93年这样的音乐是很带感新潮的,这个封面也是,现在看得土,但在那个时候就是电脑图形处理的炫技之作了。其封面表达的是一次超越时空的预见,忠实还原了2022年的春季中国股民看到满屏幕的绿色后气得脸都紫了的场景。
确实不错,整首歌都保持着高水准,顺着介绍继续去听Mirror的同名专辑,也是很棒,可以反复循环(托马斯小火车有才)。感谢神仙对歌词的灵魂翻译,尤其喜欢这句 “If the truth is an open mind, love is an open heart”。
As the salmon swim upstream, reddened with decay
当鲑鱼洄游,因腐烂而变红
To die there in their birthplace, so will I change
死在他们的出生地,那么,我也会改变吗?
As the stream becomes inert and the wildflowers fade
随着溪流变得懈怠,野花凋零
As the forest turns to desert, so will I change
当森林变成沙漠,我也会改变吗?
When the devil appeared, I locked him in a box
当魔鬼出现,我把它锁进盒子
Sure if it opened, that he would eat me up
当然,如果打开盒子,他会把我吃掉
Oh, how I feared at what my fate might be
哦,我多么害怕我未知的命运啊
I couldn't see, locked in that box, that love held the key
我却没看见,那被锁的盒子里,爱正握着钥匙
Strands disentwine, and realign, an egg divides, cells multiply
股线解开,重新排列,蛋卵繁殖,细胞分裂
And so I'm told that I was born of halves, and I then so remained
我被告知,我只是个出生了一半的家伙,一直在苟延残喘
Halves reunite a single slave
另一半则被整合为 一个奴隶
The mind a lorn enclave both hateful and attrite
心灵是一座在憎恨和消磨边缘的孤岛
The body turned a grave of muddy appetites
而身体则是一座吞噬泥浆的坟茔
If the truth is an open mind, love is an open heart
如果真理是开放的思想,爱就是放飞的心灵
Love cannot be unkind, love is blind
爱不能无情,爱可能盲目,
The mind is a deathcamp apart from love so divine
思想是从神圣之爱中分离出来的,死亡集中营
Love in its own time, love has its own designs
爱有自己的时间,爱有自己的设计
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The mingling of two souls in transformation, encoded in this chain
两个转化的灵魂继续混合,编码就在这根链里
Through all transfiguration, all essence must remain,
变化的只是表象,本质依然保留,
all is changelessly in change
都是永远不变的变化
Come out, the winter's over, come out into the day
出来吧,冬天已过,进入白昼
Come out, the winter's over, no season ever stays
出来吧,冬天已过,季节不会停留
All is changelessly in change
所有都是不变的变化
If the truth is an open mind, love is an open heart
如果真理是开放的思想,爱就是开放的心灵
Love cannot be unkind, love is blind
爱不能无情,爱可能盲目,
The mind is a deathcamp apart, from the love of an open heart
思想是从神圣之爱中分离出来的,死亡集中营
Love in its own time, love is divine, love has its own designs
爱有自己的时间线,爱有自己的设计
Love is changelessly in change
爱就是不变的变化
Love is change
爱就是改变
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