所属专辑<False Lankum>
爱尔兰乐队Lankum
这首去年1月发行的歌曲源自一首通常被称为"The Butcher Boy"的民歌,歌曲的词句讲述了这样一个故事:一个年轻女子被她的情人(The Butcher Boy)抛弃,上吊自杀,最后被她的父亲发现了遗体以及一封遗书。虽然有着“屠夫男孩”的名称,歌词内容涉及到爱与死亡,但这首民歌的旋律并不跌宕起伏,而是安宁深沉,萦绕着浅淡的忧伤。
Lankum对这首歌的演绎(其实不能说是翻唱,只是借由民歌主题的再创作——或者说二创),不仅强调了爱与死亡的主题,还进一步地渲染了死亡的气息,于是整首歌的旋律哀恸悲怆,似是在哭号年轻生命的消逝(结合创作时间,不得不让人联想到新冠疫情,它的的确确影响了诸多音乐创作)。歌曲的后半部分,实验性质的器乐再次加强了死亡所带来的恐惧,旋律划过皮肤,绽出鲜血,滴落成惨象。同时,作为专辑的开场曲,它也为之后的曲目所搭建的平静、脆弱,提供了一片完美的废墟。
Go dig my grave both wide and deep
Place a marble stone at my head and feet
And on my breast a snow white dove
To tell this world that I died for love
Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy me
Oh Lord, oh Lord, Oh Lordy me
She went upstairs for to make her bed
And not one word to her mother said
Her mother, she went upstairs too
Saying “daughter oh daughter
What troubles you?”
“Oh Mama dear, I cannot tell,
That railroad boy that I loved so well
He courted me my life away
And now with me he will not stay”
Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy me
Oh Lord, oh Lord, Oh Lordy me
Her father, he came home from work,
Saying “where’s my daughter?
She seemed so hurt”
He went upstairs for to give her hope
And he found her hanging by a rope
Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy me
Oh Lord, oh Lord, Oh Lordy me
He got his knife for to cut her down
And in her bosom these words he found;
Go dig my grave both wide and deep
Place a marble stone at my head and feet
And on my breast a snow white dove
To tell this world that I died for love
Oh Lordy Lord, Oh Lordy me
Oh Lord, oh Lord, Oh Lordy me |
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