Niall Horan – This Town

[Verse 1]
Waking up to kiss you and nobody’s there
一早起身想吻你，卻不見你身影
The smell of your perfume still stuck in the air
你的香水還飄在空氣裡
It’s hard
受不了
Yesterday I thought I saw your shadow running round
昨晚我以為我看見你在身邊
It’s funny how things never change in this old town
在這老鎮能有什麼新鮮事
So far from the stars
星光如此遙遠

[Pre-Chorus]
And I want to tell you everything
我有千言萬語想對你說
The words I never got to say the first time around
那些以前來不及說的事
And I remember everything
我記得你我之間的一切
From when we were the children playing in this fairground
從兒時在遊樂場的打鬧
Wish I was there with you now
真希望我們能回到過去
[Chorus]
If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
即是大家注視著，我仍會與你共舞
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
我願意千里奔波只為見到你
Over and over the only truth
說了一遍遍我的真心
Everything comes back to you
都圍繞著你打轉

[Verse 2]
I saw that you moved on with someone new
我看見你遇到了新的戀人
In the pub that we met he’s got his arms around you
在酒吧裡他搭著你的肩
It’s so hard
受不了
So hard
受不了

[Pre-Chorus]
And I want to tell you everything
我有千言萬語想對你說
The words I never got to say the first time around
那些以前來不及說的事
And I remember everything
我記得你我之間的一切
From when we were the children playing in this fairground
從兒時在遊樂場的打鬧
Wish I was there with you now
真希望我們能回到過去

[Chorus]
If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
即是大家注視著，我仍會與你共舞
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
我願意千里奔波只為見到你
Over and over the only truth
說了一遍遍我的真心
Everything comes back to you
都圍繞著你打轉

You still make me nervous when you walk in the room
此刻你的出現仍令我緊張
Them butterflies they come alive when I’m next to you
在你身旁我小鹿亂撞
Over and over the only truth
說了一遍遍我的真心
Everything comes back to you
一切都圍繞著你打轉

[Bridge]
And I know that it’s wrong
我知道不該如此
That I can’t move on
我不該停留在此
But there’s something about you
但我心中滿滿是你

[Chorus]
If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
即是大家注視著，我仍會與你共舞
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
我願意千里奔波只為見到你
Over and over the only truth
說了一遍遍我的真心
Everything comes back to you
都圍繞著你打轉
You still make me nervous when you walk in the room
此刻你的出現仍令我緊張
Them butterflies they come alive when I’m next to you
在你身旁我小鹿亂撞
Over and over the only truth
說了一遍遍我的真心
Everything comes back to you
一切都圍繞著你打轉

Niall Horan

又一首動人心弦的情歌，由愛爾蘭創作歌手 Niall Horan 演唱，訴說著與戀人分離後卻遲遲走不出去、放不下對方的心情。聽著聽著，覺得這種心情有點像先前介紹過 Russian Red 的 Memory is Cruel，即使已經分別多時，卻還是會在夢醒時分懷念過去溫暖的懷抱，感傷自己不懂珍惜、沒有把握身邊對的人。似乎只有在離開後，才開始感受到對方的好。這麼說或許過於老調，不過千千萬萬的愛情故事總是如此，自古以來一首首的情歌，同樣訴說著錯過對的人的感慨。

歌名 Old Town 別有用心，除了說這個老鎮收藏著兩人過去的回憶之外，也說明了自己會一直住在這老鎮中，久久走不出舊時回憶，而他所深愛的女孩就像個拋下佬鎮、拋下過去，一個人去新世界探險的勇士，拋下他、拋下兩人的過去。

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