The Wooden Birds-Two Matchsticks
The Wooden Birds的成員Andrew Kenny說過：《兩根火柴》就像一個富有條理的簡約小故事，若它是一本書的話，八成是一本兒童睡前故事書（'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!”這是The Wooden Birds對這個關于關于火焰、書籍、天堂、火柴以及家的故事的貼切形容?？赐赀@首歌的歌詞后，我印象最深的 是其中的這段話：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”——這或許寫的是兩根手牽著手的火柴的故事：一根火柴對另一根火柴說：“我不會再讓你獨自燃燒”。午夜，一根火柴沉睡，另一根火柴會在旁邊為它把夜點亮。當 風來襲，兩根火柴就會同心燃燒。完整歌詞：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.
