Apsû

下雨的星期一，生病的女孩吃了一顆維他命，跟自己說「這顆會有效」——結果真的就不難受了！
故事靈感：《暗示效應》
📖 三分鐘讀完本書重點：https://shangreads.com/zh-Hant/island/kauai/suggestible-brain/

🎵 歌詞
Woke up Monday, felt like rain
Took a vitamin, but I felt the same
Told myself “this one’s gonna work”
And somehow, somehow, it didn’t hurt
Is it in the pill? Is it in my head?
Who cares — I’m out of bed!
I know it’s fake, I know it’s fake
But look at me, I’m wide awake
Placebo love, placebo love
Believe it and it’s real enough
Lucky socks on game day, red shoes for the date
Wine tastes better when the price is great
Everybody’s fooling themselves a bit
Might as well be happy with it
Is it in the pill? Is it in my head?
Who cares — I’m out of bed!
I know it’s fake, I know it’s fake
But look at me, I’m wide awake
Placebo love, placebo love
Believe it and it’s real enough
Tell me it’s magic, I’ll believe you
Tell me I’m brave, and I’ll be brave too
I know it’s fake, I know it’s fake
But look at me, I’m wide awake
Placebo love, placebo love
Believe it and it’s real enough
I know it’s fake, I know it’s fake
But look at me, I’m wide awake
Placebo love, placebo love
Believe it and it’s real enough

故事的主角是在海灣邊開咖啡館的女孩。媽媽生病後，她忘了怎麼笑。一位旅人留下筆記本，要她每天睡前寫下十件感謝的事。第一夜她只想得出三件；第二十一夜，筆自己跑了起來；第一百夜，媽媽在火焰灣牽起她的手，大聲笑了。

故事靈感：《睡前3分鐘超感謝筆記》作者Ｍasa住在沖繩石垣島，副歌裡藏著石垣島在地方言八重山話的「謝謝」——みーふぁいゆー（Mi Fi Yu）
📖 三分鐘讀完本書重點：https://shangreads.com/zh-Hant/island/tasmania/gratitude-notes/

🎵 歌詞
Let me tell you about a girl
who ran a café by the bay
her mum was sick, her days were long
she forgot how to smile someday
a traveller left a notebook
“write ten things before you sleep”
she sat on the bed, the pen in her hand
and she found only three
Ten little thank-yous, before I sleep
Mii-fai-yu, mii-fai-yu
that's what they say on a faraway isle
I'll try again tomorrow night
By the twenty-first night
the pen just ran along
a stranger's laugh, a bird outside
the bread came out just right
she used to count what she was missing
now she counts the light that's listening
A plane went over the mountain
she called it a shooting star
made one wish
didn't tell a soul
Ten little thank-yous, before I sleep
ten little lights for the dark to keep
Mii-fai-yu, mii-fai-yu
the night says it back to you
On the hundredth night
at the Bay of Fires
the rocks were orange in the sun
her mum took her hand
and laughed out loud
like she hadn't
since it all begun
Ten little thank-yous, before I sleep
ten little lights for the dark to keep
Mii-fai-yu, mii-fai-yu
the night says it back to you
Ten little thank-yous, before I sleep
Mii-fai-yu, mii-fai-yu
Under the Southern Cross tonight
they see it in Ishigaki too
mii-fai-yu
goodnight

歌詞描寫剛失去母親的健二，把東京的家清空後，只帶一只行李箱，在葡萄牙馬德拉島首府豐沙爾（Funchal）的山坡上租了一間白牆小屋。清晨擺好鞋子、在市場買麵包、沿著山間水道散步，黃昏打開最後一個箱子，只留下媽媽寫著「お元気で」的那封信。副歌一再唱著「斷、捨、離——放手吧」：重要的事，一直都住在日常裡。

故事靈感：《最重要的日常》
📖 三分鐘讀完本書重點：https://shangreads.com/zh-Hant/island/madeira/everyday-matters/

