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英文歌翻譯：Gotta Knock a Little Harder

作者：夏目上將│2020-04-18 00:21:42│巴幣：16│人氣：1611

這首歌就我個人而言，算是神曲了。

我很喜歡那種用力氣吶喊演唱的歌，能有這樣的power的爵士樂真的不好找。

不過這首歌雖然是英文，但演唱者跟演奏的樂團卻都是日本人。

本曲收錄於同樣是泡沫時代神作爵士風格動畫「星際牛仔」電影版「天國之扉」的原聲帶
「 Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' on Heaven's Door: Future Blues」之中

(電影版標題是knockin' on Heaven's Door，然後片尾曲是Gotta Knock a Little Harder，很可以)

演唱者是山根麻衣，也是一位唱歌很用力的歌手，星際牛仔的片尾曲「The real folk blues」也是她唱的。

不過我要推的版本不是原版的，是Platina Jazz的翻唱版：

演唱者是Douglas Unger，查了一下沒有我有印象的事蹟，不過唱這首感覺真的不錯。

當然原版山根麻衣唱得也很棒，有興趣的可以去youtube找來聽。

以下是歌詞翻譯：

Happiness is just a word to me (#1)

幸福對我來說只是一個字

And it might have meant a thing or two If I had known the difference (#2)

如果我已經知道其差異，那可能曾意味著一件或兩件事。

Emptiness, a lonely parody And my life,

我的人生是一場空虛，孤獨的仿諷劇

another smokin' gun A sign of my indifference(#3)

另一把冒煙的槍，象徵著我的平凡乏味

Always keepin' safe inside

總是照顧好自己的內心

Where no one ever had a chance To penetrate a break in

沒人有機會可以直直闖入

Let me tell you some have tried

我告訴你某人已試過

But I would slam the door so tight That they could never get in

但我會用力地緊緊關上門使得他們永遠無法進來

Kept my cool under a lock and key (#4)

在封閉中保持我的冷酷

And I never shed a tear Another sign of my condition (#5)

我從不流淚，曝露出我的狀況

Fear of love or bitter vanity That kept me on the run

對愛或令人痛苦的虛榮心帶來的恐懼不停驅趕著我

The main events at my confession (#6)

去懺悔的主因

I kept a chain upon my door (#7)

總是鎖上我的心門

That would shake the shame of Cain Into a blind submission (#8)

好擺脫殺人的恥辱將其轉為盲從

The burning ghost without a name

燃燒的鬼魂沒有名字

Was still calling all the same(#9)

不停地呼喚著

But I just wouldn't listen

但我就是不願去聽

The longer I'd stall

我拖得越久

The further I'd crawl

我爬得更遠

The further I'd crawl

我爬得更遠

The harder I'd fall

我跌得越痛

I was crawlin into the fire(#10)

此時我正爬入火焰之中

The more that I saw
The further I'd fall
The further I'd fall
The lower I'd crawl
I kept fallin' into the fire

(跟上段相同就不翻了)

(間奏)

Suddenly it occurred to me

突然間意外降臨到我身上

The reason for the run and hide Had totaled my existence

生存已成了我逃跑與躲藏的全部理由

Everything left on the other side (#11)

被留在另一面的所有事物

Could never be much worse than this But could I go the distance (#12)

再怎麼糟也沒糟到讓我撐不到最後

I faced the door and all my shame

我面對那門與所有的恥辱

Tearin' off each piece of chain

撕開每一段鎖鏈

Until they all were broken

直到他們被破壞

But no matter how I tried

但無論我如何嘗試

The other side was locked so tight The door it wouldn't open

另一邊依然鎖得如此緊以至於無法打開

Give it all that I got

獻上我的所有

And started to knock Shouted for someone To open the lock

並開始去踢，為了某人而吶喊，好打開那鎖

I just gotta break through the door

我只是要突破這扇門

Harder that I knocked

我踢得越用力

The hotter I got

得到越多熱情

The hotter I got

得到越多熱情

The harder I knocked

我踢得更用力

I just gotta break through the door

我只是要突破這扇門

Gotta knock a little harder

踢得更用力一點

Gotta knock a little harder

踢得更用力一點

Gotta knock a little harder

踢得更用力一點

Break through the door

突破那扇門

Gotta knock a little harder
Gotta knock a little harder
Gotta knock a little harder
Break through the door

(Take away)

(間奏)

Gotta knock a little harder
Gotta knock a little harder
Gotta knock a little harder

Gotta knock a little harder

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