Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories

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耐人尋味的MV和歌詞




There is fiction in the space between
The lines on your page of memories
在你腦海中每行的記憶之間，有著謊言存在的空間

Write it down but it doesn't mean
You're not just telling stories
把它寫下來不代表你不只在講故事

There is fiction in the space between
You and reality
在你和現實之間，有著謊言存在的空間

You will do and say anything
To make your everyday life seem less mundane
你將虛構些什麼，試著讓你每一天的生活不要那麼乏味

There is fiction in the space between
You and me
在你我之間，有著謊言存在的空間

There's a science fiction in the space between
You and me
在你我之間，存在著科幻故事的空間

A fabrication of a grand scheme
Where I am the scary monster
I eat the city and as I leave the scene
In my spaceship I am laughing
In your remembrance of your bad dream
There's no one but you standing

在你噩夢中的回憶裡 ----  一齣科幻的鉅作:  我化身為駭人的怪物，
在乘太空船笑著離開前，吞食了城市，當時只有你一個人撐在事發現場

Leave the pity and the blame
For the ones who do not speak

把遺憾和責難留給這些不發聲的人吧

You write the words to get respect and compassion
And for posterity
你寫下這些故事來獲得尊敬與同情，並傳諸於後代

You write the words and make believe
你寫下這些故事來獲得別人的相信

There is truth in the space between
There is fiction in the space between
有事實存在的空間也有謊言存在的空間

You and everybody
Give us all what we need
Give us one more sad sordid story

你和每一個人
給了我們我們所需的故事
再多給我們一則悲傷骯髒的故事

But in the fiction of the space between
但這裡有謊言存在的空間

Sometimes a lie is the best thing
Sometimes a lie is the best thing
Oh the best thing
Is the best thing

有的時候，謊言是最好的東西
有的時候，謊言是最好的東西
喔，最好的東西
是最好的東西