"Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety"

--Tanita Tikaram, "Twist in My Sobriety"

這是一首剖析情侶關係的歌
從早晨到夜晚
描述兩人世界的種種
有愛，有性，有理智與情感的拔河
當然，還有溝通問題
以及無聊人士的閒言閒語...

但歌詞確切的意義玄奧難解
充滿詩人的密碼暗語...
碰到這種歌詞只能棄子投降
因為就算逐字忠實譯出，通篇仍不知所云
有如把李商隱華麗的詩譯成白話文
what then?
所有掌故仍埋藏在詩人的心中
恐怕只有他(她)才能解開

然而，不求甚解、留些空白、保持距離的朦朧之美
往往賦予最大的想像空間...

這首齊豫曾翻唱過，收錄在"C'est la vie"專輯。
但聽過原唱後，聽其他版本總覺得怪怪的。
(尤其是Pet Shop Boy製作的舞曲版...
Sorry, Liza Minnelli fans ^_^")

Twist In My Sobriety -- Tanita Tikaram

All God's children need travelling shoes
Drive your problems from here
All good people read good books
Now your conscience is clear
I hear you talk girl
Now your conscience is clear

In the morning when I wipe my brow
Wipe the miles away
I like to think I can be so willed
And never do what you say
I'll never hear you
And never do what you say

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety

We've just poked a little empty pie
For the fun that people had at night
Late at night don't need hostility
The timid smile and pause to free

I don't care about their different thoughts
Different thoughts are good for me
Up in arms and chaste and whole
All God's children took their toll

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety

Cup of tea, takes time to think, yeah
Time to risk a life, a life, a life
Sweet and handsome
Soft and porky
You pig out 'til you've seen the light
Pig out 'til you've seen the light

Half the people read the papers
Read them good and well
Pretty people, nervous people
People have got to sell
News you have to sell

Look my eyes are just holograms
Look your love has drawn red from my hands
From my hands you know you'll never be
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety
More than twist in my sobriety