Dreamland: August 2008

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Dido - Paris

居然从来没贴过Dido的Paris这首歌的歌词吗？真是不可思议... 这是我的最爱，一定要贴出来和大家分享一下，嗯。

Paris

Dido

Coming back from Paris on the train
I really didn't care if the journey took all day
Trying to turn the pages of my magazine
While trying to keep a hold of your hand
And ordering a coffee that I wouldn't ever drink
Just to keep you and Paris on my mind
just to keep you and Paris on my mind
I didn't know it would be the last time
The last time I saw you...

At Waterloo we went our separate ways
When I got in my cab I didn't turn and wave
Didn't go to work just went to bed
Trying to keep you and Paris on my mind
Trying to keep you and Paris on my mind
I didn't know it would be the last time
The last time I saw you...

I phoned your office this afternoon
They said they hadn't heard anything from you
It's been seven days without a word
I have to keep you and Paris on my mind
I have to keep you and Paris on my mind
I didn't know it would be the last time
The last time I saw you...

Going back to Paris on the train
Raining and without you it's not the same
I have to do this journey one more time
just to keep you and Paris on my mind
just to keep you and Paris on my mind
I didn't know it would be the last time
The last time... I saw you...

The last time... I saw you...
The last time... I saw you...
The last time... I saw you...

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As mentioned in the previous post, I always consider the train as the Thylas from Brussels to Paris, though in fact it should be a train from Paris to Brussels. (Since they went separate ways at Waterloo, it should be around Brussels, isn't it?) Besides, it's a train with magazine and coffee. I would like to add a small piece of Côte d'Or with the coffee to make the story look even more familiar. Moreover, it should be a grey winter day but not rainy. Rain is too obvious for a the-last-time sign. Usually we can know that it was the last time only when it's already years after. Indeed, 7 days are a bit too short to be so desperate.

Fortunately or unfortunately, I am such an optimist that I do believe that as long as both of them are still alive, they always have the chance to meet again. Just do that journey one more time, girl. Good luck.

开始听日文歌

以前是从来不听日文歌的，现在生活所迫，不得不学日语，于是也只好开始听日文歌。为了培养感情，是从有中文翻唱的几首最耳熟能详的开始的，比如刘若英的《后来》和《很爱很爱你》，都是翻唱日本组合Kiroro的。有的觉得翻唱之后的歌词更好，比如《后来》；而有的觉得原来的更好，比如《很爱很爱你》。

《很爱很爱你》的原唱叫做《長い間》，“长久”的意思。最喜欢的是这两句：“笑顔だけは忘れないように/あなたの側にいたいから”。想守在你身边，只为不忘记你的笑脸。让我想起Dido的《Paris》：“I have to do this journey one more time, just to keep you and Paris on my mind.”不知道为什么，总觉得这首歌里提到的train是在说Thalys...

扯远了。其实我更喜欢Kiroro的另外一首歌——《Best Friends》，正在努力练习中，希望将来能够在卡拉OK里K出来:) 听第一句的时候就被打动了：“もう大丈夫心配ないと”。心配ない真是个动人的词啊，sigh，就像幸せ这个词一样，只要念一下就觉得很好听。

Kiroro的三首歌的歌词附在这里。从网上搜的，好像有个别错别字，有空的时候再检查。

Best Friend

もう大丈夫心配ないと　
泣きそうな私の側で
いつも変わらない笑顔で　
ささやいてくれた
まだ　まだ　まだ　やれるよ
だっていつでも輝いてる

時には急ぎすぎて　
見失う事もあるよ仕方ない
ずっと見守っているからって笑顔で
いつものように抱きしめた
あなたの笑顔に　
何度助けられただろう
ありがとう　ありがとう　Best Friend

こんなにたくさんの幸せ感じるときは　瞬間で
ここにいるすべての仲間から最高のプレゼント
まだ　まだ　まだ　やれるよ
だっていつでもみんな側にいる
きっと今ここでやりとげられること
どんなことも力に変わる

ずっと見守っているからって笑顔で
いつものように抱きしめた
みんなの笑顔に何度助けられただろう
ありがとう　ありがとう　Best Friend

時には急ぎすぎて　
見失う事もあるよ仕方ない
ずっと見守っているからって笑顔で
いつものように抱きしめた
あなたの笑顔に　
何度助けられただろう
ありがとう　ありがとう　Best Friend

ずっと　ずっと　すっと
Best Friend

未来へ

ほら足元を见てごらん
これがあなたの歩む道
ほら前を见てごらん
あれがあなたの未来

母がくれたたくさんの优しさ
爱を抱いて歩めと缲り返した
あの时はまだ幼くて
意味など知らない
そんな私の手を握り
一绪に歩んできた

梦はいつも空高くあるから
届かなくて怖いね
だけど追い綼けるの
自分の物语だからこそ
谛めたくない
不安になると手を握り
一绪に歩んできた

その优しさを时には嫌がり
离れた母へ素直になれず

ほら足元を见てごらん
これがあなたの歩む道
ほら前を见てごらん
あれがあなたの未来

その优しさを时には嫌がり
离れた母へ素直になれず

ほら足元を见てごらん
これがあなたの歩む道
ほら前を见てごらん
あれがあなたの未来

未来へ向かって
ゆっくりと歩いて行こう

長い間

長い間待たせてごめん
また急に仕事が入った
いつも一緒にいられなくて
寂しい思いをさせたね

逢えないとき　受話器からきこえる
君の声がかすれている
久しぶりに逢った時の
君の笑顔が胸をさらっていく
気づいたのあなたがこんなに　
胸の中にいること
愛してる　まさかねそんな事言えない

あなたのその言葉だけ信じて
今日まで待っていた私
笑顔だけは　忘れないように
あなたの側にいたいから
笑ってるあなたの側では　素直になれるの
愛してる　でもまさかねそんな事言えない

気づいたのあなたがこんなに　胸の中にいること
愛してる　まさかねそんな事言えない
笑ってるあなたの側では　素直になれるの
愛してる　でもまさかねそんな事言えない

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Lines from "Before Sunset"

Some of my favorites.

Jesse: You want to know why I wrote that stupid book?
Celine: Why?
Jesse: So that you might come to a reading in Paris and I could walk up to you and ask, "Where the fuck were you?"
Celine: [laughing] No - you thought I'd be here today?
Jesse: I'm serious. I think I wrote it, in a way, to try to find you.
Celine: Okay, that's - I know that's not true, but that's sweet of you to say.
Jesse: I think it is true.

Celine: I guess when you're young, you just believe there'll be many people with whom you'll connect with. Later in life, you realize it only happens a few times.
Jesse: And you can screw it up, you know, misconnect.

Celine: You can never replace anyone because everyone is made up of such beautiful specific details.

Celine: I was having this awful nightmare that I was 32. And then I woke up and I was 23. So relieved. And then I woke up for real, and I was 32.