Title Guide to the Talkies

Start at A
從起點開始
See what you know
讓我看看你的過去
What have you been through?
你曾經歷了些什麼
Make a list
請一一列出
Now scrap the page
然後現在再把它撕成碎片
Forget what you wrote
忘記你寫下的過去
Writing ain't s 'posed to be easy you know
你知道的，寫作並非易事
You've read the news
你已經知道消息了
And none of that worked
所以的一切都是徒勞
To help you make art you don't hate
生活就是創造你不厭惡的藝術
But someone whispered
但有人悄悄告訴你
' The big screen is cool'
大屏幕靚麗非凡
So let's kill the blues at the talkies today
所以消除今天談話中的不快樂
We'll hit the cinema
我們會震驚觀眾
As violence abounds
世界充滿暴力因素
And joker the clown spoils the day
小丑瘋癲著破壞世界
On my phone there's a photograph
手機裡有一張照片
Or minute- long clip
或者是幾分鐘的短視頻
I opt against work
我放下手頭的工作
To watch this
刷著視頻
So here you sit
你坐在這
In darkness locked in
鎖處於黑暗中
Your art may be richer
你的藝術作品會價值連城
But your brain turned to shit
但混沌攪亂了你的大腦
I tried the news
我試著看接受所有的訊息
And it made me feel sick
但卻只覺得噁心
The joker took armistice
小丑止於平靜
And blew it to bits
世界支離破碎
I once heard it said
我曾聽說過
That a man and his heart
男人和他的心
Could change if he listened
會隨著時間改變
More than spoke
如果他懂得沉默是金
But now i'm afraid
但如今我害怕了
That my listening day
當我的諾言被打破
Will end when the credits do roll
我的傾聽日會結束
Don't be alarmed
不要緊張
If the chaos on screen
如果電視屏幕中的混亂
Begins to resemble the world as it be
開始將世界變成它該有的樣子
You' ve come this far
你已經到來
And now you should see
現在你應該看到了
The uncanny parallels
存在在我和對講機之間的
'Tweenthe talkies and me
這些不可思議的永不相交的線