Guided by Voices - Smothered in Hugs

我們總像在追尋什麼似的活著，
日復一日的機械生活，想要的太多，得到的卻太少。
也許最後我們才會懂得，我們要的只是被聲音嚮導，窒息在擁抱。

Guided by Voices - Smothered In Hugs (from 《Bee Thousand》, 1994)

In the summer that you came,
there was something eating everyone
And the sunshine fund was low
We couldn't greet you with a simple hello
And the watchers of the flood were busy in their chambers
Making sure there was new blood to sustain their dying veins

But I believed you
No need for further questioning
I'm gonna leave with you
You can teach me all you know
Which way will we go now on our trip to taller windows
I really don't know now
I really don't know

In the winter that you left, there was business as usual
With the same old fears and frustrations
But the word got out, it was really such a pity
But the judges and the saints and the textbook committee
Decided you should be left out - not even mentioned

But I believed you
No need for further questioning
I'm gonna leave with you
You can teach me all you know
Which way will we go now on our trip to taller windows
I really don't know now
I really don't know

在你來臨的那個夏天
某種東西正在啃蝕每一個人
陽光黯淡地掉落
我們甚至連與你打聲招呼的力氣都沒有
看顧洪水的看守天使忙著躲在密室裡
他們只想確定垂死的血管裡是否還有足夠的新血

我相信你
不需要任何理由
我將和你離開這裡
你會告訴我你懂的一切
指引我踏上新生的旅途
我現在什麼都不懂
什麼都不懂

在你離去的那個冬天
一切又回到了往常的生活
背負著同樣的恐懼與挫折感
曾說過的話只成了憾事
那些審判者、聖徒以及教科書委員們
他們決定抹除你的痕跡
假裝一切從沒出現過

但我還是相信你
並不需要任何理由
我將和你離開這裡
你會告訴我你懂的一切
指引我踏上新生的旅途
我現在什麼都不懂
什麼都不懂