🎵 歌詞
Uma mala só, nada mais
deixei Tóquio para trás
Abro a janela sobre o Funchal
o nevoeiro beija o mar
Arrumo os sapatos à porta
como a minha mãe fazia
ただいま — digo baixinho
à casa que ainda não é minha
No Mercado dos Lavradores
peço pão — パン — e sorrio
esta palavra veio de navio
há quatrocentos anos, como eu
A senhora diz “bom dia”
e embrulha a fruta em papel
não preciso de quase nada
só de um dia que seja fiel
Não vim aqui para mudar
vim aprender a olhar
Dan, sha, ri — deixa ir
断・捨・離 — 手放して
O que importa mora no dia
tudo o que importa está aqui
Sigo a levada pela serra
a água sabe o caminho
o louro molha-me o rosto
e eu já não tenho pressa
Penso nas caixas que guardei
cheias de ontem, cheias de ti
quanto pesa um coração
que ainda não sabe partir
Não vim aqui para esquecer
vim aprender a viver
Na última caixa, uma carta
a tua letra: お元気で
Guardo esta. Só esta.
O resto, deixo ao mar.
Dan, sha, ri — deixa ir
断・捨・離 — 手放して
O que importa mora no dia
tudo o que importa está aqui
Dan, sha, ri — deixa ir
断・捨・離 — 手放して
O que importa mora no dia
tudo o que importa está aqui
Dan! Sha! Ri!
Deixa ir, deixa ir
断・捨・離 — 手放して
Dan, sha, ri — deixa ir
Dan, sha, ri — está aqui
Dan, sha, ri — deixa ir
断・捨・離 — 手放して
O que importa mora no dia
tudo o que importa está aqui
Dan, sha, ri — deixa ir
断・捨・離 — 手放して
O que importa mora no dia
tudo o que importa está aqui
Da varanda, a vizinha diz “boa noite”
e eu respondo: ただいま
no silêncio do Funchal
ouço a minha mãe: おかえり

一位財務主管決定辭職，去泰國東北部的國際森林寺院出家，並在森林裡得到的人生智慧『我可能錯了』。
故事靈感：《我可能錯了 》
📖 三分鐘讀完本書重點：https://shangreads.com/zh-Hant/island/tasmania/i-may-be-wrong/

🎵 歌詞
I wore a suit like a suit of steel,
counted every win, never let you see what's real,
corner office, Stockholm sun,
told the whole world I had won.

But the noise in my head kept turning up,
a thousand monkeys never had enough,
so I walked away, gave it all away,
to a forest where the quiet stays.

I may be wrong — and I'm not afraid,
I may be wrong — let the old walls break,
I don't need to win, I don't need to fight,
I open my hands and I hold the light.
I may be wrong, I may be wrong,
and that's what makes me strong.

Oh-oh, oh-oh, I may be wrong,
oh-oh, oh-oh, and I'm still strong.

Seventeen years of bowls and rain,
learned to breathe through the joy and the pain,
came back home with nothing to show,
the biggest failure, everybody knows.

Then a whisper said "this too shall pass,"
like snow in spring, it melted fast,
every stranger fights a war unseen,
so be kind — leave some room for dreams.

I may be wrong — and I'm not afraid,
I may be wrong — let the old walls break,
I don't need to win, I don't need to fight,
I open my hands and I hold the light.
I may be wrong, I may be wrong,
and that's what makes me strong.

Oh-oh, oh-oh, I may be wrong,
oh-oh, oh-oh, and I'm still strong.

When my body started letting go,
I found everything I'll ever need to know:
a friend, a breath, a sky so wide,
the jewel was in my pocket all this time.

I may be wrong — and I'm not afraid,
I may be wrong — let the old walls break,
I don't need to win, I don't need to fight,
I open my hands and I hold the light.
I may be wrong, I may be wrong,
and that's what makes me strong.

I may be wrong…
and that's what makes me strong

一個曾經在派對角落拚命點頭微笑的人，練習存在感、力量、溫暖後，成為超有魅力的人。
故事靈感：《魅力學》
📖 三分鐘讀完本書重點：https://shangreads.com/zh-Hant/island/newfoundland/charisma-myth/

🎵 歌詞
I used to think charm was a thing you're born with, a gift
Some people talk and the whole room will shift
I stood in the corner, a glass in my hand
Smiling too hard, nodding fast as I can
It was never that I wasn't enough
My mind was too loud, and my face called my bluff
Pause for two, then I speak
Hold your words like they're all that I seek
Soften my eyes, let my voice fall low
Charm's not a gift, it's a seed that I grow
Presence, power, warmth
Nice scarf, is there a story behind it?
I'll keep the light on you, I won't fight it
No need to prove who is wrong or who's right
When a compliment comes, I just hold it tight
You won't remember each word that I said
Just how it felt, and the warmth that it spread
Pause for two, then I speak
Hold your words like they're all that I seek
Soften my eyes, let my voice fall low
Charm's not a gift, it's a seed that I grow
Presence, power, warmth
That voice in my head says I don't belong
I watch like a scientist, it moves along
Not every thought is a truth to believe
I breathe it out slow and I let the fear leave
Gentle with me, then gentle with you
Pause for two, then I speak
Hold your words like they're all that I seek
Soften my eyes, let my voice fall low
When the heart's at ease, the light starts to glow
Before I speak, I pause for two

