Carpe diem!

Lorde休息了兩年多，而關於她的文章，我也快兩年沒更新了...

2013年，憑藉Pure Heroine初嘗成名的滋味

之後將近四年期間，從16歲，到已屆成年的20歲

她經歷了包括感情、名利等大大小小的事情，如今總算要回歸音樂界

相對於泰勒釋出Shake It Off時帶給我的震撼，這次Green Light反倒好接受的多

雖然整體有些喪失了她那獨具特色的個性與風格

而她，自己也說過，某些題材是自己從未嘗試的：

The song is actually about a heartbreak. And it’s not something that I really am used to writing about. It took me a while to be able to figure out how to write about that. It was my first major heartbreak. The song is really about those moments kind of immediately after your life changes and about all the silly little things that you gravitate towards. I say, “She thinks you love the beach, you’re such a liar”. What the fuck, she thinks you like the beach?! You don’t like the beach! It’s those little stupid things. It sounds so happy and then the lyrics are so intense obviously. And I realized I was like, “how come this thing is coming out so joyous sounding?” And I realized this is that drunk girl at the party dancing around crying about her ex-boyfriend who everyone thinks is a mess. That’s her tonight and tomorrow she starts to rebuild. And that’s the song for me.

事實上，Green Light是關於心碎的經歷，一個我過去未曾嘗試過的題材，也因此我花了好一段時間去揣摩。這樣的經歷是我有史以來第一次，而這首歌，其實就是關於人生中那些猝不及防的改變，以及自己如何開始沉浸在這些愚蠢的鬼東西當中。在歌裡我說：「那個她，覺得你喜歡海邊景色/但在我眼中，你滿身都是謊言。」她竟然覺得你會喜歡海邊？ 最好是啦！ 你根本就不喜歡！ ...等等諸如此類的蠢事。歌曲聽起來很歡樂，而歌詞，明顯地帶有強烈的情感在裏頭。然後我突然就像是：「為什麼這首歌聽起來那麼的"開心"？」，接著我才想到，這首歌其實是關於一名喝醉的女孩，她在派對上一邊跳著舞，一邊哭著靠北她那個屎一樣的前男友...因此這個晚上只屬於她一人...然而到了明天，她必須重新振作起來...這就是Green Light對於我的意義。----Lorde

green light，在這裡並不是引用大亨小傳的典故(儘管以她的文學造詣，這不無可能)

而是你我都熟悉，交通號誌中的"綠燈"

我想，Lorde想藉由"綠燈"這個意象所傳達的

除了嶄新的人生旅程，還有那個亟欲放下過去、重新振作的自己。

一齣名為Melodrama的全新人生，自此揭開序幕。

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Green Light    綠燈亮起

I do my make-up in somebody else's car

We order different drinks at the same bars

I know about what you did and I wanna scream the truth

She thinks you love the beach, you're such a damn liar

在別人的車上，我撲著粉餅

而你，也到了我所在的吧檯，卻點了不同款的酒

我很清楚你所幹的那些事，我等不及要向在場的人大肆宣傳了…

她覺得你喜歡海邊景色，但在我眼中，你不過是個該死的騙子

Those great whites, they have big teeth

Hope they bite you

Thought you said that you would always be in love

But you're not in love, no more

Did it frighten you

How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor?

On the light up floor

大白鯊啊大白鯊，能否藉由你們鋒利的牙

來咬死這個騙子！

想起你曾說過，會永遠愛我

而現在呢？ 不再愛了…不再愛了…

在閃閃發光的舞台上…我們一邊踩著舞步，一邊熱吻…

一邊熱吻…

這景象，是否驚醒了你？

But I hear sounds in my mind

Brand new sounds in my mind

But, honey, I'll be seein' you 'ever I go

But, honey, I'll be seein' you down every road

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

但在我心裡，響起了某個聲音

那是一種從未見過的全新聲音…

但親愛的，不論我走到哪，都還是看的見你

在每個路的盡頭，都看的見你的影子…

我等了好久…綠燈總算亮起

這就是我想要的！

'Cause, honey, I'll come get my things, but I can't let go

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

親愛的，這是因為…我將會帶走屬於自己的回憶，但我卻無法真正放手…

於是我等待著…那盞綠燈亮起…我渴望著！

喔，真希望我能帶走屬於我的回憶，接著就此放手…

所以我等待著…那盞綠燈亮起…我渴望著！

Sometimes I wake up in a different bedroom

I whisper things, the city sings them back to you

有時，我在別的房間醒來

有時，我會對著城市低語，希望它能傳達我的感受給你

All those rumors, they have big teeth

Hope they bite you

Thought you said that you would always be in love

But you're not in love, no more

Did it frighten you

How we kissed when we danced on the light up floor?

On the light up floor

謠言啊謠言，能否藉由你們鋒利的話語

讓這個騙子淹沒其中！

想起你曾說過，會永遠愛我

而現在呢？ 不再愛了…不再愛了…

在閃閃發光的舞台上…我們一邊踩著舞步，一邊熱吻…

一邊熱吻…

這景象，是否驚醒了你？

But I hear sounds in my mind

Brand new sounds in my mind

But, honey, I'll be seein' you 'ever I go

But, honey, I'll be seein' you down every road

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

於是我心裡，響起了某個聲音

那是一種從未見過的全新聲音…

但親愛的，不論我走到哪，都還是看的見你

在每個路的盡頭，都看的見你的影子…

我等了好久…綠燈總算亮起

這就是我想要的！

'Cause, honey, I'll come get my things, but I can't let go

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

Oh, honey, I'll come get my things, but I can't let go

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

親愛的，這是因為…我將會帶走屬於自己的回憶，但我卻無法真正放手…

於是我等待著…那盞綠燈亮起…我渴望著！

喔，真希望我能帶走屬於我的回憶，接著就此放手…

所以我等待著…那盞綠燈亮起…我渴望著！

Yeah, honey, I'll come get my things, but I can't let go

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

Oh, I wish I could get my things and just let go

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

是啊…我將會帶走屬於自己的回憶，但我卻無法真正放手…

於是我等待著…那盞綠燈亮起…我渴望著！

喔，真希望我能帶走屬於我的回憶，接著就此放手…

所以我等待著…那盞綠燈亮起…我渴望著！

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

I'm waiting for it, that green light, I want it

我等待著…那盞綠燈亮起…我渴望著…(x6)

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Melodrama專輯、歌詞解析：

1. Green Light

2. Sober

3. Homemade Dynamite

4. The Louvre

5. Liability

6. Hard Feelings/Loveless

7. Sober II (Melodrama)

8. Writer in the Dark

9. Supercut

10. Liability (Reprise)

11. Perfect Places