抗拒遺忘

這首歌是Death Cab for Cutie的作品，由樂團主唱Ben Gibbard作詞作曲。前面兩分鐘用宛如神話敘述般的口吻緩緩道出，我不是很懂這部分的具體內容，只能從一些字句，如「making islands where no island should go」、「most people were overjoyed」、「distance」、「It seems farther than ever before」，去感覺寂寞、疏離、遙遠的情感描述。這樣緩慢、隱晦、帶有距離感的描述，隱約暗示著「不敢大聲說出來」的壓抑。

我第一次聽就被從頭到尾簡單卻富些許變化的聲音處理所吸引，一層疊過一層的聲音，像是一波又一波淹過身體的浪潮（呼應「making islands where no island should go」的歌詞?!），也像是望著火車上漸行漸遠的可人兒。

聲音處理營造出的距離感，配合詞曲部分緩緩累積的力量，使得最後面「I need you so much closer」、「So come on, come on」這兩句坦白直接到稍嫌濫情地步的歌詞，爆發出讓人心碎的張力。

嗯嗯，沒錯，音樂是種心理治療。

The Atlantic was born today and I'll tell you how
The clouds above opened up and let it out

I was standing on the surface of a perforated sphere
When the water filled every hole
And thousands upon thousands made an ocean
Making islands where no island should go
Oh, no

Most people were overjoyed; they took to their boats
I thought it less like a lake and more like a moat
The rhythm of my footsteps crossing flatlands to your door
Have been silenced forevermore
The distance is quite simply much too far for me to row
It seems farther than ever before
Oh, no

I need you so much closer (x8)

I need you so much closer (x4)

So come on, come on (x4)

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