Chị Đây 是『姐在這！』的意思
一位努力創業的越南女老闆和她的店員，還有要約她出門的美國饒舌歌手的故事
故事靈感： 《創業這條路》
📖 三分鐘讀完本書重點：https://shangreads.com/zh-Hant/island/phu-quoc/emyth-revisited/

🎵 歌詞
Uh… boss lady.
Mm.
Sáu giờ sáng mở cửa, nửa đêm chưa tắt đèn
Order nào chị cũng nhận, ai gọi chị cũng quen
Nhân viên hỏi gì cũng "để chị", việc gì cũng chị xong
Đến khi gục trên quầy mới thấy quán trói chặt lòng
Mm-hm. Lemme ask you somethin'…
Girl, you runnin' that shop… or that shop runnin' you?
Mơ một nghìn chi nhánh, mà một quán chị chưa xong
Write it down, write it down — every step, every move
Để mai chị vắng mặt, quán vẫn chạy như không
Cứ giao cho sổ tay —
Let it run, let it run!
Đèn quán vẫn sáng đêm nay —
Let it run, let it run!
Chị không làm trong quán, chị làm chủ cuộc chơi
Who's the boss?
Chị đây!
She's the boss!
Một, hỏi đời mình muốn sống ra sao, đừng để quán nhốt mình vào
Hai, mơ phải thành con số, đừng phó mặc cho số, nhớ nha
Ba, vẽ sơ đồ, giám đốc là chị, rửa ly cũng là chị
Bốn, viết thành sổ tay, người mới cầm lên làm y như chị
Cứ giao cho sổ tay —
Let it run, let it run!
Đèn quán vẫn sáng đêm nay —
Let it run, let it run!
Chị không làm trong quán, chị làm chủ cuộc chơi
Who's the boss?
Chị đây!
She's the boss!
Ayo, boss lady, sit down for a minute
You built this from nothin', but you livin' all up in it
Cook, cashier, cleaner — you wearin' every hat
Every fire in the place, you the one runnin' back
Step five: you don't need a genius on the payroll
Regular folks with a playbook — watch 'em hold it down, though
Step six: keep the dream, but the dream ain't the pitch
They buy what they need, not the vision you wish
Step seven: script the "hello", put a smile in the line
Ask first, then listen — let 'em talk, take your time
Seven steps, one system, now we run it back
Bowl one thousand taste like bowl one — that's a fact
You ain't workin' in it, baby, you workin' on it
That's the difference 'tween a job and the freedom you wanted
Lights on at the shop while you out with me
Business on autopilot — now that's what I call free
Quy tắc đâu phải xiềng xích, chỉ là lời nhắc thôi
Hỏi han trước, lặng nghe sau
Điều khách giấu trong lòng — là tấm bản đồ đây rồi
When you listen… they show you the way
Cứ giao cho sổ tay —
Let it run, let it run!
Đèn quán vẫn sáng đêm nay —
Let it run, let it run!
Cuối cùng chị sống cho đời chị, không chỉ quán thôi
Who's the boss?
Chị đây!
She's the boss!
Girl… the shop runs itself now.
Ừ… đi thôi.

— 中文翻譯 —
嗯……老闆娘。
嗯哼。
早上六點開門，半夜燈還沒關
每張單姐都接，誰叫姐都熟
員工問什麼都是「交給姐」，什麼事都姐來收尾
直到累倒在櫃台，才發現店把心綁得死死的
嗯哼。我問妳一件事……
是妳在經營那間店……還是那間店在使喚妳？
夢想開一千家分店，連一家都還沒搞定
寫下來、寫下來，每一步、每個動作
讓以後姐不在，店照樣跑得像沒事一樣
就交給手冊吧——
讓它跑、讓它跑！
今晚店裡的燈照樣亮著——
讓它跑、讓它跑！
姐不是在店裡打工，姐是這場遊戲的主人
誰是老闆？
姐在這！
她就是老闆！
一，先問人生想怎麼過，別讓店把自己關住
二，夢想要變成數字，別交給命運，記住喔
三，畫組織圖：總經理是姐，洗杯子也是姐
四，寫成手冊，新人拿起來就做得跟姐一樣
就交給手冊吧——
讓它跑、讓它跑！
今晚店裡的燈照樣亮著——
讓它跑、讓它跑！
姐不是在店裡打工，姐是這場遊戲的主人
誰是老闆？
姐在這！
她就是老闆！
嘿，老闆娘，先坐下來一下
妳白手起家，可是整個人都陷在裡面
廚師、收銀、清潔，每頂帽子都妳戴
店裡每一場火，都是妳衝回去救
第五步：薪水單上不需要天才
普通人拿著手冊，看他們把場子顧得好好的
第六步：夢想留著，但夢想不是拿來推銷的
客人買的是他們需要的，不是妳心中的願景
第七步：連「您好」都寫成台詞，句子裡帶著笑
先問，再聽，讓他們說，別急
七個步驟，一套系統，現在再來一遍
第一千碗跟第一碗一樣好吃，這是事實
寶貝，妳不是在店裡做事，妳是在經營它
這就是一份工作和妳想要的自由之間的差別
妳跟我出來時，店裡的燈照樣亮著
生意開著自動駕駛，這才叫自由
規矩不是枷鎖，只是一句提醒
先開口問候，再安靜地聽
客人藏在心裡的話，就是那張地圖
只要妳肯聽……他們會告訴妳路在哪
就交給手冊吧——
讓它跑、讓它跑！
今晚店裡的燈照樣亮著——
讓它跑、讓它跑！
姐終於為自己的人生而活，不只為了這間店
誰是老闆？
姐在這！
她就是老闆！
女孩……店現在自己會跑了。
嗯……走吧。

