Originally the theme song to online game, Heroes of Three Kingdoms (赤壁), from 2008, the song has been revitalized in the last couple of years due to the song exposure in a Chinese variety show (快樂大本營) in 2018, and then the use of the song as the theme to Singaporean MediaCorp Channel 8 TV series, Hello From The Other Side (新傳媒電視劇《陰錯陽差》主題曲).
Here’s a live performance at the 2019 New Year concert…
醉赤壁
作詞：方文山 作曲：林俊傑
落葉堆積了好幾層 而我踩過青春 聽見 前世誰在淚語紛紛
一次緣分結一次繩 我今生還在等 一世 就只能有一次的認真
確認過眼神 我遇上對的人 我揮劍轉身而鮮血如紅唇
前朝記憶渡紅塵 傷人的不是刀刃 是 妳轉世而來的魂
確認過眼神 我遇上對的人 我策馬出征 馬蹄聲如淚奔
青石板上的月光照進這山城
我一路的跟 妳輪迴聲 我對妳用情極深
洛陽城旁的老樹根 像回憶般延伸 妳問 經過是誰的心跳聲
我拿醇酒一罈飲恨 妳那千年眼神 是我 醉醉墜入赤壁的 傷痕
確認過眼神 我遇上對的人 我揮劍轉身而鮮血如紅唇
前朝記憶渡紅塵 傷人的不是刀刃 是妳轉世而來的魂
確認過眼神 我遇上對的人 我策馬出征 馬蹄聲如淚奔
青石板上的月光照進這山城
我一路的跟 妳輪迴聲 我對妳用情極深
確認過眼神 我遇上對的人 我策馬出征 馬蹄聲如淚奔
青石板上的月光照進這山城
我一路的跟 妳輪迴聲 我對妳用情極深
我一路的跟 妳輪迴聲 我對妳用情極深
Tales of the Red Cliff
English lyrics translation from LyricsTranslate
The fallen leaves mount gradually
As I walked out of the days of youth
I heard someone in my previous life weeping in sorrow
A moment of fate ties a knot in a lifetime of destiny
And I’m still waiting now
Alas, life offers just but only one chance
*Looking into your eyes, I know I’ve found you
Turning around, I wield my sword. Blood, intense like the colour of rouge, gushes out.
Memories from the past flooding back. The pain in me was not inflicted by the sword
but by you
**Looking into your eyes, I know I’ve found you
I leapt onto my horse, galloping as the tears flow
The glow of the moon shines across the mountains and into the city
I kept chasing after your voice. My feelings for you run deeper than ever.
Like the roots of the old tree at Luoyang,
memories (from the past) are hidden.
When you wonder each time a person passes by
I drown myself in sorrows and anger
For that faraway look in your eyes
are the scars I bore in the battle of the red cliff.
Corner Café 
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