Castle Of Glass(下简称COG)可以说是Living Things(下简称LT)里争议较大的一首歌。之前我也觉得这首歌太过于冷静,而且美得空洞,可当细细品味这首歌过后,我不得不改变我对这首歌的看法。
在入正题之前,我还是要把歌词翻译一下
【Castle Of
Glass】
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Linkin Park –
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Living Things –
Verse
1
Take
me down to the river-bend
将我带到长河的拐角
Take
me down to the fighting end
将我带到斗争的尽头
Wash
the poison off my skin
洗去我肌肤上的毒垢
Show
me how to be whole again
告诉我如何破镜重圆
Fly
me upon the silver wing
飞跃那银色之翼
Pass
the black when the silence sring
穿过那死寂咆哮的黑暗
Warm
me up in the nova’s glow
唤醒我,在星辰爆裂的火焰中
Then
drop me down to the dream below
继而抛下我,直至梦境的深渊
‘Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of
glass
只因为我,是那玻璃之堡的一道裂纹
Hardly anything left for you to see
难以留下一丝踪迹让你寻觅
For
you to see
让你寻觅
Verse
2
Bring
me home in the blinding dream
在那飘忽不定的梦中带我回家
Through these serects I’ve seen
穿透那些我早已知晓的秘密
Wash
the sorrow off my skin
洗去我的遍体鳞伤
Show
me how to be whole again
告诉我如何破镜重圆
……
Bridge
‘Cause I’m only a crack in this castle of
glass
只因为我是那玻璃之堡的一道裂纹
Hardly anything else I need to be
我无法成为那个我需要的依附
……