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很喜歡第一個女生和她的蝴蝶翅膀、以及 Erlend Oye 的大眼鏡！
MV 的淡黃寧靜色調、和恬淡輕快的旋律同樣溫柔 ...
（KoC 4/2 要來台！相關資料點這裡）





So we meet again after several years
Several years of separation
Moving on, moving around
Till we spend this time
Chasing the other's tail

Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you
Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you

Winter and spring (Winter and spring)
Summer and fall (Summer and fall)
Yeah the wind surfer crossing the ocean
and the boat behind
Skiffling rags (Skiffling rags)
shuffling walls (shuffling walls)
You're the up tip toe by arena
In the chorus line

Singing
Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you
Whooo oh-oh I could never belong to you

River and sea, picking up salt
Through the air there's a fluffly cloud
Falling down as rain.

總覺得它正自溺而輕柔地控訴著，
傳達出了某種令人悲哀莫名的精神處境 ...






Well, I could sleep forever
But it's of her I dream
If I could sleep forever
I could forget about everything

If I could sleep forever
If I could sleep forever
If I could sleep forever ...

主唱的嗓音蒼涼而消沉、卻令人願意不斷嘗試振作 ...





I've been down and
I'm wondering why
These little black clouds
Keep walking around
With me
With me

It wastes time
And I'd rather be high
Think I'll walk me outside
And buy a rainbow smile
But be free
They're all free

So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home
So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home

I look around at a beautiful life
Been the upperside of down
Been the inside of out
But we breathe
We breathe

I wanna breeze and an open mind
I wanna swim in the ocean
Wanna take my time for me
All me

So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home
So maybe tomorrow
I'll find my way home

「當你加速前行，往昔種種將緊隨在後 ... 」

大多時候，我其實並不明白歌詞到底觸動了心底的哪個幽暗角落，
然而它畢竟觸動了些什麼，我也不奢望能在聆聽當下即扒梳清楚，
單純地讓自己陷溺在某種不負責任的心醉神迷當中 ...




I know, you love the song but not the singer
I know, you've got me wrapped around your finger
I know, you want the sin without the sinner
I know
I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know, the last in line is always called a bastard
I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know
I know

I know, you cut me loose from contradiction
I know, I'm all wrapped up in sweet attrition
I know, it's asking for your benediction
I know
I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know, the last in line is always called a bastard
I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know
I know

I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know, the last in line is always called a bastard
I know, the past will catch you up as you run faster
I know
I know ...

非常清澈而堅定的一首歌；
彷彿它被創作出來的唯一目的就是使聽者平靜而滿足 ...





I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what its like to be new

Cause in my head there's a greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place
where they're far more suited than here

I cannot guess what we'll discover
Between the dirt with our palms cut like shovels
But I know our filthy hand can wash one another’s
And not one speck will remain

I do believe it's true
That there are holes left in both of our shoes
If the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you're the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body
Where soul meets body

這幾天晚上常常聽著 The Raveonettes 聽到睡著，
它總是能含蓄地讓心情平靜下來；
它的旋律像一陣灰黑色的微風拂過面龐、
輕柔地原諒了那些年少輕狂的浮躁與錯過 ...
（文末附上了原始版本，不過我比較喜歡這個：P）





I fell out of heaven
to be with you in hell
my sin's not quite seven
nothing much to tell

lust I haven't craved
a sainted boy I'm not
I take it to my grave
a side cursed on rot

I ride these ropes alone
beneath the sulfur sky
everywhere I roam
life is one big lie

when the fireball goes down
out by LA waste
I come into town
but only for a day

if starving in bed means
I pray for you to understand
the man sure is sleek
but lost was my hand

I struggle and I cry
I pounce with no revenge
at least I never lied
or took the truth to rail

我並不是特別偏好那些憂傷而隱晦的曲子，
但它們往往太過深沉、又太過神秘難解，
以致於你總能發現它們身上正映照著你最渴望和最害怕的事情，
彷彿那些不定型的渴望和害怕，在其中都得到了各自的詮釋和驗證 ...
（文底附了英文維基 Thom Yorke 對這首歌的感想：P）





Rows of houses, all bearing down on me
I can feel their blue hands touching me
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out

This machine will, will not communicate
These thoughts and the strain I am under
Be a world child, form a circle
Before we all go under
And fade out again and fade out again

Cracked eggs, dead birds
Scream as they fight for life
I can feel death, can see its beady eyes
All these things into position
All these things we'll one day swallow whole
And fade out again and fade out again

Immerse your soul in love
IMMERSE YOUR SOUL IN LOVE ...




