It's Jolin Tsai's "The Taste of Lemon", a song with lyrics by Lee Cheuk-hung and arrangement by Yvonne Lee, which was included in Tsai's 2004 album "Castle".
The lyrics are as follows:
They guessed if we'd see each other again later
Waking up tired, I realized that I missed it
Suddenly I remembered your face
The touch is still like yesterday
I've been a little more honest with myself
Is it possible that the memories are just a touch of lemongrass
The pungency of the lemon grass is accompanied by the aromatic flavor of the lemons.
Once I thought you were the whole world
But one day it was so far away
One day I realized
I had a farther horizon
We're both right
It just wasn't right
What I wanted I know now
Happiness is mine
Not yours
It's not your responsibility to be lonely.
Loneliness is my own responsibility
After all, I may not get what I want even if I try my best
It's always in the past that I understand
Suddenly I remember your face
It's just a matter of love or not
Spare a glance
Today's me can be the same as yesterday's
We're not wrong
Just not right for you
Dear me, my dear, I've got to be happy now.
Dear me I didn't know then
The choice was mine
Not yours
Tomorrow is my own responsibility
Give yesterday a hug
Once upon a time I didn't know what to do
If we meet again I'll smile
Thanks to you, thanks to you
I'm steering the ship and loving it
We are right.
We're both right,
It's just not right
What I want is what I know now
Happiness is mine, not yours, loneliness is my responsibility
What I want is what I know now
Choices are mine
Not yours
Happiness is my responsibility
Missed it, and it's my responsibility to make it right. Please help me
Extended profile:
Jolin Tsai:
Jolin Tsai has become a symbol in the pop world not only by virtue of her music, image and dance, but also because of her spirit of defiance, fear of death, and infinite extension of possibilities. In the Chinese music industry, which favors lyrical styles, it's hard to say that Jolin has created a piece of heaven and earth with her thin voice, and no other Chinese female singer has ever been able to go all the way to the end of the road in dance music.
While her contemporaries were either stagnating or regressing at the speed of light, Jolin was the only one who stayed at the forefront of the Chinese music scene, proving her musical pursuit through constant improvement.