Portugal The Man – All Your Light 你的光芒 无法照亮我

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I’m just the shadow of a bigger man
我活在前人的阴影下
Glowing brighter with each year I am
随着时间 日益壮大
I was standing on a mountain
终于到达人生颠峰
Just looking down
俯瞰下方

It’s like my daddy says
就像爸常说的
“you gotta use your head” (my body won’t work for nobody but me, son)
“动动脑筋 别想不开” (但我的身体只属于我自己)
yeah, no one said that i aim to please
我生来就不是为了取悦他人
all your light can’t save me
你怎样也改变不了我
all your light, all your light can’t save me
怎么也拯救不了我
I won’t wait though my time may come
我知道好日子总会来
I can’t wait, i can’t wait
但我等不了那么久
my time may come (my body won’t work for nobody but me, son)
好日子总会来 (但我不是为他人而活)

as a boy i had it figured out
小时候我就已经发觉
there are things that you cant live without
为了生存 有些东西不可或缺
but money, it’s sad but true, would surely top that list
事实很残酷 金钱 就是所谓不可或缺
and your rules your rules, well they would not be missed
这就是生存的不二法门
well i became whole again
我再次感到绝望
cause no one said no one said no one said
没人告诉过我
there’d be times like these
生活会如此艰苦

I said all your light can’t save me
你怎样也改变不了我
all your light, all your light can’t save me
怎么也拯救不了我
I won’t wait though my time may come
我知道好日子总会来
I can’t wait, i can’t wait
但我等不了那么久
my time may come
好日子总会来

(my body won’t work for nobody but me, son)
我要怎么做 你无法阻止我
no one said there’d be times like these
没人告诉过我 生活会如此艰苦
(my body won’t work for nobody but me, son)
我要怎么做 你无法阻止我
no one said there’d be times like these
没人告诉过我 生活会如此艰苦
(my body won’t work for nobody but me, son)
我要怎么做 你无法阻止我
no one said there’d be times like these
没人告诉过我 生活会如此艰苦
(my body won’t work for nobody but me, son)
我要怎么做 你无法阻止我
well, no one said there’d be times like these
没人告诉过我 生活会如此艰苦

I was licking flames, when i broke your reins
我将挣脱生命的束缚
still, no one said no one said no one said it’d be suicide
谁说结束生命不是一种解脱

all your light can’t save me
你怎样也改变不了我
all your light, all your light can’t save me
怎么也拯救不了我
I won’t wait though my time may come
我知道好日子总会来
I can’t wait, i can’t wait
但我等不了那么久
my time may come
好日子总会来

(my body won’t work for nobody but me, son)
我要怎么做 你无法阻止我
no one said there’d be times like these
没人告诉过我 生活会如此艰苦
(my body won’t work for nobody but me, son)
我要怎么做 你无法阻止我
no one said there’d be times like these
没人告诉过我 生活会如此艰苦

all your light can’t save me
你怎样也改变不了我
all your light, all your light can’t save me
怎么也拯救不了我
I won’t wait though my time may come
我知道好日子总会来
I can’t wait, i can’t wait
但我等不了那么久
my time may come
好日子总会来

 

Portugal. The Man

 

首先要感谢 LineDay 上的网友介绍这首歌给我,让我有机会接触不同曲风和不熟悉的音乐,我听完这首歌并读了几遍歌词后,也觉得是一首十分有意思的歌,分享给大家。

Portugal. The Man是一个来自阿拉斯加的摇滚乐团。听到这首歌的第一个感觉非常阴森,有种黑黑的,但又不十分明显的黑色氛围。这首歌的歌词主要是叙述一个对生命失望透顶,而决定结束生命的人,不过歌词大部分非常隐晦,除了”no one said no one said no one said it’d be suicide”这一句讲明了suicide之外,整首歌若不仔细读不太容易看出什么自杀的讯息。

歌词一开始是叙事者的人生颠峰,但却渐渐下滑,跌入谷底。虽然他已尽力,好不容易站在巅峰,内心却仍感觉无法达到他人和这世界对他的期望(I’m just the shadow of a bigger man)。
“No one said that I aim to please” 就更进一步说明,自己又不是为了取悦别人而活的,所以即便知道结束生命会给别人带来痛苦,他也无所顾忌。至于活不下去的原因,歌词中有说到”there are things that you cant live without/ but money, it’s sad but true, would surely top that list”,所以看来金钱问题是他主要的痛苦来源。叙事者看起来并不是一位彻底的绝望者,他仍然相信未来会慢慢好转,会有渐入佳境的日子,但他承受不住当下以及长期以来累积的苦,”I won’t wait though my time may come”指的是自己已没有耐心再等好日子的到来。

是一首听了很难过的歌曲,我们活在一个物质与金钱的世界,想要脱离这牢笼,还能怎么样呢?世界固然有美的有光明的一面,但有时我们的生活充斥黑暗,我们的双眼已承受不了光明……

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