Thom Yorke ：

Street Spirit is our purest song, but I didn't write it. It wrote itself. We were just its messengers; its biological catalysts. Its core is a complete mystery to me, and, you know, I wouldn't ever try to write something that hopeless. All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve. Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song. It's called detachment. Especially me; I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn't play it. I'd crack. I'd break down on stage. That's why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning. I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together. That's what's meant by 'all these things you'll one day swallow whole'. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn't have it in me to articulate the emotion. I'd crack... 


粗糙翻譯：

Street Spirit 是我們最純粹的一支作品，但並不是我創作出它的，而是它創作出了它自己。我們只是為它傳達訊息的信差。它像是某種催化劑，而它的核心意義對我而言非常神祕難解。而且，你知道的，我絕不會試著去創作令人絕望的事物。即使是我們最最悲傷的作品，仍然會至少蘊含一線希望與不屈不撓。但 Street Spirit 沒有希望可言。它像是一座終點處看不見亮光的漆黑隧道。它表現出來的情緒實在過於悲劇性，以致於它的旋律本身成為了它的唯一定義。我們有個辦法可以面對它，那就是抽離。尤其是我；我必須將情緒從這首曲子中抽離，否則我沒辦法演奏它。我會承受不住，我會在舞台上崩潰。這就是為何它的歌詞並不是對它自身意義的連貫解釋、而是一連串殘破的描述和視覺意象。我意圖藉著這些意象，讓整首歌的情緒整體和旋律能相互配合。這就是「all these things you'll one day swallow whole」所要表達的；我指的是那情緒整體，因為我沒有辦法讓自己完全地投入、並清楚地將之描述出來；我會崩潰的 ...



按這裡看原文：〈Street Spirit (Fade Out)〉

可以在午休剛結束、日光燈尚未回神的時候，
趁著某種不穩定的寧靜未被破壞之前悄悄哼著；
噢，這或許是高三值得記憶的一個橋段XDD



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我寫不出來像樣的情歌
也演不好一個浪漫的人
就算妳嘲笑我那麼笨

就讓我癡癡地等 
永遠 永遠 

海邊的彩虹
妳看見了沒有
那是誰又淚流成河的結果
妳永遠不懂
我是多麼地妄想妳的溫柔
空留了許多遺恨在作夢

我寫不出來像樣的情歌
也演不好一個浪漫的人
就算妳嘲笑我那麼笨 

我不該再說怎麼辦
這一點兒也不悲慘
當我老去的時候
喜歡讓海風吹乾了眼眸 ...

這首青春之歌太深沉、太迷幻了，
歌詞充滿了各種無法避免的狂放和悲傷；
MGMT 真的非常值得注意：〉
（Youtube 停用了原始 MV 的嵌入，要看原始 MV 按這裡）






I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw, I'm in the prime of my life.
Let's make some music, make some money, find some models for wives.
I'll move to Paris, shoot some heroin, and fuck with the stars.
You man the island and the cocaine and the elegant cars.

This is our decision, to live fast and die young.
We've got the vision, now let's have some fun.
Yeah, it's overwhelming, but what else can we do.
Get jobs in offices, and wake up for the morning commute.

Forget about our mothers and our friends
We're fated to pretend
To pretend
We're fated to pretend
To pretend

I'll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I'll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I'll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I'll miss the boredom and the freedom and the time spent alone.

There's really nothing, nothing we can do
Love must be forgotten, life can always start up anew.
The models will have children, we'll get a divorce
We'll find some more models, everything must run it's course.

KKBOX 的中文翻譯是「保齡湯樂團」...
聽起來非常歡樂XDD！
久久聽一次嗨歌的感覺超棒：D