The love story is a symbol of that era, ending in tragedy in everyone who lived at that time. In the eyes of men, the beautiful and self sacrificed lady is the guide and beacon for men to establish themselves and be successful. These virtues are overwhelmingly missed nowadays but deeply cherished by young men in 80s. She lives under the shadow of her family, unconsciously influenced by her family. Those self inflicted sacrifice chronically killed her with the result of cancer. This song resonates with the movie and novel's theme well. It is an afterthoughts of memorable and idealistic 1980s.
