I'm Still Breathing - Katy Perry

I'm Still Breathing

我還活著

[Music]

I leave the gas on

我沒關上瓦斯

Walk the allies in the dark

獨自走在黑暗巷弄中

Sleep with candles burning

在點燃的燭火中入睡

I leave the door unlocked

我沒鎖上門

I'm weaving a rope and

我編著繩索

Running all the red lights

並闖過所有紅燈

Did I get your attention

而你注意到我了嗎

Cuz I'm sending

因為我正向你透露著

All the signs and

所有的訊息

The clock is ticking

而時鐘正滴答作響

And I'll be giving

我則會給你

My 2 weeks

兩週的時間

Pick your favorite

讓你挑選一套你最愛的

Shade of black

黑色禮服

You'd best

你最好

Prepare a speech

準備個演講

Say something funny

說些好笑的話

Say something sweet

說些甜蜜的話

But don't say

但就是別說

That you loved me

你曾經愛過我

Cuz I'm still breathing

因為我還活著

But we've been dead a while

但我們的愛已經凋零多時

This sickness has no cure

這種病無藥可醫

We're going down for sure

我們的關係確實每況愈下

Already lost a grip

完全失去控制

Best abandon ship

最好還是結束這關係

Maybe I was too pale

也許我太蒼白

Maybe I was too fat

也許我太胖

Maybe you had better

也許你有了更好的

Better luck in the sack

更好的選擇

No formal education

我沒受過什麼教育

And I swore way too much

而且滿口髒話

But I swear

但我發誓

You didn't fucking care

該死的你以前根本不會在乎

Cuz we were in love

因為當時我們仍相愛著

So as I write this letter

所以我寫下這封信

And shed my last tear

並流盡最後的淚水

It's all for the better

一切都是為了更好的

That we end this here

就讓我們在這裡結束

Let's close this chapter

闔上這個章節

Say one last prayer

說出最後一個祈禱

But don't say

但就是別說

That you loved me

你曾經愛過我

Cuz I'm still breathing

因為我還活著

But we've been dead for a while

但我們的愛情已經凋零多時

This sickness has no cure

這種病無藥可醫

We're going down for sure

我們的關係確實每況愈下

Already been diagnosed

已經診斷出結果

So let's give up the ghost

所以就放開那個執著的鬼魂吧

Cuz I'm still breathing

因為我還活著

But we've been dead for a while

但我們的愛情已經凋零多時

This sickness has no cure

這種病無藥可醫

We're going down for sure

我們的關係確實每況愈下

Already lost a grip

完全失去控制

Best abandon ship

最好還是結束這關係

I'm still breathing

我還活著

I'm still breathing

我還活著

--

怎麼都放些比較慢的情歌呢？

而且除了So Beautiful，其他幾首都是比較情傷取向的...

只能說有時候失戀的歌反而比較能夠引起共鳴吧。

我很喜歡這首歌的中心：I'm still breathing

即使失戀再怎麼痛苦，痛到讓人覺得生不如死，

但它沒辦法真的殺了你，雖然很痛，但仍舊活著、呼吸著。

就如同那句話：What doesn't kill you make you stronger

情緒的轉折也很有意思。

失戀之初，先是痛苦到出現自殘的衝動；

然後冷靜下來，開始懷疑自己是否不夠好才會失去愛情；

最後認清就是愛情變質了，放手對兩個人都好。

「我還活著」所以總有一天，這一切都會被放下。

Why I always put slow love songs on the blog?

And except the song "So Beautiful", others are related to the scar of love...

I have to say that sometimes the songs, which are concerned with love failure, can strike a chord with people easily.

I like the main point of this song: "I'm still breathing."

Although love failure hurts, making you feel you would rather die.

But it cannot really kill you. Though it hurts, you're still alive, still breathing.

Just like the sentence: "What doesn't kill you make you stronger."

It's also interesting about the change in emotion.

In the beginning of love failure, it so hurts that make she wanna self-harm.

Then she calms down, starting to suspect that herself is too worse to have real love.

Finally she finds that the love is changed, and it's good for each other to let go of the relationship.

"I'm still breathing"

So one day, everything will also be let go.

