A mist breaks over the wave and rolls into Qingdao,
Covering the skyscrapers, temples and crowds,
It is February, you are 5000 miles eastbound,
But you were made here, this is your hometown.
From the outskirts of the city, where the houses turn scattered and frail,
To the bedroom apartment, where you now lay,
From Jiaozhou Bay where the sand draws a line between the sea and the earth,
To the school steps, where your mother and father had worked.
Eighteen years ago, your parents left Qingdao,
Eighteen years old, you return to your hometown,
You return to your hometown.
The morning rain hammers like a heartbeat against your window,
The floorboards echo from the room below,
The love that was shared here remains in the boardwalks of the Zhan Qiao,
In the cinemas and gardens, in the friends they found.
Eighteen years ago, your parents left Qingdao,
Eighteen years old, you return to your hometown,
You return to your hometown.
Your mother holds her hands to her stomach,
And takes one last look back (you remain here)
And though you return here alone,
Is there any wonder why it feels like home?
Eighteen years ago, your parents left Qingdao,
Eighteen years old, you return to your hometown,
You return to your hometown.
credits
from Brother Sister,
released April 23, 2014
Produced and Engineered by Ed Waring and Rich Huxley.
supported by 4 fans who also own “Boardwalks of the Zhan Qiao”
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