這首歌是想紀錄一種人生的低潮,據說作者寫這首歌時,他跟老婆離婚,被趕出家門,只好睡在朋友家的客廳,只能寫個「慘」字,所以這首歌也只是一直在碎念些腦中的想法。
其實「慘」只是別人從外面看你的評語,當你自己專注在你自己的問題之中時,如果你一直在想辦法解決它,大多數時間,你根本感受不到「慘」是什麼。
Everlong
原唱者:Foo Fighters
發行年:1997
Hello
(哈囉)
I've waited here for you
(我在這裡等你)
Everlong
(很久很久)
Tonight I throw myself in two
(今晚,我把自己摔成二半)
Out of the red
(全身都是血)
Out of her head she sang
(從她的頭中,那顆她唱歌的頭)
Come down and waste away with me
(來這裡,跟我一起浪費時間吧!)
Down with me
(來我這裡…)
Slow, how you wanted it to be
(慢慢的,看你想要多慢)
I'm over my head
(我在你的頭上)
Out of her head she sang
(在她唱歌的那顆頭上)
And I wonder
(我好奇…)
When I sing along with you
(當我跟你唱歌的時候)
If everything could ever feel this real forever
(有什麼可以比這種感覺更真實)
If anything could ever be this good again
(有什麼能跟這種感覺一樣好?)
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
(我會問你的唯一一件事…)
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
(你必須要保証不會停下來)
She sang
(她唱歌的時候也不會停)
Breathe out
(呼氣)
So I can breathe you in
(所以我可以把你吸進來)
Hold you in
(抱著你)
And now
(現在)
I know you've always been Out of your head
(我知道,你總是不在你的頭裡)
Out of my head I sang
(也不在我的頭裡)
And I wonder
(我很好奇)
When I sing along with you
(當我跟你一起唱歌時)
If everything could ever feel this real forever
(有什麼事情可以是真的,永遠不變)
If anything could ever be this good again
(有什麼事情,能跟這一樣好?)
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
(我只會問你一個問題)
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
(你要答應我,不要停止…)
She sang
(她唱歌)
And I wonder
(我好奇)
If everything could ever feel this real forever
(有什麼事情可以是真的,永遠不變?)
If anything could ever be this good again
(有什麼事情,能跟這一樣好?)
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
(我只會問你一個問題)
You've got to promise not to stop when I say when
(你要答應我,不要停止…)