As I walked by a cafe, I just wanted to quickly get a lemon iced tea. However, after the drink had come and as I was about to leave, this particularly song was shown on TV — Raymond Lam’s 記得忘記 (Remember to Forget).
For all these years, I have not paid particular attention to Raymond’s work. But I have always liked his 記得忘記.
When I first listened to this song many years ago, there was nothing particular that I needed to remember to forget. But my recent belief has probably been closer to the philosophy in his other song, 愛不疚 (Love without Regret). Sincerely wish you the best, and then let you go.
From trying to forget to learning to let go. Sometimes it may seem like no progress has been made. But actually it is not true — a long journey has been made, only that the destination happens to be the same as the starting point.
And because of 記得忘記, I ended up sitting in the cafe with my iced tea for one hour, finishing the rest of the concert — which he closed with 愛不疚.
haha, I hope while you were finishing the rest of the concert, you finished more than one ice tea, too. Otherwise the store owner may have some no-so-happy face to show.
I really like the end of 愛不疚’s lyrics — “放手 至可擁有”. Not in the romantic sense, but life in general. I thought a lot lately that the most precious things we (can) have cannot be gained through hoarding, but by giving away selflessly (almost irrationally). What’s paradoxical is that the more we “let go”, the more we have. They surely didn’t teach that in Economics!
I did not buy another drink, but my sister bought one because we were staying there for so long. :p I tried my lemon tea and did not like it, so I told my sister not to buy one. However, she ended up getting a coffee shaved ice afterward since she was bored.
My favorite parts of the lyrics are:
成全 衷心祝福然後 就放手
放手 其實我絕非愛得不夠
放手 豁出所有 還有這個好友
已經 已經足夠
Certain things are beyond our control regardless of how hard we try or how much we crave them. On a related note, it actually reminds me of “有緣盡力而為，無緣急流勇退.”