it’s as clear as crystal
The places I’ve been
the people I’ve seen
plans that I made
start to fade
The sun’s setting gold
thought I would grow old,
it wasn’t to be
-
I’m not alone, I sense it, I sense it
All that I said, I meant it, I meant it
And I can’t believe
How much I’ve wasted my time
Dog Days Are Over
Post-United Nations | It’s over. What now? She won’t go back to China, she can’t.
Happiness hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with her drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother, run fast for your father
Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind
You cant carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses?
Because here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the head
Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that
Hold On
Post-United Nations | She’ll take nothing for granted anymore. But it’s more of a positive than a negative realization.
Say you to me
You're a bird with an eye for anything shiny
Searchin' the land
For a hero of a man
You say I need
More than my fair share of attention
But I think you know
That just isn't so
Underneath, I felt the fire of a burning question
Tearin' me apart
Right from the very start
And now I see
That it don't take a trick of the light to excite me
So strong
So long
You'll see
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
To what you
Know you got
Hold on
To what you
Been given lately
Hold on
Cause the world will turn if you're ready or not
-
Oh yeah, well the world will turn if you're ready or not
Oh, yes the world will turn if you're ready or not
The Outsider
Modern Taiwan | She’s stuck in limbo; on the outside of everything looking in. Can’t go back, can’t go forward.
Feeling like a loser
Feeling like a bum
Sitting on the outside
Observing the fun
Don't get on my bad side
I can work a gun
Hop into the backseat baby
I'll show you some fun
All I know is I cannot pretend
I'm sitting on the outside again
I've got the energy to blend
So I'm sitting on the outside again
These people are really weird
And they're giving me the fear
Just because you know my name
Doesn't mean you know my game
All of us are in your face
And whisper "I'm in the wrong place"
Is there more to lose than gain
If I go on my own again? (On my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside the outsider (on my own again)
Inside...
People are connecting
Don't know what to say
I'm good at protecting
What they want to take
Spilt the milk at breakfast
Hit me double hard
And I grinned at you softly
Because I'm a fucking wild card
Shut Up and Let Me Go
China + Taiwan | Really. Just shut up and stop being so clingy, that’s all she really wants inside.
Shut up and let me go
This hurts what I can't show
For the last time you have me in bits
Shut up and let me go
For fear of living in regret
I changed since from when we first met
Now oh so easily you're over me
Gone is love it's me that ought to be
Moving on you're not adorable
I want something un-ignorable
I ain't freaking, I ain't faking this...
Shut up and let me go, hey!
On the Radio
Taiwan + Hong Kong | As long as they have each other, in similar (but different) boats, maybe, just maybe, it’ll be okay.
while we were on our knees
praying that disease
would leave the ones we love
and never come again
and on the radio
we heard november rain
the solo's really long
but it's a pretty song
we listened to it twice
cause the dj was asleep
this is how it works
you're young until you're not
you love until you don't
you try until you can't
you laugh until you cry
you cry until you laugh
and everyone must breathe
until their dying breath
this is how it works
you peer inside yourself
you take the things you like
and try to love the things you took
and then you take that love you made
and stick it into some--
someone else's heart
pumping someone else's blood
and walking arm in arm
you hope it don't get harmed
but even if it does
you'll just do it all again
on the radio
you hear november rain
that solo's awful long
but it's a nice refrain
you listen to it twice
cause the dj is asleep
on the radio...
Independent Women (Part 1)
Taiwan Miracle | She’s wealthy, rich, and she relies first and foremost on herself.
Question: Tell me what you think about me
I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings
Only ring your cell-y when I'm feeling lonely
When it's all over please get up and leave
Question: Tell me how you feel about this
Try to control me boy you get dismissed
Pay my own fun, oh and I pay my own bills
Always 50/50 in relationships
The shoes on my feet - I've bought it
The clothes I'm wearing - I've bought it
The rock I'm rocking - I've bought it
'Cause I depend on me - If I wanted
The watch you're wearin - I'll buy it
The house I live in - I've bought it
The car I'm driving - I've bought it
I depend on me (I depend on me)
Boys Boys Boys
Taiwan | Taiwan likes to dance. Taiwan likes to flirt. If you’ve got it, flaunt it, and love it.
I'm not loose, I like to party
Let's get lost in your Ferrari
Not psychotic or dramatic
I like boys and that is that
Love it when you call me legs
In the morning buy me eggs
Watch your heart when we're together
Boys like you love me forever
Boys boys boys
We like boys in cars
Boys boys boys
Buy us drinks in bars
Boys boys boys
With hairspray and denim
Boys boys boys
We love them!
Life is Short
Taiwan | The Republic of China | Growing Up | Looking forward and back | ♥
Oh I am young but I have aged.
Waited long to seize the day.
All things said and plenty done,
Oh I am young but I have a past.
Traveled far to find the start.
Yes I am scared and I've been burnt.
But life is short.
--
+ download here! All files are in mp3
format.
+ comments are delicious.