歌詞唱的是書裡的真實故事：施瓦布靠讚美別人賺進百萬、伊士曼因為一句對木工的真心稱讚，談成九萬美元的訂單。

故事靈感：《人性的弱點》
📖 三分鐘讀完本書重點：https://shangreads.com/zh-Hant/island/newfoundland/win-friends/
曲風是 1930 年代的大樂隊搖擺爵士，正好是這本書出版（1936 年）的年代。

🎵 歌詞
There's a secret, my friend, that the wise men all knew
Every heart wants to matter, and that includes you
Mr. Schwab made a million by sharing his praise
Never once did he scold, he just brightened their days
Make 'em feel important, make 'em feel like a star
Say their name like a song, no matter who they are
Give a smile for free, it's worth a million or more
That's the way to win a friend, that's what smiles are for
Mr. Eastman gave five minutes, not a second to spare
But a word for his woodwork kept them talking for hours there
Ninety thousand in orders from a compliment true
Now imagine what one kind word could do for you
Make 'em feel important, make 'em feel like a star
Say their name like a song, no matter who they are
Give a smile for free, it's worth a million or more
That's the way to win a friend, that's what smiles are for
Don't you argue, don't you fight, you'll never win that way
If you win it, you still lose, so let him have his say
Ask a question, start with yes, let the other fella shine
Let the bright idea be his, and the credit not be mine
Make 'em feel important, make 'em feel like a star
Say their name like a song, no matter who they are
Give a smile for free, it's worth a million or more
That's the way to win a friend, that's what smiles are for
Make 'em feel important, and they'll never let you go

一個關於香港女孩獨自在美國讀書，掛念著家鄉的男友的故事。
故事靈感：《超速學習》
📖 三分鐘讀完本書重點：https://shangreads.com/zh-Hant/island/hong-kong-island/ultralearning/

🎵 歌詞
圖書館 凌晨兩點
窗外係 陌生嘅雪
你嗰邊 啱啱天光
叮叮車 經過你屋企門前
攤開地圖 計好每一課
邊科最弱 就由嗰度開始
手機反轉 專心一秒都唔浪費
因為每一日 都係返去嘅距離
過路燈 噠噠噠 越嚟越快
好似話我知 時間唔多
等我 學成歸來
合埋本書 我考自己千次
答錯嘅題 我再練多次
只為早啲 返到你身邊
等我 學成歸來
你嘅晚安 係我嘅早晨
隔住半個地球 心跳一樣
等我 等我 返嚟
視像入面 我教你聽
講到好似 教細路咁淺
你聽得明 我就真係識
你笑我傻 我笑你唔明
老師批改 紅色滿頁
唔好閃避 痛過先知點補
溫完又溫 隔幾日再溫
記憶唔再 似漏水嘅桶
港鐵門 嘟嘟嘟 準備關門
我都準備好 出發返去
等我 學成歸來
合埋本書 我考自己千次
答錯嘅題 我再練多次
只為早啲 返到你身邊
等我 學成歸來
你嘅晚安 係我嘅早晨
隔住半個地球 心跳一樣
等我 等我 返嚟
維港嘅風 你幫我記住
天星小輪 等我坐多一程
一年好長 但我學得好快
快過思念 快過眼淚
等我 學成歸來
綠燈一閃 我就跑過去
你喺對面 張開雙手
我終於 返到你身邊
我返嚟喇