Elena Tonra -Blue and Grey

One day there was a girl
从前有个女孩
who cried tears of pearls
哭泣时泪滴如珠
her eyes were blue and green
蓝绿色的双眸
like none I’ve ever seen
我从来没见过

She met a man that night
那天她遇见的一个男人
who filled her with delight
丰富了她的人生
and he spoke in poetry and rhyme
他的话语如同诗文
and she loved him in no time
令她即刻坠入爱河

Then he changed and then soon he became
但转眼他变了个人
jealous of her beauty and fame
不再乐见她的美貌与名声
so he locked her away
将她隔离于世
and he forced her to play
要她成日弹奏
songs that were blue and songs that were grey
蓝色与灰色的抑郁悲歌

One day this lonely girl had had enough of her world
她再也受不了一个人的世界
so she climbed to the top of the tallest tower
于是她爬上高塔
and stood there for way over an hour
在那儿待了一个钟头
until she decided she’d jump
直到她下定决心 往下跳

So she jumped with a very loud thump
于是砰地一声她往下跳
And all of the neighbours they came out and cried
邻居们哭着大叫
when they discovered that this poor girl had died
看着那女孩没了心跳
and the boy he just stood there and gasped
而他 在一旁叹息
at this beauty asleep on the grass
看着那美人沈睡在草地
and her eyes were like none he had seen
他从没见过那样的眼睛
except for the girls in his dreams
那只属于他梦中女孩的眼睛

Then he changed and then soon he became
转眼他变了个人
depressed and very very strange
变得古怪又忧郁
He’d lock himself away for days and days
他将自己隔绝于世 一日又一日
and play songs that were blue and play songs that were grey
弹奏著 蓝色与灰色的抑郁悲歌
he’d play songs that reminded him of that day
弹奏著 牵起那天回忆的悲歌

One day there was a girl
从前有个女孩
who fell in love with a boy in a different world
爱上了另一个世界的男人
and she speaks to him at night
夜晚她向他倾诉著
only in a certain light
在微光中
She wore white and he wore black
她身着白衣 而他著黑衣
and they were like a perfect match
如同完美的一对

Though one was dead and one was alive
即使他在人间 而她在另一个世界
through many years their love did survive
年复一年 他们的爱活了下来
till time faded and soon they became both exactly the same
年复一年 他们终于在同一个世界相见
And both are floating
在空中漂浮着
In the sky singing their own lullaby
唱着属于他们的歌
a song that reminds them of a past time
那首 牵起回忆的悲歌
a song that reminds them of a past day
那首 牵起回忆的悲歌
(a song that is blue a song that is grey)
那首 蓝色与灰色的抑郁悲歌

Elena Tonra 是 Daughter 乐团的主唱，关于这首 Blue and Grey 的来历其实不是很请楚，或许是在乐团成立前的个人创作，诉说一个既悲伤又幸福的故事。

故事的女主角遇到了自己心爱的人，为他倾倒，但或许爱情从来就没有如此顺利。她的美貌、她的好，既是令那男人爱上他的原因，也是令他怨恨她的原因。或许男主角无法接受，与这世界一起分享自己心爱女人的美好，他宁愿将她锁在高塔中，宁愿她孤寂也不要这世界拥有她。而终究是没有人喜欢孤独的，她不愿违背他的要求，只能以死来寻求解脱。

故事的结局，男人也品尝了与世隔绝的孤独，并随着时间流逝，一步步迈向与女孩更贴近的世界。他们深爱着对方，无庸置疑，这份爱超越了时间、超越了生死，直到两人同在另一个世界，这份爱一直都没有消逝。

或许，如果你深爱着某个人，不该用爱来一步步掐死她、令她窒息。毕竟，谁能保证，每一份爱都如同这首歌里的一样，如此坚韧，能够超越生死呢？

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