May 1, 20203 min read

[Song Calligraphy] 英文書寫體歌詞2：Photograph

歌詞挑戰song calligraphy challange是個利用英文書寫體撰寫歌詞的系列創作。每首歌擷取的段落、順序以及完整度都不太一樣，全都是murmur很喜歡的英文流行歌曲！藉由手作介紹給大家。

挑戰第二次由英國歌手紅髮愛德”photograph"接手。紅髮愛德每次詮釋愛情都細緻入微、觸動感情的各種層面，photograph卻跳脫愛情的框架，闡述另一種情感：親情。

MV像是一部紀錄片，讓人印想深刻：由小時候還在搖籃的艾德開始，走路、學音樂、彈吉他、開演唱會、一直到功成名究人人傳唱的紅髮歌手，一張照片或一段影片紀錄著人生某個階段。mur挺喜歡背景音樂中的笑聲與對話，尤其是最後一句：You are on top of the mountain.

這次也試著錄影剪接創作過程（角度真不好喬啊）:

PHOTOGRAPH

Ed Sheeran

Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes But it's the only thing that I know When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimes It is the only thing makes us feel alive

We keep this love in a photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Hearts are never broken And time's forever frozen still

So you can keep me Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet You won't ever be alone, wait for me to come home

Loving can heal, loving can mend your soul And it's the only thing that I know, know I swear it will get easier Remember that with every piece of you Hm, and it's the only thing we take with us when we die

Hm, we keep this love in this photograph We made these memories for ourselves Where our eyes are never closing Hearts were never broken And time's forever frozen still

So you can keep me Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet You won't ever be alone

And if you hurt me That's okay baby, only words bleed Inside these pages you just hold me And I won’t ever let you go Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home Wait for me to come home

Oh, you can fit me Inside the necklace you got when you were sixteen Next to your heartbeat where I should be Keep it deep within your soul

And if you hurt me Well, that's okay baby, only words bleed Inside these pages you just hold me And I won’t ever let you go

When I'm away, I will remember how you kissed me Under the lamppost back on Sixth street Hearing you whisper through the phone "Wait for me to come home"

Songwriters: John McDaid / Ed Sheeran / Tom Leonard / Martin Harrington

Photograph lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Spirit Music Group, Concord Music Publishing LLC

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歌詞很溫柔地唱出離別的惆悵。小時候學校教的總是「家人是最後的避風港」，事實卻是家人的愛有時最傷人，love really hurts sometimes。或許太了解彼此、或許不懂得去體諒，only words bleed。

當離開家到了異鄉，對家的概念似乎又有另一層認知。家人提供的避風港固然功能健全、堅固、容易靠港，但那不是最終的家，家必須自己去尋找，去世界某個角落扎根。歌詞說的 wait for me to come home是哪一個家呢？

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