For twenty seven years I've been trying
To believe and confide in
Different people I found...
Some of them got closer than others,
And some wouldn't even bother,
And then you came around.
I didn't really know what to call you,
You didn't know me at all,
But I was happy to explain.
I never really knew how I'd move you,
So I tried to intrude through
The little holes in your veins.
And I saw you.
But that's not an invitation,
That's all I get,
If this is communication,
I disconnect...
I've seen you, I know you,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect...
You always seem to know where to find me,
And I'm still here behind you,
In the corner of your eye.
I never really learnt how to love you,
But I know that I love you,
Through the hole in the sky,
Where I see you
And that's not an invitation,
That's all I get.
If this is communication,
I disconnect...
I've seen you, I know you,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect...
Well, this is an invitation,
It's not a threat,
If you want communication,
That's what you get.
I'm talking and talking,
But I don't know how to connect.
And I hold... a record for being patient
With your kind of hesitation.
I need you, you want me,
But I don't know how to connect,
So I disconnect,
I disconnect...
最喜欢的The Cardigans的歌不是那首脍炙人口的lovefool, 而是这首Communication以及My favorite game. 前者带着无奈的浅吟低唱,后者的激越电音,都是The Cardigans.
其实她Nina的声线不是我喜欢的那种,尤其是高唱“fool me, fool me”的时候,总觉得太过尖细。我更喜欢略带低沉的女声,譬如Sheryl Crow, Michelle Branch, 甚至是黑人灵歌手Aretha Fanklin大妈算的上浑厚的女声以及Alanis Morrisette的有点歇斯底里的女声。也许是因为成长的环境决定了对于我来说,女性而不是男性是可以依靠的,坚实的,这样性格特点要求声音也需要略带低沉?
这也就是为什么我始终不能非常喜欢陈绮贞,但非常喜欢杨乃文。
但也有例外,Cranberries的Dolores和Sinead O'Connor,Sunnena Vega, Charllotte Church. 这四个一个是王菲一段时间的模仿对象,一个是鵬鵬一段时间的最爱,一个是民谣诗人,一个是跨界的小魔女。
为什么我听的英文歌都是女歌手的呢?