原本想說這首是interlude性質,要跟下一首Perfect Places放在一起寫,但想想其實也不用,畢竟連For Free我都能單獨寫一篇了(還不是因為唱這首歌的人是Kendrick),不想把一直以來的傳統給破壞掉。
照慣例有陌生名詞要解釋一下。reprise中文意思為"重複",簡單來說,就是將開頭演奏過的曲目,以改變主調或重新敘述的方式重新演奏一次。至於這首歌,我想Lorde應該沒用那麼複雜的東西(畢竟人家有說過不會彈任何樂器@@),純粹就是重新把先前出現過的Liability做了編曲的改變,並賦予其全新意義而已。前面Liability訴說Lorde對於自己成為他人負擔感到萬分愧疚;至於重奏版,不僅僅是對前者的回應,更有自我反省的意味,在經歷了前面充滿痛苦與轉折的心路歷程之後,Lorde覺得,自己是該重新站起來了,畢竟她心目中的那個"完美之地"還在前面等著,說甚麼也不能就此停下腳步!
“I went into thinking I knew what I was doing and thinking I knew exactly who I was at that moment and what I was going to do and the process has been very confronting and intense and awesome and emotional and it turned out that I wasn’t who I thought I was after all.”---------------Lorde
「當時我在想的是"我知道我在做什麼、知道自己是什麼樣的人、我接下來該做什麼..."。整個創作(Liability)過程中有衝突、有火花、有歡呼,甚至是有點情緒化。但到了最後,這些東西卻把我變成自己不曾想到過的那種樣子。」
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Liability(Reprise) 你的負擔 (重奏版)
I'm a liability
I'm a liability
Much for me
You're a little much for me, no no no no...
Whatcha gonna do?
我就是一個負擔…
我就是一個負擔…
對我來說…
我對你來說確實太過沉重,不不不…
而你,接下來會怎麼做?
All of the dreams that get harder
All of the things that I offer you
And... and all of the shit that we harbour
Make all of the kids in the choirs sing woo-hoo-hoo
所有的夢想,都越來越遙遠…
那些年為你付出的一切
還有那些…我們不想失去的叛逆與青春
都變成合唱團孩子們口中的愉悅歡呼
Maybe all this is the party
Maybe the tears and the highs we breathe, oh no
Maybe all this is the party
Maybe we just do it violently
或許,這一切都只是一場派對
一場摻雜著淚水與激情的派對…喔不!
或許,這一切都只是一場派對
只是我們玩得太過火了而已…
But you're not what you thought you were
But you're not what you thought you were
Liability
But you're not what you thought you were
Much for me
But you're not what you thought you were
You leave
但妳,已經不是妳自己所以為的那種樣子了…
但妳,已經不是妳自己所以為的那種樣子了…
我是負擔…
但妳,已經不是妳自己所以為的那種樣子了…
太過沉重…
但妳,已經不是妳自己所以為的那種樣子了…
而你也走了。
*最後的outro為Lorde與自己內心的對話,即便那些說自己是個負擔的內心聲音依舊縈繞著,但同時,她也察覺到自己的改變與成長:現在的自己,不再是以前那個年少輕狂又不懂愛的自己了,就在"那個人"真正離開了她之後,一個全新的、浴火重生的Ella Yelich-O'Connor,於是誕生。
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Melodrama專輯、歌詞解析:
1. Green Light
2. Sober
4. The Louvre
5. Liability
9. Supercut
10. Liability (Reprise)
11. Perfect Places
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