All beauty must die

最近在赶coding。拿来隔绝自己和外界的歌是《穿过骨头抚摸你》（1）。是半年前leia网购了，辛辛苦苦抓了音轨，我这才下到，有了耳福。

而想起来写这篇blog，是因为where the wild roses grow。


where the wild roses grow　　　　－－Nick Cave


They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day

From the first day I saw I knew she was the one
As she stared in my eyes and smiled
For her lips were the colour of the roses
That grew down the river, all bloody and wild

When he knocked on my door and entered the room
My trembling subsided in his sure embrace
He would be my first man, and with a careful hand
He wiped at the tears that ran down my face

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day

On the second day I brought her a flower
She was more beautiful than any woman I'd seen
I said, "Do you know where the wild roses grow
So sweet and scarlet and free?"

On the second day he came with a single red rose
Said: "Will you give me your loss and your sorrow?"
I nodded my head, as I lay on the bed
He said, "If I show you the roses will you follow?"

He call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Elisa Day
Why He call me it I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day

On the third day he took me to the river
He showed me the roses and we kissed
And the last thing I heard was a muttered word
As he stood smiling above me with a rock in his fist

On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
As I kissed her goodbye, I said, "All beauty must die"
And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth

They call me The Wild Rose
But my name was Elisa Day
Why they call me it I do not know
For my name was Elisa Day

出自nick cave 1996年的《Murder Ballads》。
veryCD上给的介绍摘录一下：

“1996年，nick cave出版了经典的《谋杀歌谣》专辑。这张传统的谋杀歌谣实在魅力无穷，深深浸淫于传统的蓝草音乐、乡村乐、民谣和旧日歌谣的氛围中。整张专辑充满了各式各样的罪恶和叛逆。如果这些歌谣在尼克．凯夫之前并不存在，我敢打赌，他会以他特有的叙事方式将它们创造出来。

在他与“生日派对”(Birthday Party，凯夫的第一个乐队，其专辑被《滚石》杂志评价为“后朋克时代最无序和野蛮的音乐”)和“坏种”乐队合作的十几张专辑中，凯夫已经创立了他自己的模式-他黑暗的故事有一种让时光停滞的感觉，仿佛这些故事是从被长久遗忘的废墟里发掘出来的。他的歌可能不会让人感到愉悦，他的音乐也似乎与时代不合拍，但这正是他的魅力所在。

该专辑的名称很简单：《谋杀歌谣》，被认为是“10首歌以同样的方式结尾”，体现了一种对死亡的奇妙感觉，同时也不乏幽默感。无论是传统歌谣还是原创歌谣，都充分表现了凯夫风格，他创作了其音乐生涯中最黑暗、最令人困扰和最佳的作品。该专辑是当年的最佳专辑之一。

<谋杀歌谣>中的的每首歌都有其特殊含义，这是一张由绝对出色的艺术家创作的伟大的专辑。96年，他因该专辑被MTV音乐奖评为最佳男艺术家，但他婉拒了该荣誉，解释是：他不想与别人竞争，因为艺术是很主观的。”

因为自己在生活里是太理性的人，所以喜欢看别人的偏执。就好像歌词中的逻辑。“因为你那么美丽所以我爱你，所以你一定要死去。”也许“我是那么忧伤因为你爱我所以我可以死去”。

说了很多关于歌词，是因为迷笛听歌第一是歌词，第二是唱歌发音的变形（不知道专业术语叫什么），最后才是旋律。但是……它的旋律也很赞。推荐。