Andrew Bird's one-man orchestra of the imagination

譯者: Shelley Krishna Tsang 審譯者: Geoff Chen

Well, there's lots to talk about,

嗯，我有許多話想要說，

but I think I'm just going to play to start off.

但我想我還是先從演奏開始吧。

(Music)

（音樂）

♫ When I wake up ♫

♫當我早上♫

♫ in the morning ♫

♫醒來♫

♫ I pour the coffee ♫

♫倒杯咖啡♫

♫ I read the paper ♫

♫讀讀報紙♫

♫ And then I slowly ♫

♫然後我慢慢地♫

♫ and so softly ♫

♫輕輕地♫

♫ do the dishes ♫

♫開始做菜♫

♫ So feed the fishes ♫

♫餵餵魚兒♫

♫ You sing me happy birthday ♫

♫你對我唱著生日快樂♫

♫ Like it's gonna be ♫

♫仿佛這是♫

♫ your last day ♫

♫你在世上的♫

♫ here on Earth ♫

♫最後一天♫

(Applause)

（掌聲）

All right.

好了。

So, I wanted to do something special today.

那麼，我今天想做點特別的事。

I want to debut a new song that I've been working on

我想演唱一首新歌，這首歌是

in the last five or six months.

在過去五個或六個月內創作的。

And there's few things more thrilling

沒有什麼比在觀眾

than playing a song

面前第一次演唱一首歌

for the first time in front of an audience,

更讓人激動的了，

especially when it's half-finished.

尤其是這首歌是半成品。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I'm kind of hoping some conversations here

我希望在這兒能產生些交流

might help me finish it.

也許能幫我完成它。

Because it gets into all sorts

因為它進入了一種

of crazy realms.

瘋狂的境界。

And so this is basically a song

基本上，這是首關於

about loops,

迴圈的歌，

but not the kind of loops that I make up here.

但不是我在這兒做的這種迴圈。

They're feedback loops.

它是回饋迴圈。

And in the audio world

在音頻的世界裏，

that's when the microphone gets too close

當麥克風離它的

to its sound source,

音源太近時，

and then it gets in this self-destructive loop

它會產生自我消音的迴圈，

that creates a very unpleasant sound.

這會產生讓人非常不舒服的聲音。

And I'm going to demonstrate for you.

我將向你們展示一下。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

I'm not going to hurt you. Don't worry.

我不會傷害你們。別擔心。

♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

♫這是個迴圈，回饋迴圈♫

♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

♫這是個迴圈，回饋迴圈♫

♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

♫這是個迴圈，回饋迴圈♫

♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

♫這是個迴圈，回饋迴圈♫

♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

♫這是個迴圈，回饋迴圈♫

♫ This is a loop, feedback loop ♫

♫這是個迴圈，回饋迴圈♫

♫ This is a -- (Feedback)

♫這是個--（回饋）

All right. I don't know if that was necessary to demonstrate --

好了。我不知道是不是還需要演示下去了

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

-- but my point is it's the sound of self-destruction.

--但我想說的是聲音的自我消音。

And I've been thinking about

我曾經想過

how that applies across a whole spectrum of realms,

怎樣跨越整個頻域，

from, say, the ecological, okay.

從，呃，生態的，好吧。

There seems to be a rule in nature

自然中似乎有個規則：

that if you get too close to where you came from,

如果你距離你所來的地方太近，

it gets ugly.

就會變得醜陋。

So like, you can't feed cows their own brains

就像，你不能用牛的大腦來餵牛，

or you get mad cow disease,

不然就會出現狂牛症，

and inbreeding and incest

還有近親結婚和亂倫，

and, let's see,

讓我們看看，

what's the other one?

還有什麼？

Biological -- there's autoimmune diseases,

生物學上 -- 自身免疫的疾病，

where the body attacks itself

就是由於身體自我攻擊

a little too overzealously

有點過於激烈，

and destroys the host,

把宿主或是人

or the person.

給摧毀了。

And then -- okay, this is where we get to the song --

接下來 -- 好了，再演奏首歌曲 --

kind of bridges the gap to the emotional.

有點像情感空白間的聯繫。

Because although I've used scientific terms

因為儘管我在歌中使用了

in songs,

科學名詞，

it's very difficult sometimes to make them lyrical.

有時還是很難讓它表現得很抒情。

And there's some things

而有些東西

you just don't need to have in songs.

不需要放在歌中。

So I'm trying to bridge this gap

因此，我試著在這個想法和這首曲子

between this idea and this melody.

之間建個聯繫。

And so, I don't know if you've ever had this,

雖然我不知道你們是否有過這種感覺，

but when I close my eyes sometimes

但有時當我閉上雙眼

and try to sleep,

試著睡著時，

I can't stop thinking about my own eyes.

我情不自禁的想到我的雙眼。

And it's like your eyes

就像你的眼睛

start straining to see themselves.

開始練習看著自己。

That's what it feels like to me.

