Empty City (Kong Cheng)

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Empty City (Kong Cheng) 
Lyrics by WEN Ya
Translated by Fangjie YU
Translated on Jun. 9, 2017

The music of Empty City was composed by Yang Kun (a song writer and signer famous for his "sore throat"). The purpose I translated the lyrics is to introduce the song to non-Chinese speakers, since, so far there has been no English version available online. The MP3 format can be found on some English websites though.
I would welcome native English speakers who also know Chinese to kindly help me to polish the lyrics (not only for accuracy but also for the musical effect).

Thanks!

 
I could hardly breathe,
In the vacuum emptiness
A desert grows out of a city of neon
I’m still waiting
My heart is dying
My soul needs stimulating
Too deep, too much,
Too possessed,
I am in love,
I am in hell
My pain feeds your joy
So empty is the city
So cruel is the memory
So crowded are the streets
Where is the one for me
My eyebrows knit
My memories haunt
Alone, alone, alone
And now you are gone
 I’m still waiting
My heart is dying
My soul needs stimulating
Too deep, too much,
Too possessed,
I am in love,
I am in hell
My pain feeds your joy
So empty is the city 
So cruel is the memory
So crowded are the streets
Where is the one for me
My eyebrows knit
My memories haunt
Alone, alone, alone
And now you are gone
So empty is the city
So painful is my soul
So crowded is the world
Will we meet again?
Happinesses are alike,
Not so with pains
Alone, alone, alone
This me who really knows
So empty is the city
So empty when you are gone
My breath thunderstorms,
In the lonely silence
I stand in the dark,
My heart too weak to beat
Alone, alone, alone
My love is meaningless

空城                                   
 
词作者:文雅                    
译者:俞芳洁                                         
 
可能是寂寞                   
空气变得很稀薄              
满城霓虹开出荒漠             
还为你等着                   
我的心快要死了               
要有什么刺激我魂魄           
太深, 太多                  
爱会走火入魔               
任由你                     
自由的                      
耗在我苦中作乐              
这城市那么空                
这回忆那么凶                
这街道车水马龙              
我能和谁相拥                
这眉头那么重                
这思念那么浓                
Alone, alone, alone         
这感觉我跟从   
还为你等着                 
我的心快要死了              
要有什么刺激我魂魄          
太深, 太多,                 
爱会走火入魔                
任由你                       
自由的                       
耗在我苦中作乐               
这城市那么空                 
这回忆那么凶                 
这街道车水马龙               
我能和谁相拥                
这眉头那么重                 
这思念那么浓                
Alone, alone, alone          
这感觉我跟从       
这城市那么空                 
这胸口那么痛                 
这人海风起云涌               
能不能再相逢                 
这快乐都雷同                 
这悲伤千万种                 
Alone, alone, alone 
这个我谁能懂     
这城市那么空        
没有你的空洞       
连呼吸带出的风      
响得震耳欲聋      
我站在黑暗中        
心已经跳不动        
Alone, alone, alone 
再爱也没有用

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