Everybody knows that the dice are loaded.
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed.
Everybody knows the war is over.
Everybody knows the good guys lost.
Everybody knows the fight was fixed:
the poor stay poor, the rich get rich.
That's how it goes. Everybody knows.
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking.
Everybody knows the captain lied.
Everybody got this broken feeling
like their father or their dog just died.
Everybody talking to their pokets.
Everybody wants a box of chocolate and a long stem rose.
Everybody knows.
Everybody knows that you love me, baby.
Everybody knows that you really do.
Everybody knows that you've been faithful,
give or take a night or two.
Everybody knows you've been discreet,
but there were so many people you just had to meet
without your clothes.
And everybody knows.
And everybody knows that it's now or never.
Everybody knows that it's me or you.
And everybody knows that you live forever
when you've done a line or two.
Everybody knows the deal is rotten:
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton for your ribbons and bows.
And everybody knows.
Everybody knows that the Plague is coming.
Everybody knows that it's moving fast.
everybody knows that the naked man and woman
- just a shining artifact of the past.
Everybody knows the scene is dead,
but there's gonna be a meter on your bed
that will disclose what everybody knows.
And everybody knows that you're in trouble.
Everybody knows what you've been through,
from the bloody cross on top of Calvary
to the beach of Malibu.
Everybody knows its coming aprt:
take one last look at this Sacred Heart before it blows.
And everybody knows.
Everybody Knows
Written by Leonard Cohen and Sharon Robinson
Vocals by Leonard Cohen with Jennifer Warnes
當我得獎後,我打電話告訴我一位正學著中文的加拿大友人。他問我這篇
文章寫的是甚麼。我說:「長話短說,翻成英文,就三句:『Shit happens.
Everybody knew it was going to happen. Yet, it still happens.』。」
光只情關一節,就有多少人勘不破?更何況每個人的故事都老早是被重複千
百遍的老套了,可每個演員卻都那麼入戲地傷心。
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THE VOICE OF LOVE
Lyric: David Lynch/Music: Angelo Badalamenti/Vocal: Julee Cruise
When, when all the world falls
And when, when you are here
There's a glow just like the stars
I hear a distant voice
Listen, listen
I dream, I dream of starlight
I dream, I dream of you
There's a glow just like the sun
I hear a distant voice
Listen, listen
I hear the voice
I hear the voice
I hear the voice of love
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