Off He Goes

每隔一段時間
總會發現一首歌
說不出特別理由的
可以反覆地聽個上百次
甚至乾脆將player設定在repeat song的位置就讓它一直播
CD在車上聽 iPhone iPad上也都有這首

最近的這首歌是Pearl Jam的Off He Goes

歌詞的內容跟我自身也沒太多關係
是講述一個來去無蹤的朋友
據Eddie Vedder的說法
這個shit friend指的是他自己

真的硬要找一個理由來說為啥最近要一直聽這首歌
大概只能說最近有點想get away吧
(I know I've got away from work for a long time already, still...)


Off He Goes

know a man, his face seems pulled and tense
like he's riding on a motorbike in the strongest winds
so i approach with tact
suggest that he should relax
but he's always moving much too fast
said he'll see me on the flipside
on this trip he's taken for a ride
he's been taking too much on
there he goes with his perfectly unkept clothes
there he goes...
he's yet to come back
but i've seen his picture
it doesn't look the same up on the rack
we go way back
i wonder about his insides
its like his thoughts are too big for his size
he's been taken... where, i don't know?
off he goes with his perfectly unkept hope
and there he goes...
and now i rub my eyes, for he has returned
seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned
for he still smiles...
and he's still strong
nothing's changed, but the surrounding bullshit that has grown
and now he's home
and we're laughing like we always did
my same old, same old friend
until a quarter-to-ten
i saw the strain creep in
he seems distracted and i know just what is gonna happen next
before his first step
he's off again