4現代人是否更獨立？
Verse 1
The cost of living's climbing higher every day
生活成本每天都在節節攀升
A simple life is getting harder now to pay
如今連維持簡單的生活都變得越來越難以負擔
Young adults reaching for a helping hand
年輕人紛紛伸出雙手尋求援助
Just to buy a house and make a final stand
只為了能買下一棟房子，擁有一個立足之地
Property prices reaching up into the sky
房價一路狂飆直衝雲霄
Without their parents' help, they couldn't even try
若沒有父母的幫忙，他們甚至連嘗試的資格都沒有
Both parents working hard to keep the family bright
雙親都在拼命工作，只為給家庭帶來光明的生活
Relying on a sitter through the day and night
無論白天黑夜，都只能依賴保姆來照料孩子
Chorus
Are we dependent on each other more today?
如今的我們，是變得更加相互依賴了嗎？
Or are we finding our own independent way?
還是我們正在尋找屬於自己的獨立之路？
Some see the ties that keep us close and bound
有人看見了將我們緊密相連的紐帶
While others see a solo freedom to be found
有人則看見了獨自前行方能找到的自由
Verse 2
Look around the globe, families grow small
環顧全球，家庭規模正在不斷縮小
Relatives are scattered, rarely make a call
親戚們散居各方，鮮少來電聯繫
We pack our heavy bags and travel far away
我們打包沉重的行囊，流浪至遙遠的遠方
No longer bound to where our childhood memories lay
不再受限於承載童年回憶的家鄉
Students cross the ocean just to study on their own
學生們漂洋過海前往異國獨自求學
Learning how to survive and build a life alone
學習如何獨立生存，建立屬於自己的人生
Technology lets us work from any distant shore
科技讓我們能在任何遙遠的海岸線上工作
Connected to the world, but needing people less and more
與全世界緊密連結，對周遭人們的實體依賴卻似少又似多
Bridge
It’s true we rely on help to pay the fee
誠然，為了支付各種費用我們確實需要援助
To raise a child or build a sanctuary
無論是撫養孩子，還是打造屬於自己的避風港
Yet every tool we use and every step we take
然而我們使用的每個工具、邁出的每一個腳步
Is a personal decision that we learn to make
都是我們學會獨自做出的個人抉擇
Chorus
Are we dependent on each other more today?
如今的我們，是變得更加相互依賴了嗎？
Or are we finding our own independent way?
還是我們正在尋找屬於自己的獨立之路？
Some see the ties that keep us close and bound
有人看見了將我們緊密相連的紐帶
While others see a solo freedom to be found
有人則看見了獨自前行方能找到的自由
Outro
Though life is complex and the pressure never ends
儘管生活錯綜複雜，壓力無邊無際
We stand upon our feet, less reliant on our friends
我們依然憑藉雙腳挺直站立，減少對朋友的依賴
In this modern world, wherever we may roam
在這個現代世界中，無論我們漫遊何方
We are more independent making it our home.
我們都比以往更加獨立，並將異鄉締造成自己的家園