It Just so Happened That You Were Bright and I Was Young and Inactive That Year

These are the lyrics from the song "That Year You Were Bright", sung by Uncle Deng. The song takes youth and love as the theme, showing the helplessness and regret when they meet. It happened to be that year when you were bright and it happened to be the year when I felt inferior How dare I miss your age with the breeze in my sleeves? It just so happens that your smile is as bright as a flower and I am young and inactive I'll spend my whole life trying to make amends after taking one look at you It happened to be that year when you were bright and it happened to be the year when I felt inferior Hate that the time is wrong and the encounter is not perfect enough It just so happens that you disappear into the crowd and I am bold and fearless We have no chance to meet again in the mountains and rivers True love is always the most touching, and empathy is the most real! I have wine, you have stories, let's share the soft memories in our hearts. In commemoration of our aging generation in the 1980s - what we cannot go back to is the past, what we cannot reach is the distance, what we cannot retain is our youth, and what is not perfect is life! It's like looking out the window and seeing yourself inside the house, the beautiful family love and carefree years! Taking the growth trajectory of the two Hai family brothers (Dahai and Xiaohai) as the axis, it connects the collective memories of the post-80s generation from the end of reform and opening up to the new era, and reflects the realism of the era when "it's really hard to be a man" with their individual destiny - they were once the "Beat Generation", but they struggled, and finally hid their unwillingness in the ordinary, giving voice to the struggle and loss of the post-80s generation.