Zhuyin fuhao (simplified Chinese: 注音符号; traditional Chinese: 注音符號; pinyin: Zhùyīn fúhào; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄓㄨˋ ㄧㄣ ㄈㄨˊ ㄏㄠˋ; literally "phonetic symbol"), often abbreviated as zhuyin and colloquially called bopomofo, is a phonetic system for transcribing Chinese, especially Mandarin. It was introduced in the 1910s.
Consisting of 37 characters and four tone marks, it transcribes all possible sounds in Mandarin. Although phased out in Mainland China in the 1950s, this system is still widely used as an educational tool and Chinese computer input method in Taiwan.
Zhuyin is often called bopomofo which is derived from the names of the first four characters of the system (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ) and occasionally used to refer to pinyin in mainland China. In official documents, it is occasionally called the "Mandarin Phonetic Symbols I" (國語注音符號第一式), abbreviated as the "MPS I" (注音一式).
In English translations, the system is often called either Chu-yin or the Mandarin Phonetic Symbols. A romanized version of bopomofo, released in 1984, is called MPS II.
In the forest, in the snow
All those many years ago
Hailstones and epitaphs
All these body bags and half-mast flags
In the cemetery where they fell
All those many years ago
Now it's just a memory
Eroded by the years.
Forgotten heroes underground
Wrinkled faces gathered round
Hailstones and epitaphs
Roses on a barbwire fence
Winter landscape, never change,
Oh it must have been the same
In the forest, in the snow
All those many years ago
Remembrance Day
All they have is memories
Photographs in silver frames
Remembrance Day
Lost forever in a field,
In a foreign land, many miles away.
In the forest, in the snow
All those many years ago.
Bombs and victims blown sky high
Buried where they lie
A generation underground
Wrinkled faces gathered round
Won't ever bring them back
Never bring them back
Remembrance Day
With a heartbeat and a breath
As much emotion as a silhouette
Switching on then switching off
Like machinery devoid of love
Switch on – switch off
Switch on – switch off
With a footstep on the ice
On the other side is paradise
That’s the risk we have to take
Or we never move away from base
The hands on the clock were going
Round and round and round and round
Time is crawling on its knees today
Switch on, love flows through your eyes
Switch off, love goes and we lie again
Lie again, lie again oh oh oh !
With a promise written in your heart
Take a mighty jump into the dark
Face the fear, face to face
Don’t cry my doll
And I’ll rock you to sleep
In your house we’ll shut away
Your halo becomes your noose
Your halo becomes your noose
Marilyn Dreams
Fame, I’ve had fame
And I’ve raced towards the sun
Now I’m there
It’s like Icarus’ halo becomes your noose
Your hallo becomes your noose
Marilyn Dreams
Who killed Marilyn
It was Norma Jean
It was ………
Random thoughts spinning in my head
Odd fragments that wont make any sense
I revolve in circles but no-one touches me
So I stand like a statue guarding my territory
And there’s no escape from the institution walls
Never the same for consecutive days
My body movements echo this limp malaise
I search for answers but no-one wants to play
Such strange sadness here it comes again