On My Playlist: No Reason (沒有理由) by Ryan.B & Effie
“No Reason” (沒有理由) by Ryan.B and Effie is a melancholic R&B/electropop duet released on April 10, 2018. The song explores fading love, emotional distance, and the silent breakdown of a relationship where neither partner is at fault. —Google
The lyrics is basically talking about a relationship losing its warmth, indicated by how the text messages lose their sweetness and conversations feel routine and distant. There’s really no dramatic fight or big betrayal either. Just two people realizing that they are slowly letting go of each other without a specific reason or someone being in the wrong, but still choose to stay because none of them have the courage to end the relationship. So they grow complacent and stop trying even though they know things have changed. And staying in a relationship that’s dying without any effort to fix it can make one feel really isolated and lonely inside.
Personally, it also begs the question of why do you keep staying then? Does staying in a dying relationship and feeling lonely inside better than letting go of a dying relationship and being single? Does relationship status has anything to do with it? Or is it just simply the cowardice of not being brave enough to end a relationship?
Ryan.B & Effie - No Reason (沒有理由) LYRICS:
(Mandarin / Pinyin / English)
🎵 Chorus:
沒有人可以去等待
Méiyǒu rén kěyǐ qù děngdài
There is no one to wait for
不知不覺的放開你
Bù zhī bù jué de fàngkāi nǐ
Unknowingly, I let you go
我們都沒有那勇氣 baby
Wǒmen dōu méiyǒu nà yǒngqì baby
None of us had the courage, baby
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely
*
我們都沒有錯與對
Wǒmen dōu méiyǒu cuò yǔ duì
There is no right or wrong for us
找不到任何一個原因
Zhǎo bù dào rènhé yī gè yuányīn
We didn’t find any reason
沒有理由的離開 baby
Méiyǒu lǐyóu de líkāi baby
There’s no reason to leave, baby
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely (yeah, yeah)
🎵 Verse 1:
看見信息不是不想回你
Kànjiàn xìnxī bù shì bù xiǎng huí nǐ
It’s not that I see your messages and want to respond
只是我們的對話少了一些甜蜜
Zhǐshì wǒmen de duìhuà shǎo le yīxiē tiánmì
Our conversation has just lost its appeal
看似很正常的語句 但透著距離
Kànshì hěn zhèngcháng de yǔjù dàn tòuzhe jùlí
We seem to talk normally, but, in reality, there is a distance
我不知道該怎麼對你 也許是正常的關係
Wǒ bù zhīdào gāi zěnme duì nǐ yěxǔ shì zhèngcháng de guānxì
I don’t know how to deal with you, maybe it’s just an ordinary relationship
*
我每時每刻都在告訴自己
Wǒ měi shí měi kè dōu zài gàosù zìjǐ
I keep telling myself all the time
我還是很愛你的只是 lonely
Wǒ hái shì hěn ài nǐ de zhǐ shì lonely
That I still love you, but feel lonely
不知道微信什麼時候開始沒有表情
Bù zhīdào wēixìn shénme shíhòu kāishǐ méiyǒu biǎoqíng
I don’t know when WeChat started lacking your emojis
你的上班時間多了 沒有那麼多的高興
Nǐ de shàngbān shíjiān duō le méiyǒu nàme duō de gāoxìng
Your work hours increased and you’re not so happy
🎵 Pre-Chorus:
回想起來 剛開始的時間
Huíxiǎng qǐlái gāng kāishǐ de shíjiān
I stop to reflect from the beginning
倆個人都在
Liǎ gè rén dōu zài
We were there
都想辦法離開
Dōu xiǎng bànfǎ líkāi
Trying to escape
沒有理由的
Méiyǒu lǐyóu de
For no reason
🎵 Chorus:
沒有人可以去等待
Méiyǒu rén kěyǐ qù děngdài
There is no one to wait for
不知不覺的放開你
Bù zhī bù jué de fàngkāi nǐ