Older Chest - Damien Rice

Older Chest

古老的箱子

[Music]

Older chests reveal themselves

古老的箱子緩緩開啟

Like a crack in a wall

像牆中的輕響

Starting small, and grow in time

開始時細微，隨著時間漸響

And we all seem to need the help

而我們似乎都需要協助

Of someone else

來自別人的協助

To mend that shelf

以修補那隔板

Too many books

書太多了

Read me your favourite line

為我讀出你最愛的句子吧

Papa went to other lands

爸爸去了其他地方

And he found someone who understands

他找到了那個人

The ticking, and the western man's need to cry

那個瞭解滴答聲響和他哭泣需求的人

He came back the other day, yeah you know

他回來的那一天，對，你知道

Some things in life may change

生命中有些事物或許會改變

And some things

而有些

They stay the same

則維持相同的模樣

Like time, there's always time

就像那時候，總是有些片段

On my mind

是我常想起的

So pass me by, I'll be fine

所以就讓它過去吧，我會恢復的

Just give me time

只要給我一些時間

Older gents sit on the fence

年長的紳士們坐在圍籬上

With their cap in hand

手裡拿著軟帽

Looking grand

看起來很莊重優雅

They watch their city change

他們就這樣看著城鎮改變

Children scream, or so it seems,

而孩童們喧鬧的尖叫

Louder than before

比從前都還大聲，或是感覺如此

Out of doors, into stores with bigger names

在外面，進到那些知名的店家裡

Mama tried to wash their faces

媽媽試圖洗淨他們的臉

But these kids they lost their graces

但這些孩子失去了他們應有的的禮貌

And daddy lost at the races too many times

而爸爸在馬場輸了太多次

She broke down the other day, yeah you know

她崩潰的那一天，對，你知道

Some things in life may change

生命中有些事物或許會改變

But some things they stay the same

但有些則會維持原來的樣貌

Like time, time, there's always time

就像那時候，有些片段，總是有些片段

On my mind

是我常想起的

So pass me by, I'll be fine

所以就讓它過去吧，我會恢復的

Just give me time,

只要給我一些時間

Time, there's always time

有些片段，總是有些片段

On my mind

是我常想起的

Pass me by, I'll be fine

就讓它過去吧，我會恢復的

Just give me time

只要給我時間

--

如果用顏色形容他的歌，我想是茶褐色，平淡而憂傷。

古舊的箱中裝著的一本本書或許就是那些過去的故事。

孩子的爸找到的那個人是後來的孩子的媽，

所以有些事情改變了。

坐在圍籬上的紳士就像不曾改變過似的，

但城鎮變了，時代變了，溫暖的愛情也變了，

取而代之的是俗世的煩惱。

Like time, there's always time on my mind.

So pass me by, I'll be fine.

Just give me time.

會喜歡這首歌，或許是因為有類似的感受。

我會想起很多事，但給我一些時間，我會好的。

If we try to describe his songs by color, I think it will be light brown,

delicate and distressing.

The books in the older chest may be the stories in the past.

The one who papa found was mama,

so something changed.

The gents sit on the fences seemed not to change,

but the city changed, time changed, warm love also changed.

It turned to be the sorrows of the mundane world.

"Like time, there's always time on my mind.

So pass me by, I'll be fine.

Just give me time."

Maybe it's because I have the same feeling, that I like this song.

I will think of lots of things, but just give me some time, I'll be fine.

So Beautiful - Darren Hayes

So Beautiful

如此美好

[Music]

