寧願有夢

Lyrics

Sleep don't visit, so I choke on sun
And the days blur into one
And the backs of my eyes hum with things I've never done
Sheets are swaying from an old clothesline
Like a row of captured ghosts over old dead grass
Was never much but we've made the most
Welcome home

Ships are launching from my chest
Some have names but most do not
If you find one, please let me know what piece I've lost
Peel the scars from off my back
I don't need them anymore
You can throw them out or keep them in your mason jars
I've come home

All my nightmares escaped my head
Bar the door, please don't let them in
You were never supposed to leave
Now my head's splitting at the seams
And I don't know if I can

Here, beneath my lungs, I feel your thumbs press into my skin 

Meaning of the song, please refer to:

https://songmeanings.com/songs/view/3530822107858657499/

🎙️Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Even the sparrow has a place to lay its head

So why would I let worries steal my breath

Even the roses, You have clothed in brilliant red

Still I'm the one You love more than this

[Chorus 1]

You give me everything

You give me everything

You give me everything

I need

[Verse 2]

Even the oceans push and pull at Your command

So You can still my heart with Your hand

You tell the seasons when it's time for them to turn

So I will trust You, even when it hurts

[Chorus 2]

You give me everything

You give me everything

You give me everything

I need

You give me everything

You give me everything

You give me everything

I need

[Bridge]

When I can't see, You lead me

When I can't hear, You show me

When I can't stand, You carry me

When I'm lost, You will find me

When I'm weak, You are mighty

You are everything I need

[Chorus 3]

You give me everything

You give me everything

You give me everything

I need

You give me everything

You give me everything

You give me everything

I need

You give me everything

You give me everything

You give me everything

I need

You give me everything

You give me everything

You give me everything

I need

I searched through the Earth for something that could satisfy

A peace for the hurt I had buried deep inside

Knees on the floor, I finally found everything I needed

You lifted my soul and opened up my eyes

[Pre-Chorus]

I never knew anything lasts forever

Till I found You, till I found You

I never dreamed anything could be better

Till I found You, till I found You

[Chorus]

You're rewriting my story

And I'm brand new like a morning

Oh, I never knew anything lasts forever

Till I found You

Till I, till I found You

[Post-Chorus]

Till I, till I found You

Till I, till I found You

Till I, till I found You

[Verse 2]

Gone are the days I'm chasing after what won't last

I'm done with building these castles that crumble like sand

Oh, knees on the floor

I finally found that everything I needed was always right in front of me

You gave me a name

You changed everything, yeah yeah

DURING the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year,
when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens,
I had been passing alone, on horseback,
through a singularly dreary tract of country;
and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on,
within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
I know not how it was;
but, with the first glimpse of the building,
a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. (...)
I looked upon the simple landscape (...)
of the domain—upon the bleak walls — (...)
— upon a few white trunks of decayed trees—with an utter depression of soul (...).
There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart— (...).

Original text of Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher"

During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was--but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I say insufferable; for the feeling was unrelieved by any of that half-pleasurable, because poetic, sentiment, with which the mind usually receives even the sternest natural images of the desolate or terrible. I looked upon the scene before me--upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain--upon the bleak walls--upon the vacant eye-like windows--upon a few rank sedges--and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees--with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation more properly than to the after-dream of the reveller upon opium--the bitter lapse into everyday life-the hideous dropping off of the reveller upon opium--the bitter lapse into everyday life--the hideous dropping off of the veil. There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart--an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it--I paused to think--what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher? It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down--but with a shudder even more thrilling than before--upon the remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly tree-stems, and the vacant and eye-like windows.

