The Wooden Birds-Two Matchsticks
The Wooden Birds的成员Andrew Kenny说过：《两根火柴》就像一个富有条理的简约小故事，若它是一本书的话，八成是一本儿童睡前故事书（'Two Matchsticks' is such a tidy little tale to begin with, if it were a book it would probably be a bedtime story.It hinges on simple images like fire and books and heaven and matches and home, etc.），“dark, but very honest!”这是The Wooden Birds对这个关于关于火焰、书籍、天堂、火柴以及家的故事的贴切形容。看完这首歌的歌词后，我印象最深的 是其中的这段话：or wrote another ’bout two matchsticks holding hands/You’re sayin’ to the other you won’t burn alone… anymore/In the middle of the night one would sleep/The other’s lighting up the dark alongside you/And when the wind was blowin’ in you both would keep/Each other burning like neither alone would do”——这或许写的是两根手牵着手的火柴的故事：一根火柴对另一根火柴说：“我不会再让你独自燃烧”。午夜，一根火柴沉睡，另一根火柴会在旁边为它把夜点亮。当 风来袭，两根火柴就会同心燃烧。完整歌词：Whenever you come home you light a little fire/A little fire barely enough to burn you/And Heaven knows it only gives a little light/But sometimes just a little light it gets you/Cause you burned up all the books, it was so sad/A lonesome history of a hard parts one through four/Or wrote another ’bout two matchsticks holding hands/You’re sayin’ to the other you won’t burn alone… anymore/In the middle of the night one would sleep/The other’s lighting up the dark alongside you/And when the wind was blowin’ in you both would keep/Each other burning like neither alone would do/You’re gonna burn out alone/You’re gonna burn out alone/You’re gonna burn out alone/You’re gonna burn out alone.