Whether I'm right or wrong

無論我是對或錯

There's no phrase that hits

都沒有任何話語能夠評定

Like an ocean needs the sand

就像海洋需要沙

Or a dirty old shoe that fits

或像是舊鞋才合腳

And if all the world was perfect

而即使全世界都是完美的

I would only ever want to see you scars

我唯一想看見的就是你的疤痕

You know they can have their universe

你知道，他們能擁有他們的宇宙

We'll be in the dirt discerning stars

而我們會棲身在如砂礫般的恆星上

And darlin' you know

親愛的，你知道

You make me feel so beautiful

你讓我感受到一切如此美好

Nowhere else in the world I wanna be

世界上再也沒有其他地方是我想去的

You make me feel so beautiful

因為你已讓我感受到一切如此美好

Whether I'm up or down

無論我身處高潮或低潮

There's no crowd to please

都不需要迎和任何人

I'm like a faith without a clause to believe in it

我就像一個沒有條文支持的信念

And if all the world was smiling

而即使全世界都在開心笑著

I would only ever want to see you frown

我唯一想看見的就是你蹙緊的眉頭

You know they can sail away in sunsets

你知道，他們可以在夕陽中航行

We'll be right here stranded on the ground

而我們雖然會擱淺在陸地上

Just happy to be found

卻因為能找到彼此而感到幸福

You make me feel so beautiful

你讓我感受到一切如此美好

Nowhere else in the world I wanna be

世界上再也沒有其他地方是我想去的

You make me feel so beautiful

因為你已讓我感受到一切如此美好

I have lost my illusions

我已經失去了幻想的能力

I have drowned in your words

因為我沉溺在你的字句裡

I have left my confusion to a cynical world

我把我的困惑遺留在那個憤世嫉俗的世界

I am throwing myself at things I don't understand

投身到我所不瞭解的環境中

Discover enlightenment holding your hand

只為了尋找牽住你手的契機

You are... so Beautiful

你是...如此美好

Yeah darlin' you know

噢親愛的，你知道

That you make me feel so beautiful

就是你讓我感受到一切如此美好

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也許可以說是這首歌讓我愛上Darren Hayes的。

很簡單而甜蜜的情歌，不說我愛你，因為那並非最重要的，重要的是：你成就了我。

而我不在乎其他的事物，只想看見最真實的你，只想在乎你。

與眾不同也無所謂，我想擁有的是和你在一起的平凡幸福。

因為是你讓我知道人生的美好。

Maybe I can say it's the song which made me fall in love with Darren Hayes.

It's a love song which is simple and sweet.

It doesn't mention about "I love you," because it's not the most important thing.

The thing is: you complete me.

And I don't care about others, just want to see the real you, to care about you.

It doesn't matter if I'm different from others.

All I want the ordinary happiness of being with you.

'Cause it's you who let me know how beautiful life is.

Some Boys - Death cab for cutie

Some Boys

有些男孩

[Music]

Some boys are filling, some boys are filling the hole

有些男孩正試圖填滿，有些男孩正試圖填滿那空缺

They're making the killing at the top of the billings

他們正謀殺著節目單最上方

Their role, and that's all that they know

他們的角色，而那是他們唯一知道的

But some boys don't listen, some boys don't listen at all

而有些男孩不願意聽，有些男孩完全不聽

They don't ask for permission, they lack inhibitions

他們不尋求承諾，他們沒有禁忌

No walls, and they get what they want

沒有阻攔，他們得到所想要的

But some boys don't know how to love

但有些男孩不懂怎麼去愛

Some boys are singing, some boys are singing the blues

有些男孩正歌唱著，有些男孩正唱著憂鬱的歌

Joylessly flinging with the girls that they're bringing to their rooms

鬱悶地和他們帶回房間的女孩約會了幾次

And then leave them, they're through

然後離開她們，就只是過客

Some boys are sleeping, some boys are sleeping alone

有些男孩正沉睡著，有些男孩正獨自沉睡著

Cause there's no one that's keeping them warm through evening

因為沒有人在夜晚溫暖他們的心

They know that they're on their own

他們知道他們只有自己

Some boys don't know how to love

有些男孩不懂怎麼去愛

Some boys are filling, some boys are filling the hole

有些男孩正試圖填滿，有些男孩正試圖填滿那空缺

Some boys are sleeping, some boys are sleeping alone

有些男孩正沉睡著，有些男孩正獨自沉睡著

Some boys don't know how to love [x4]

有些男孩不懂怎麼去愛

They won't get what they want

他們不會得到所想要的

--

原本並沒有打算要讓它成為第一首歌的，

但這個部落格是一時興起開的，同一天正好嘗試翻譯了這首歌，所以才放上。

這首歌讓我想起一個朋友，他渴望愛情，卻不懂愛情。

當我看著他時，複雜的心情難以言喻。

愛情應該要是怎麼樣的？

會不會我們都太想從愛情裡得到什麼，而忽略了該付出什麼？

In the beginning, I didn't plan to make it as the first song.

But this blog is opened because of a passing whim,

and I was trying to translate this song at the same time, so that's the reason.

It reminds me of a friend who is eager for love, but doesn't understand love.

It's hard to describe my complex mood when I look at him.

What does love look like?

Is it possible that we always want to get something from love,

but ignore what we should give?