那年秋天，一個陰沉、昏暗、岑寂的日子，烏雲低垂，厚重地籠罩著大地。整整一天，我孤零零地騎著馬，馳過鄉間一片無比蕭索的曠野。暮色四合之際，令人憂傷的厄榭府終於遙遙在望。我也說不清是怎麼回事，一瞥見那座建築，心靈就充滿難以忍受的憂傷。說難以忍受，是因為往常即便到了荒蠻之所或可怕的慘境，遇到那種無比嚴苛的自然景象，也難免有幾分詩意，甚而生出幾分喜悅；如今，這股憂傷的感覺卻總是揮之不去。我愁腸百結地望著眼前的景物。我望著孤單的府邸和莊園裡單一的山水風貌，望著荒涼的垣牆、空洞的眼睛一樣的窗子、三五枝氣味難聞的蘆葦、幾株枯木白花花的樹幹——心裡真是愁苦至極，愁苦得俗世的情感已無法比擬，只有與染阿芙蓉癖者夢迴以後的感覺作比，才足夠貼切——苦痛流為日常，醜惡的面紗也摘除而去。我的心直翻騰，還冷冰冰地往下沉，淒涼得無可救贖，任是再有刺激人的想像力，也難說這是心靈的昇華。究竟的怎麼了？我思忖起來。到底是什麼原因，使得我在註目厄謝府時如此不能自控？這是個破解不了的謎。沉思間，模糊的幻想湧滿心頭，卻又無從捉摸。我只得退而求其次，自圓其說罷了——簡單的自然景物湊在一起，確實有左右人情緒的力量，但要剖析這種感染力，即便費盡心機，也是無跡可尋。我思量道，這片景物中的一草一木，一山一水只消在細微處佈置得稍有不同，帶給人的那種悲傷的感覺，可能就會減輕，或許會歸於消泯。這種念頭一起，我策馬奔至山中小湖的險岸邊。小湖就傍著宅第，湖面泛著光澤，卻一絲漣漪都沒有，黑黢黢，陰森森，倒映出變形的灰色蘆葦、慘白樹幹、空洞眼睛一樣的窗子。我俯視著湖面，渾身顫抖，比剛才的感覺還要奇怪。

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Can’t go back to the beginning
已回不到開始時候

Can’t control
無法控制

what tomorrow will bring
明天將如何

But I know
但我知

here in the middle
在這中間

Is the place
是那地

where you promise to be
你所應許的

[Chorus]

I’m not enough
我不足

Unless you come
除非你來

Will you
你可否

meet me here again
在這裡與我再次相遇

Cause all I want
因為我所要的

Is all you are
就是你

Will you meet me here again
你在這與我再相遇

[Verse 2]

As I walk
當我行走

now through the valley
穿過幽谷

Let your love rise
你愛臨到

above every fear
在我恐懼上

Like the sun
如同陽光

shaping the shadow
照出陰影

In my weakness
在我的軟弱上

your glory appears
顯出你的榮耀

[Chorus]

I’m not enough
我不足

Unless you come
除非你來

Will you
你可否

meet me here again
在這裡與我再次相遇

Cause all I want
因為我所要的

Is all you are
就是完全的你

Will you meet me here again
你在這與我再相遇

[Bridge]

Not for a minute
不到一分鐘

Was I forsaken
我感到被離棄

The Lord is in this place
主就在這裡

The Lord is in this place
主就在這裡

Come Holy Spirit
靈風吹拂吧！

Dry bones awaken
枯乾骸骨復活

The Lord is in this place
主就在這裡

The Lord is in this place
主就在這裡

[Chorus x 2]

I’m not enough
我不足

Unless you come
除非你來

Will you
你可否

meet me here again
在這裡與我再次相遇

Cause all I want
因為我所要的

Is all you are
就是你

Will you meet me here again
你在這與我再相遇

Lyrics

They say don’t let them in
他們說別讓惡魔進來

Close your eyes and clear your thoughts again
閉上眼，再次整理自己的思緒

When I’m all alone, they show up on their own
當我獨自一人時，他們會悄悄出現

Cause inner demons fight their battles with fire
因為心魔用火來挑起一切戰爭

Inner demons don’t play by the rules
心魔不按規則走

They say “Just push them down, just fight them harder
他們說，將它們撂倒，狠狠地對抗它們

Why would you give up on it so soon?”
你怎麼這麼快放棄呢？

So angels, angels please just keep on fighting
所以天使啊，拜託你持續抗爭

Angels don’t give up on me today
天使啊，不要放棄我

The demons they are there; they keep on fighting
惡魔仍在那裡持續戰鬥著

Cause inner demons just won’t go away
心魔還沒離去

So angels please, hear my prayer
所以天使啊，聽聽我的禱告

Life is pain, lifes not fair
生活是痛苦的，生命是不平等的

So angels please; please stay here
所以天使啊，拜託留在這裡

Take the pain; take the fear
帶走我的傷痛，帶走我的恐懼

They say it won’t be hard; they can’t see the battles in my heart
他說這一切並不困難，但那是因為他們看不見我心中的掙扎

