Wishing to Play the Same Tune

The song was written in 1938 during the turmoil of the Sino-Japanese War and was more recently made popular by the Taiwanese singer Feng Fei-Fei. It portrays the uncertainty of unrequited love, the continual hope of this love being returned, and the desire to know whether there may be a future to be shared. On a deeper level, this song portrays the uncertainty of political freedom; over the past several hundred years, Taiwan has experienced rule by various foreign powers, leading to feelings of helplessness, loss of autonomy, and distrust of outsiders.