這就是我所感覺到的。

It's not pleasant.

不是很愉快的感覺。

I'm sorry if I put that idea in your head.

如果我讓你有這種感覺的話，我很抱歉。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

It's impossible, of course, for your eyes to see themselves,

當然，讓眼睛看自己是不可能的。

but they seem to be trying.

但它們似乎在做這種嘗試。

So that's getting a little more closer to a personal experience.

這是種個人的體驗。

Or ears being able to hear themselves --

或許耳朵也能夠聆聽它們自己--

it's just impossible.

這也是不可能的；

That's the thing.

就是這樣。

So, I've been working on this song

那麼，我創作的這首歌中

that mentions these things

提到了這些事情

and then also imagines

還有想像，

a person who's been so successful

想像一個人成功地

at defending themselves from heartbreak

抵禦了他們留給自己的

that they're left to do the deed themselves,

難以忍耐的悲傷，

if that's possible.

如果可能的話。

And that's what the song is asking.

這就是這首歌所追問的。

All right.

好了。

It doesn't have a name yet.

它還沒有名字呢。

(Music)

（音樂）

♫ Go ahead and congratulate yourself ♫

♫前進吧，祝賀自己吧♫

♫ Give yourself a hand, the hand is your hand ♫

♫幫自己一把，用自己的手♫

♫ And the eye that eyes itself is your eye ♫

♫眼睛，用自己的眼睛♫

♫ And the ear that hears itself is near ♫

♫耳朵聽到它自己就在附近♫

♫ 'Cause it's your ear, oh oh ♫

♫因為它是你的耳朵，哦 哦♫

♫ You've done the impossible now ♫

♫你現在做到了本不可能的事♫

♫ Took yourself apart ♫

♫把自己拆開♫

♫ You made yourself invulnerable ♫

♫你讓自己不再受傷害♫

♫ No one can break your heart ♫

♫沒人能讓你傷心♫

♫ So you wear it out ♫

♫你把它耗盡♫

♫ And you wring it out ♫

♫你把它扭乾♫

♫ And you wear it out ♫

♫你把它耗盡♫

♫ And you break it yourself ♫

♫你自己把它擊碎♫

♫ Breaking your own, break it yourself ♫

♫突破自己，自己擊碎它♫

♫ Breaking your own, break it yourself ♫

♫突破自己，自己擊碎它♫

♫ Breaking your own ♫

♫突破自己♫

(Applause)

（掌聲）

Thanks.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

All right.

好了。

It's kind of cool. Songwriters can sort of get away with murder.

有點酷。歌曲作者可以逃脫謀殺。

You can throw out crazy theories

你能拋開這些瘋狂的理論，

and not have to back it up with data

不用數據

or graphs or research.

圖表、或研究來支撐它。

But, you know, I think reckless curiosity

但，你知道，我想魯莽的好奇心

would be what the world needs now,

是這個世界現在所需要的，

just a little bit.

只要一點點。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

I'm going to finish up with a song of mine

我想以我的一首歌作為結束，

called "Weather Systems."

歌名是“天氣系統”。

(Music)

（音樂）

♫ Quiet ♫

♫安靜♫

♫ Quiet down, she said ♫

♫安靜下來，她說♫

♫ Speak into the back of his head ♫

♫她對著他腦後說♫

♫ On the edge of the bed, I can see your blood flow ♫

♫在床的邊緣，我能看到你在流血♫

♫ I can see your ♫

♫我能看到你的♫

♫ cells grow ♫

♫細胞生長♫

♫ Hold still awhile ♫

♫堅持一會兒♫

♫ Don't spill the wine ♫

♫別把酒灑了♫

♫ I can see it all from here ♫

♫我從這兒能看到一切♫

♫ I can see ♫

♫我能看到♫

♫ oh, I ♫

♫哦，我♫

♫ I can see ♫

♫我能看到♫

♫ weather systems ♫

♫世界的♫

♫ of the world ♫

♫天氣系統♫

♫ Weather systems ♫

♫世界的♫

♫ of the world ♫

♫天氣系統♫

♫ Some things you say ♫

♫你說有些東西♫

♫ are not for sale ♫

♫是無價的♫

♫ I would hold it where ♫

♫我會保留它♫

♫ our free agents of some substance are ♫

♫我們的一些事物的自由代理人♫

♫ scared ♫

♫感到了恐懼♫

♫ Hold still a while ♫

♫再堅持一會兒♫

♫ Don't spill the wine ♫

♫別把酒灑了♫

♫ I can see it all from here ♫

♫我從這兒能看到一切♫

♫ I can see ♫

♫我能看到♫

♫ oh, I ♫

♫哦，我♫

♫ I can see ♫

♫我能看到♫

♫ weather systems of the world ♫

♫世界的天氣系統♫

♫ Weather systems ♫

♫世界的♫

♫ of the world ♫

♫天氣系統♫

Thanks.

謝謝。

(Applause)

（掌聲）