月光光

[Intro: music box and celesta, a child humming the old Cantonese lullaby "jyut gwong gwong", distant guzheng, no drums, sparse and nostalgic] [Verse 1: child solo vocal only, innocent boy soprano, no adult voice, guzheng and dizi only, no drums, intimate and bare] 细个嗰年 中秋嘅晚上 我企喺天井 静静等月光 阿妈递嚟 一块甜嘅月亮 嗰时唔知 一屋人就系天堂 [Interlude: 4 bars, dizi solo answers the melody, guzheng arpeggios, drums still out] [Verse 2: adult male solo vocal only, no child voice, low register, weary and urban, soft brushes on snare, strings pad underneath] 大个之后 中秋系加班嘅晚上 一个人食饭 一个人望窗 手机弹出 阿妈问我几时有假放 我话好忙 挂咗线 抬头一望 [Bridge: adult male solo, raw and exposed, no chorus here, strings swell then pull back, drums half-time; on the final word "光" a single child voice joins quietly and lets it hang] 月亮千年 都系咁圆咁亮 变嘅只系 我抬头嘅地方 你喺堂前 我喺他乡 一抬头 就系同一片光 [Chorus 1: child voice sings line 1 alone, adult male joins on lines 2 and 3, both voices unite on the last line; full band, live drum kit, guzheng and dizi double the hook, warm and poignant] 月光光 照地堂 照住老家 照住他乡 你嗰边今晚嘅月亮 都照喺我心上 [Interlude: 8 bars, drums out, music box returns the child motif, guzheng and dizi trade phrases, strings build slowly] [Chorus 2: full group unison chorus, adult lead with child voice one octave above, drums driving, key lift one whole tone, strings at their widest, resolution and blessing] 月光光 照地堂 照住千里 照住八方 愿你抬头见嘅月亮 同我一模一样 [Outro: child voice alone again, no adult voice, singing softly then humming, music box and guzheng only, fading to silence, moonlight on water] 月光光 照地堂