Tran Lap - See you again: Crying for a teammate, a friend

In the music night 'Tran Lap: See You Again', this was the most touching image and made me cry: Lap's car was brought onto the stage, and amidst the deep sound of the guitar, the microphone stood alone under the lights. The artist was not there. He did not exist in flesh and blood. Only his singing remained, in the sobbing auditorium.

He promised to meet everyone again in a show without him, but it seemed like he was still here somewhere, existing in both fantasy and real life, in the photos, memories of his wife, friends, fans and his voice. Lap is a person who does not like flowery words. Lap also never likes to show off. So, his lyrics are the same, like him, not sentimental, but simple and very close and sincere.

Sitting in the stands listening to clips of you singing, listening to your friends singing, closing my eyes without thinking that you were in a very far away place.

Sitting in the stands listening to clips of him singing, listening to his friends singing, closing my eyes without thinking that he was in a place so far away. More than a year ago, when I returned to the country to see him, he also said "See you again", but I couldn't believe that I would meet him like this when I returned. In the last chat when I asked him about cancer, he still said, "Don't worry, Ngoc, I won't die".

Thousands of phone lights were lit up in the live show "Tran Lap - See you again".

Last night, I sat watching the show and tears kept flowing. Crying because a comrade, a friend, a brother had passed away. Crying because more and more of us are passing away from cancer when everything is still unfinished, life, love, plans, dreams. Everything ends when the biopsy results are given like a death sentence, and they start to struggle with death. He is gone, but his journey with life continues.

His death does not mean the end of the Wall. Now, they need to continue with the message of life that he left behind, as a mission to the community. Queen still performs on stage, even though Freddy Mercury passed away a quarter of a century ago.

The Wall Band years ago.

I also cried because of the love that my close brothers and fans had for him. And then, in a moment of missing him while the song was still playing, I opened a random text message he sent me 4 years ago, when I was about to go to Italy: "Coffee and lunch from 11 o'clock. Let's chat". Of course, at that time I accepted immediately, and later, when I met him again in that world, texting each other.

Chatting with Tran Lap about life is always interesting...

According to TT&VH