黑色幽默(二)

上次有The Bug，今次則有Plotting Revenge。英文用詞上較淺白，不過意識就加倍不良…有同學沒有刻意聽歌詞時，還以為這是卡通片歌曲，但看到歌詞時…

I'm plotting revenge against my boss

I'm plotting revenge against my boss

I'm plotting revenge against my boss

Maybe it'll happen it'll happen sometime

Maybe it'll happen it'll happen sometime

I know when he leaves for work

Yes I know where he drops off his shirts

But he doesn't know

No he doesn't know

No he doesn't know

That I know all this!

I'm plotting revenge against my neighbor

I'm plotting revenge against my neighbor

I'm plotting revenge against my neighbor

Maybe it'll happen it'll happen sometime

Maybe it'll happen it'll happen sometime

He complains that my dog's too loud

Says he'll call the cops, he screams and shouts

But he doesn't know

No he doesn't know

No he doesn't know

That I don't like that!

I'm plotting revenge against myself

I'm plotting revenge against myself

I'm plotting revenge against myself

Maybe it'Ll happen it'll happen sometime

Maybe it'Ll happen it'll happen sometime

Plotted against everyone I know

The last on the list, is me, oh no!

But I don't know

No I don't know

No I don't know

That it must be done!

大家可以留意

• The last on the list - 這裡意思是指最後一個，但"the list"在此實屬虛詞，不一定是指有一張名單
• Cops - 警察，一個較通俗的說法
• "I know when he leaves for work, Yes I know where he drops off his shirts" - 按字面解釋應難不到大家，但留意這首歌是以誇張的說法講述對身邊的人報仇。所以，何時收工、何處掉下衣服也許只是借喻。

黑色幽默(一)

黑色幽默(Black Comedy)在美國較為常見。60－70年代產生併流行於美國的文學流派。受存在主義影響很大，主張用表面上輕鬆、調侃、玩世不恭的幽默態度來敘述沉鬱甚至可怖的故事，從而產生荒誕不經的喜劇效果，是以喜劇形式上演的荒誕的「悲劇」。

今日先送上一首帶點黑色幽默色彩的歌曲，由王若琳主唱的《The Bug》(竊聽蟲) ，以傳統歌劇配上意識陰深歌詞的一首歌。

Now that we've bugged your phone

We hear even your dial tone

We hear your every word

You didn't know could be heard

We know all about your moves

We know all about your plans

Yes, I'll get all your votes

This is my second chance

Now that I'm getting scared

What if I get found out

What am I suppose to do?

What am I suppose to do?

What am I suppose to do?

Maybe they've done the same

They're set to wreck my campaign

These narrow-minded fools

It's for the greater good

They'll do all that it takes

To have me be replaced

There's no one else stepping in

No, I'll never let them win

Now that I'm getting scared

What if I get found out

What am I suppose to do?

What am I suppose to do?

What am I suppose to do?

Now that we've bugged your phone

We hear even your dial tone

We hear your every word

You didn't know could be heard

We know all about your moves

We know all about your plans

Yes, I'll get all your votes

This is my second chance

本曲主要講述於選舉戰中，偷聽對手電話的事，大家可以留意以下字詞：

• Bug - 既可解作蟲，又可解作撰寫程式時所產生的問題，不過這裡則解作竊聽器，作動詞則解作竊聽。
• Wreck - 破壞，用作名詞時可譯作廢墟，可想以知，這詞所指的嚴重程度有多大。
• The greater good -這裡是指大眾的利益