Good Charlotte - Rejects
When I was little playing in the dirt
當我小時候在泥巴裡玩耍時
No one with me, there were no words that hurt
總是孤單一人 不會聽見傷人的話語
And all my friends, they were insects
昆蟲就是我的朋友
But all my feelings, I didn’t know them yet
但當時我還不了解我的所有感受
Sometimes I still wish I wasn’t born at all
有時我仍然希望自己從未出生
I’ve always had the feeling that this feeling is my only one
我總覺得這種希望是我唯一的感受
Life is bigger, now the words can hurt
人生變得更廣闊 現在話語會傷人
I’m talking to myself, wishing I was in the dirt
我對自己說話 渴望回到泥巴裡
And all my friends, yeah they’re all rejects
我的朋友們 都是被格格不入之人
They all love me, but they don’t really know me yet
他們都愛著我 但他們並不真正了解我
Sometimes I still wish I wasn’t born at all
有時我仍然希望自己從未出生
Cuz mommy doesn’t love me and my daddy, well he’s dead and gone
因為媽媽不愛我 而爸爸早已往生
Cuz they liked us better when we were together
因為他們更喜歡我們在一起的時候
You said whatever, I was never clever
你說隨便啦 反正我一直都不聰明
Sometimes I still wish I wasn’t born at all
有時我仍然希望自己從未出生
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
耶,耶,耶,耶,耶,耶
I can’t keep it in, I can’t let it out
我無法壓抑 也無法釋放
And I can’t stand to hear the sound
我無法忍受聽到那聲音
When I say these words out loud
當我大聲說出這些話
Cuz all they do is hurt
因為它們只會帶來傷害
I’m talking to myself, I wish that I was in the dirt
我對自己說話,渴望回到泥巴裡
Cuz they liked us better when we were together
因為他們更喜歡我們在一起的時候
You said whatever, I was never clever
你說隨便啦 反正我一直都不聰明
Sometimes I still wish I wasn’t born at all
有時我仍然希望自己從未出生
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
耶,耶,耶,耶,耶,耶
Cuz they liked us better when we were together
因為他們更喜歡我們在一起的時候
You said whatever, I was never clever
你說隨便啦 反正我一直都不聰明
Sometimes I still wish I wasn’t born at all
有時我仍然希望自己從未出生
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
耶,耶,耶,耶,耶,耶
暌違近七年老團Good Charlotte推出全新單曲了,
並預計於八月發行第八張專輯《Motel Du Cap》,
新專輯名稱源自於他們去年到法國為朋友婚禮獻唱,
並翻玩知名酒店"Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc"的名稱,
當時毫無顧忌只是單純演唱的感覺很棒,
讓他們彷彿回到了剛出道的時候,
也因此催生了這張專輯。
而這首回歸單曲更重回早期朗朗上口的旋律,
配上略帶憂傷的合聲與真摯的歌詞,
很難不讓人想起2002年的專輯《The Young and the Hopeless》,
卻也讓人多少有點感嘆光陰似箭。
自己在2002年的時候因為父母離異,
正好是這張知名專輯陪我度過了很糟糕的一段時期。
雖然兩年後的《The Chronicles of Life and Death》完全不是我的菜,
自此也就較少關注他們了,
但這次的單曲著實讓我蠻期待接下來的專輯。
該單曲主要是以主唱Joel與吉他手弟弟小時候父母離異的經歷,
來描述格格不入的孤獨感與自我認同的掙扎,
他表示這無關心理疾病之類的,
而是跟兒時內在(inner child)之間的對話。
