These two sentences are from the song "West Rail Street". The creative background is: West Rail Street used to be an old street in Hong Kong, and it was gradually known in the 1980s. Almost every couple who hold a wedding will go to Xitie Street to buy wedding supplies. Most of the buildings in this street are Tang buildings in the 1950s and 1960s, which are uniform and have traditional characteristics. At the beginning of 2004, the Hong Kong government planned to redevelop this area, which aroused the dissatisfaction of local residents, who were worried that the government would destroy this historic street. In the end, Xitie Street, once full of red gold, could not be swallowed up by the great ship of the times and has suddenly become a ruin. The song "Xitie Street" was written for Hong Kong. It represents nostalgia and the "old town complex" swallowed up by modern civilization in many Hong Kong people's hearts.
"Hi Tie Street" is about a couple who bought a new house to get married. Even the invitations were printed before they decided to break up. Like Xitie Street in Wan Chai, it was once very prosperous and beaming, and it ended up being demolished.
It is one of the most important themes of Xie Anqi's songs to reflect the present situation of modern Hong Kong society in a poetic way. On the surface, West Rail Street tells a love story, but in fact it is a sad change in Hong Kong. The life experience at the bottom made her clear that "moving is tantamount to ruining her life" and "every time I move, I will find that I have lost a lot of things", which also made her songs gain the widest popularity.
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