I am Your Sunshine

昨天回到家停好車 半開了車門 卻無法關音響熄火
就是因為這首歌 我沒有辦法不把它聽完
草草地記下幾句歌詞 打算回家再查

是 Better than Ezra 唱的 A Lifetime

我才看到第二段就被感動到, 沒想到不需要音樂 歌詞就如此美

And that REM song was playing
In my mind.
And three and a half minutes
Felt like a lifetime
那首 REM 的歌在我腦海裡響了起來,
短短的三分半 感覺像是一輩子

把整首歌詞看完, 心情還是陷在裡面
我關掉了正在聽的歌, 張著眼睛 細細回味
(因為不能閉眼睛 老闆來會以為我在偷睡覺)

Allie woke up 8AM
Graduation day.
Got into a car,
And crashed along the way.

When we arrived late to the wake,
Stole the urn while they
Looked away,
And drove to the beach
‘Cause I knew you’d want it
That way.

And you were standing
On the hood of the car
Singing out loud
When the sun came up.

And I know I wasn’t right,
But it felt so good.
And your mother didn’t mind,
Like I thought she would.
And that REM song was playing
In my mind.
And three and a half minutes
Felt like a lifetime

It felt like a lifetime

And you move like water
I could drown in you.
And I fell so deep once,
Till you pulled me through

You would tell me
“No one is allowed to be so proud
They never reach out
When they’re giving up.”

And I know I wasn’t right,
But it felt so good.
And your mother didn’t mind,
Like I thought she would.
And that REM song was playing
In my mind.
And three and a half minutes
Felt like a lifetime

Are you sitting in the lights?
Or combing your hair again,
And talking in rhymes?
Are you sitting in the lights?

When I got home, heard the phone,
Your parents had arrived.
And your dad set his jaw
Your mom just smiled and sighed.

But they left soon
And I went to my room.
Played that disc that you’d given me,
And I shut my eyes
Swear I could hear the sea.

When we were standing
On the hood of your car
Singing out loud when the sun came up.

And I know I wasn’t right,
But it felt so good.
And your mother didn’t mind,
Like I thought she would.
And that REM song was playing
In my mind.
And three and a half minutes,
Three and a half minutes,

Felt like a lifetime.