But when I turn away
當我試著打發惡魔離去時

The demons seem to stay
他們似乎不想走

Cause inner demons don’t play well with angels
因為心魔總不擅長對付天使

They cheat and lie and steal and break and bruise
他們欺騙、說謊、偷竊、傷害

Angels please protect me from these rebels
天使啊，拜託保護我遠離惡人

This is a battle I don’t want to lose
我不想輸了這場戰爭

So angels, angels please just keep on fighting
所以天使啊，拜託你持續抗爭

Angels don’t give up on me today
天使啊，不要放棄我

The demons they are there; they keep on fighting
惡魔仍在那裡持續戰鬥著

Cause inner demons just won’t go away
心魔還沒離去

Angels, angels please just keep on fighting
所以天使啊，拜託你持續抗爭

Angels don’t give up on me today
天使啊，不要放棄我

Cause he demons they are there; they keep on fighting
惡魔仍在那裡持續戰鬥著

Inner demons just won’t go away
心魔還沒離去

So angels please, hear my prayer
所以天使啊，聽聽我的禱告

Life is pain, lifes not fair
生活是痛苦的，生命是不平等的

So angels please; please stay here
所以天使啊，拜託留在這裡

Take the pain; take the fear
帶走我的傷痛，帶走我的恐懼

中譯取自 Mr. 生活扉頁

西元1745年，以蘇格蘭高地(Highlands)氏族為主的詹姆士黨人(Jacobite)大規模起事，反抗倫敦朝廷【這段複雜的歷史背景請參見羅伯彭斯(Robert Burns)的反戰歌詩〈以詹姆士黨人之名〉(Ye Jacobites By Name)】。1746年4月16日(星期三)兩軍在在蘇格蘭卡洛登(Culloden)一地展開殊死決戰，3千名蘇格蘭高地勇士對上由喬治二世的兒子坎布蘭公爵(Duke of Cumberland)領軍的上萬名英格蘭士兵，卡洛登煙硝瀰漫，結果2千多名高地勇士慘遭屠殺，歷時逾半世紀的詹姆士黨羽反抗運動至此畫下句點。

這場戰役中，英軍俘擄了許多蘇格蘭人，把他們囚禁在位於英格蘭西北部湖區以北，鄰近蘇格蘭邊界的卡萊爾(Carlisle)城堡。英格蘭人恣意對待這些蘇格蘭戰俘，有的被吊死，幸運獲釋的少數則必需靠雙腿跋山涉水回到蘇格蘭。據說，其中一位多納麥當勞(Donald MacDonald)蘇格蘭戰俘預感自己死期將至，於是寫了這首哀思悲愴、悱惻怨悼的〈羅蒙湖邊〉，託給一位幸運被釋的牢友，帶回去給他住在羅蒙湖邊的愛人莫莉亞。

羅蒙湖為蘇格蘭最大的淡水湖泊，也是著名的觀光景點。這首歌約在1841年左右問世，旋律出自一首蘇格蘭古老的民謠〈羅賓愛我〉(Robin Cushie / Kind Robin Loves Me)，刊登在1742年出版的《馬克基邦蘇格蘭歌調第一集》(McGibbons Scots Tunes Book 1)，後由斯考特夫人(Lady John Scott, 1810-1900)重新編寫詞曲，發表於1876年出版的《蘇格蘭的詩人及其詩選集》(Poets and Poetry of Scorland)中。

歌詞及背景故事取自：從台灣聽世界

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Acapella

Lyrics

O come, O come, Emmanuel

And ransom captive Israel

That mourns in lonely exile here

Until the Son of God appear

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free

Thine own from Satans tyranny

From depths of Hell Thy people save

And give them victory oer the grave

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Day-Spring, come and cheer

Our spirits by Thine advent here

Disperse the gloomy clouds of night

And deaths dark shadows put to flight.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Key of David, come,

And open wide our heavenly home;

Make safe the way that leads on high,

And close the path to misery.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, O come, Thou Lord of might,

Who to Thy tribes, on Sinais height,

In ancient times didst give the Law,

In cloud, and majesty and awe.

Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel

Shall come to thee, O Israel.

1 以馬內利，懇求降臨，救贖釋放以色列民；

淪落異邦，寂寞傷心，引頸渴望神子降臨。

歡欣！歡欣！以色列民，以馬內利，定要降臨！

2 耶西之條，懇求降臨，撒但手中，釋放子民；

地獄深處，拯救子民，使眾得勝死亡之墳。

歡欣！歡欣！以色列民，以馬內利，定要降臨！

3 清晨之光，懇求降臨，藉主降臨，歡慰眾心；

衝開長夜幽暗愁雲，驅散死亡深沉黑影。

歡欣！歡欣！以色列民，以馬內利，定要降臨！

4 大衛之鑰，懇求降臨，大開我眾天上家庭；

安排我眾登天路程，斷絕人間多愁苦徑。

歡欣！歡欣！以色列民，以馬內利，定要降臨！

中譯取自新靈糧詩選