這首歌仍是Adele 老梗,唱的是不太讓人喜樂的「男女關係」。但是歌裡總是有個弦外之音,就是她自己雖然詛咒抱怨這個男人,但她卻也無法自拔。Water under the bridge 指的應該是有點驚險,讓人緊張的男女關係,你在橋上走,看著腳下的水,的確是有點害怕。或者說,橋下的水也有深不可測的感覺吧!
Water Under the Bridge
原唱者:Adele
發行年:2015
If you're not the one for me
(如果,你不是我要的)
Then I'll come back and bring you to your knees
(我會回來找你,讓你下跪道歉…)
If you're not the one for me
(如果你不是我要的男人)
Why do I hate the idea of being free?
(為何我會討厭自由?)
And if I'm not the one for you
(如果我不是你要的)
You've gotta stop holding me the way you do
(你應該要讓我走)
Oh when you found that the one for you
(噢,當你找到你要的人)
Why have we been through what we have been through
(為何我們又會這麼痛苦呢?)
(註:這幾句都是有點鑽牛角尖的OS,表示自己一直在猜情人心中的想法,足見兩人關係並不透明)
It's so cold out here in your wilderness
(你的狂野,卻讓我很冷)
I want you to be my keeper
(我希望你能佔有我)
But not if you are so reckless
(但不是心不在焉的樣子)
If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
(如果你想讓我失望,那溫柔一點)
Don't pretend that you don't want me
(不要假裝你不需要我)
Our love ain't water under the bridge
(我們的愛,不是水下的橋)
If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
(如果你想讓我失望,那溫柔一點)
Don't pretend that you don't want me
(不要假裝你不要我)
Our love ain't water under the bridge
(我們的愛,不是水面下的橋)
(註:水面下的橋,可能是指危險、讓人緊張的感覺)
Say that our love ain't water under the bridge
(說!我們的愛不是水面下的橋)
What are you waiting for?
(你在等待什麼?)
You never seem to make it through the door
(你從來不會在門邊等我)
And who are you hiding from?
(你在躲誰?)
It ain't no life to live like you're on the run
(你又不是通緝犯)
Have I ever asked for much?
(我問你太多了嗎?)
The only thing that I want is your love
(我只是想要你的愛)
If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
(如果你想讓我失望,那請你溫柔一點)
Don't pretend that you don't want me
(不要假裝你不需要我)
Our love ain't water under the bridge
(我們的愛,不是水面下的橋)
If you're gonna let me down, let me down gently
(如果你想讓我失望,那溫柔一點)
Don't pretend that you don't want me
(不要假裝你不要我)
Our love ain't water under the bridge
(我們的愛,不是水面下的橋)
(註:水面下的橋,指的可能是徒勞的意思)
Say that our love ain't water under the bridge
(說!我們的愛不是水面下的橋)
It's so cold in your wilderness
(你的狂愛,卻讓我發冷)
I want you to be my keeper
(我希望你來佔有我)
But not if you are so reckless
(但你不能用這種不屑的態度…)
Say it ain't so, say it ain't so
(說,一切不是我想的這樣…不是這樣…)
Say it ain't so, say it ain't so
(說,一切不是我想的這樣…不是這樣…)
Say that our love ain't water under the bridge
(說:我們的愛,不是水面下的橋…)