To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you
To the depths of the ocean where all hopes sank, searching for you
Moving through the silence without motion, waiting for you
In a room with a window in the corner I found truth
In the shadowplay acting out your own death, knowing no more
As the assassins all grouped in four lines, dancing on the floor
And with cold steel, odour on their bodies made a move to connect
I could only stare in disbelief as the crowds all left
I did everything, everything I wanted to
I let them use you for their own ends
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you
To the centre of the city in the night, waiting for you.
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這首歌是Joy Division的shadowplay
我一直都覺得好的音樂
即使在還不懂歌詞內容時
就能夠被這首歌的情境感動
知道歌詞可能會傳達出的訊息
第一次聽到這首歌
是在看完CONTROL時
電影裡撥放的片尾曲
那時候聽的感覺是很想要大叫
痛快的飆淚或是昏過去
有一種心裡面的什麼
被洗滌了的感覺
Joy Division的原唱版本
把歌詞中那種沉溺在灰暗想像中的
寂寞或是憤怒掙扎
表現得很貼切
而這個The Killers的版本
也就是我第一次在電影院裡聽到的
從那天之後這首歌就對我鬼打牆了很久
雖然現在才10月
不過若要我總結2008年
讓我印象最深的歌
是哪一首
那麼
絕對是這首The Killers版本的
shadowplay
讓我好幾次都把音響開到超大聲
隨著音樂搖頭晃腦
或是和三分鐘時出現的叫聲
一起大叫!
