Blue Banisters 庭有绿栏杆，吾夫死之年涂漆，今已锈迹斑斑矣

Mr.Rio · 发表于 2021-7-24 12:27:19

Blue Banisters

作词 : Lana Del Rey/Gabriel Edward Simon
作曲 : Lana Del Rey/Gabriel Edward Simon
There's a picture on the wall
Of me on a John Deere

*编者注：John Deere公司是一家农机巨头

Jenny handed me a beer
Said, "How the hell did you get there?"
Oh, Oklahoma
Mm-mm, mm

There were flowers that were dry
Sittin' on the dresser
She asked me where they're from
I said, "A place I don't remember"
Oh, Oklahoma (Oh-oh)

Jenny jumped into the pool
She was swimmin' with Nikki Lane
She said, "Most men don't want a woman
With a legacy at our age"
She said "You can't be a muse and be happy, too
You can't blacken the pages with Russian poetry
And be happy"
And that scared me
'Cause I met a man who

Said he'd come back every May
Just to help me if I'd paint my banisters blue
Blue banisters, ooh
Said he'd fix my weathervane
Give me children, take away my pain
And paint my banisters blue
My banisters blue

There's a hole that's in my heart
All my women try and heal
They're doin' a good job
Convincin' me that it's not real
It's heat lightning, oh-oh-oh, oh

'Cause there's a man that's in my past
There's a man that's still right here
He's real enough to touch
In my darkest nights, he's shinin'
Ooh-ooh-ooh

Jenny was smokin' by the pool
We were writin' with Nikki Lane
I said I'm scared of the Santa Clarita Fires
*编者注：Santa Clarita圣塔克拉利塔位于加州，曾经发生火灾
I wish that it would rain
I said the power of us three can bring absolutely anything
Except that one thing
The diamonds, the rust, and the rain
The thing that washes away the pain
But that's okay, 'cause

Now when weather turns to May
All my sisters come to paint my banisters green
My blue banisters grey
Tex and Mex are in the Bay
Chucky's makin' birthday cake
Jake is runnin' barefeet, there's a baby on the way
And now my blue banisters are green and grey, ah-ah

Summer comes, winter goes
Spring, I skip, God knows
Summer comes, winter goes
Spring, I sleep, Heaven knows
Every time it turns to May
All my sisters fly to me
To paint, paint

“用心做音乐，用脚做封面”

从我初中开始我就开始听打雷姐的《Vedio game》《Born to Die》，接着是《Summertime Sadness》《Ride》，真正粉上她是《Young and Beautiful》《Shades of cool》，直到《Love》《Change》，最新的《Cinnamon girl》《Not All Who Wander Are Lost》，我自认为我可以说是见证了打雷姐如何从一个初出茅庐的小女生成长为一个真正的诗人。

回到这首歌。《Blue Banisters》情感没有她其他的歌曲那么复杂，曲调也特别轻缓舒和，但正是这种平调叙事的手段才让这种悲伤更加贴近人心。John Deere，Jenny，Nikki Lane等反复出现的人名，好像是在写个人的日记；主角与他人轻描淡写的对话和动作，好像是在拍家庭纪录片，这些场景都是非常私人的场景，反而让人身临其境。关于他，作者并没有明说他发生了什么，但是她一开始忘记又想起属于他的来自Oklahoma的那样物品，他承诺过会帮她把栏杆涂成蓝色但栏杆如今锈迹斑斑像Santa Clarita的大火无法扑灭。

他已经离开很久了，但他的留下的痕迹和回忆处处可见。她和她的姐妹们把栏杆涂成灰色，她的家人们在河湾里玩耍，在做生日蛋糕。她现在生活的开心吗？也许吧。她的生活有了新的依靠，他离开了，辛亏她还有她们。时间慢慢冲淡一切，因为每年五月，她的家人们总会来到她身边。

蓝栏杆是隐喻。这首歌曲是一部微电影，一部小小说，一首诗。很多歌曲总是用宏大的意象讲述主角对情人的渴望和追求，我爱你就像冬天里的太阳，但这首另类的歌只是用了生活中的一些小小碎片展现主角对他的思念，他还在身边的时光恍如昨日，晃过神来发现他已经离开很久了，意境和“庭有枇杷树，吾妻死之年所手植也，今已亭亭如盖矣”颇为类似，叙事平淡，但背后的隐藏的情感同样强大。我再说下去就变成了阅读理解了，希望这首曲子能引发一些思考和感动。

庭有绿栏杆，吾夫死之年涂漆，今已锈迹斑斑矣。