Pursuit
Lyrics: Ann Teo
Music: Zhang Luping
Year: 1998
There is a silent wish in all of us
A wish which cannot be uttered
There is emptiness in the air
Against which, our spirits flutter
There will be times in the darkness
We think that we are all alone
There will be times in our trek uphill
We feel so weary, so lost, so torn
But open your eyes, and you will find
That as night turns into day
There will be others, just as blind
Groping desperately for the way
So let us all lift, our hearts and our hands
The lamp burns ever bright
There will be light to show the way
And friends who are on your side
Do you hear the flowers sing?
Have you seen the rainbows cry?
Have you felt a familiar shadow
Softly brushing you by?
Do you hear the flowers sing?
Have you seen the rainbows cry?
How long since you have seen the same old world
With newly open eyes?
Lyrics: Alvin Lim
Composer: Alvin Lim
Arranger: Huang Jingrui
Year: Jan 2001
Tell yourself it’s possible
Don’t tell me you can’t be sure
It takes a step of confidence
To move ahead
Tell yourself, there’s a future
For you to mould and shape
What we do today promises
What we get tomorrow
Though the sun rises from the east
And sets in the west
Though the clock turns clockwise
Never the other way
But the clouds will shift
And the times will change
Just as along as you hold on to your dreams
It’ll be reality some day
Fantasy (theme song from NUSBS BS Day Production 2001 “True Dreams”)
Lyrics: Alvin Lim
Composer: Alvin Lim
Arranger: Huang Jingrui
Year: Jan 2001
When dawn has come
The morning dew slips away
And the sun rises beyond the horizon
Leaving the sea, joining the clouds
Up in the sky
When we were young
I still remember those times
I still remember that pure joy
Of watching the planes
Lifting off to that clear blue sky
For living in our fantasies
Not facing our reality
What made our dreams may just be
What made our memories
For living in our fantasies
Not facing our reality
We escape what we hate to see
Begin a quest of humanity
Lyrics: Alvin Lim
Composer: Alvin Lim
Arranger: Huang Jingrui/ Phua Ee Kia (choir)
Year: June 2001
As we walk down this rocky rock
We will stick together to reach our goal
And no matter if we’re down
Or when dreams are falling through
There’ll be friends, standing by you
May your wisdom guide you down the path
Spread compassion to all near and far
May the world be a better place for all religions, for all race
And may each day bring smiles to every face
Ehi Passiko, come and see you’ll know
There’s no standard way to keep your problems all at bay
Ehi Passiko, come and see you’ll know
Thru the laughters and the tears, they are part and parcel of growing years
Here and Now (theme song for Buddhism Awareness Week 2001 “Happiness Here and Now”)
Lyrics: Alvin Lim
Music: Alvin Lim
Arranger: Huang Jingrui
Sung by: Alvin Lim
Year: Aug 2001
How often we pass the world with half-open eyes
Where we simply ignore what we refuse to see
How often we live in the past and the future
But never here and now
Oh tell me how
How often the world seems like an iron cage
Giving limits that seems impossible to break
How often we notice that we built the cage
Bounding ourselves with fear from what could be
A better place
Chorus:
Happiness, is what we make of life
We choose the way to live inside
There’s no simple way to nirvana
Sadness is what makes us fools
We choose to follow by our rules
There’s so much more choices out there
It takes a conscious effort to make things come true