Unknowingly, I let you go
我們都沒有那勇氣 baby
Wǒmen dōu méiyǒu nà yǒngqì baby
None of us had the courage, baby
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely
*
我們都沒有錯與對
Wǒmen dōu méiyǒu cuò yǔ duì
There is no right or wrong for us
找不到任何一個原因
Zhǎo bù dào rènhé yī gè yuányīn
We didn’t find any reason
沒有理由的離開 baby
Méiyǒu lǐyóu de líkāi baby
There’s no reason to leave, baby
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely (yeah)
🎵 Verse 2:
理由 理由 理由 理由
Lǐyóu lǐyóu lǐyóu lǐyóu
Reason, reason, reason, reason
再多 理由 無法 挽留
Zài duō lǐyóu wúfǎ wǎnliú
No matter how many reasons, we can’t reverse it
愛情 愛情 愛情 愛情
Àiqíng àiqíng àiqíng àiqíng
Love, love, love, love
再多 理由 說停 就停
Zài duō lǐyóu shuō tíng jiù tíng
No matter how many reasons, if it stops, it stops
🎵 Pre-Chorus:
回想起來 剛開始的時間
Huíxiǎng qǐlái gāng kāishǐ de shíjiān
I stop to reflect from the beginning
倆個人都在
Liǎ gè rén dōu zài
We were there
都想辦法離開
Dōu xiǎng bànfǎ líkāi
Trying to escape
沒有理由的
Méiyǒu lǐyóu de
For no reason
🎵 Chorus:
沒有人可以去等待
Méiyǒu rén kěyǐ qù děngdài
There is no one to wait for
不知不覺的放開你
Bù zhī bù jué de fàngkāi nǐ
Unknowingly, I let you go
我們都沒有那勇氣 baby
Wǒmen dōu méiyǒu nà yǒngqì baby
None of us had the courage, baby
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely
*
我們都沒有錯與對
Wǒmen dōu méiyǒu cuò yǔ duì
There is no right or wrong for us
找不到任何一個原因
Zhǎo bù dào rènhé yī gè yuányīn
We didn’t find any reason
沒有理由的離開 baby
Méiyǒu lǐyóu de líkāi baby
There’s no reason to leave, baby
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely
🎵 Bridge:
Yeah-yeah, woo-oo-oo, hum
I’m so lonely
Yeah-yeah, woo-oo-oo, hum, uh-hum
(Ah, ah)
🎵 Chorus:
沒有人可以去等待
Méiyǒu rén kěyǐ qù děngdài
There is no one to wait for
不知不覺的放開你
Bù zhī bù jué de fàngkāi nǐ
Unknowingly, I let you go
我們都沒有那勇氣 baby
Wǒmen dōu méiyǒu nà yǒngqì baby
None of us had the courage, baby
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely
*
我們都沒有錯與對
Wǒmen dōu méiyǒu cuò yǔ duì
There is no right or wrong for us
找不到任何一個原因
Zhǎo bù dào rènhé yī gè yuányīn
We didn’t find any reason
沒有理由的離開 baby
Méiyǒu lǐyóu de líkāi baby
There’s no reason to leave, baby
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely
🎵 Outro:
(Woo-oo-oo, woo-oo-oo)
(Woo-oo-oo-oo)
I’m sorry, I’m so lonely
(Woo-oo-oo, woo-oo-oo)
(Woo-oo-oo-oo-oo)
See the live performance of Ryan.B singing this song in Hangzhou in 2025.
I think I’ve first heard this song years ago when it first became popular but never really found out who sang it and what the title is. Last year (or maybe the year before I can’t exactly remember), the song’s popularity resurged again (or maybe it never went away and I just didn’t know) and it went viral on social media because a lot of people is using this track for their videos. The song got stuck in my head because I saw so many online videos using this track and at some point, it actually made its way to my playlist because Spotify recommended the track to me (and that’s also how I found out who the singer is and what the title of the song is). It’s a 8-year old song but it’s one of the tracks I still play these days. Anybody else still has this song in their playlist too in 2026?
