以孤獨命名

• By: Ian 陳卓賢
• Album: Chapter 3

Lyrics:

[中文]

[English]

開始塌下來

Starting to fall apart

約會那個飯店 偶遇那個月台

The hotel we dated at, the platform we met by chance

通通拆下來

Tear it all down

拆下了忍耐 拆下了等待

Tear down the patience, tear down the waiting

哽咽的 補補妝 想不起有段愛

Sobbing, touching up my makeup, can't recall a love

癡心的 聳聳肩 站在劇場之外

Foolishly, I shrug, standing outside the theater

場刊 只得 大概

The program, just a rough sketch

看著那假得很真的我跟你

Looking at that fake, yet very real, you and me

似是套幾千分鐘的搞笑戲

Like a comedy show lasting thousands of minutes

完場後 道具白馬 紙板教堂 讓路別佔地

After the show, prop white horse, cardboard church, make way, don't take up space

拆掉了不管它本身美不美

Tear it down, regardless of its original beauty

我沒有再搭過佈景的心機

I don't have the energy to build sets anymore

偏偏觀眾散 於身邊擦過 是你

But among the dispersing audience, you brushed past me

街燈照下來

Streetlights shine down

故事欠缺伏線 結局欠缺未來

The story lacks foreshadowing, the ending lacks a future

因此發著呆

So I'm spacing out

記住我所在 記住你不在

Remember where I am, remember you're not here

空空的 車廂中 等不到某段愛

In the empty carriage, waiting for a love that won't arrive

該怎演 該怎寫 大量劇評轉載

How to act, how to write, a flood of reviews reprinted

何苦 將心 挖開

Why bother tearing my heart open?

看著那假得很真的我跟你

Looking at that fake, yet very real, you and me

似是套幾千分鐘的搞笑戲

Like a comedy show lasting thousands of minutes

完場後 道具白馬 紙板教堂 讓路別佔地

After the show, prop white horse, cardboard church, make way, don't take up space

拆掉了不管它本身美不美

Tear it down, regardless of its original beauty

我沒有再搭過佈景的心機

I don't have the energy to build sets anymore

偏偏觀眾散 於身邊擦過 是你

But among the dispersing audience, you brushed past me

再痛 都得拆卸

Even if it hurts, I have to dismantle it

為了要盡快交場地

To hand over the venue as soon as possible

下套戲我要懂收放自如 題目別寫你

In the next show, I'll know how to control myself, the theme won't be you

這段人生 以孤獨命名 以糊塗處理

This phase of life is named Loneliness, handled with Confusion

我知我有日要放棄

I know I'll have to give up one day

愚蠢的我 喜歡你

Foolish me, I like you

偽造默契 偽造甜蜜 做場甚麼戲

Faking chemistry, faking sweetness, what kind of show is this?

不可以嗎 企在台前面 虛構我共你

Can't I just stand on stage and fabricate you and me?

怕自己 醒來時 會死

Afraid that when I wake up, I'll die

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
開始 /kaɪˈʃɣʊ/ A2	verb - to begin
拆 /tʂa/ B1	verb - to dismantle, to tear down
忍耐 /rěn nài/ B2	noun - patience, endurance
等待 /děng dài/ A2	verb - to wait
世界 /shì jiè/ B1	noun - world
劇場 /jùchǎng/ B2	noun - theater
愛 /ài/ A1	noun - love
假 /jiǎ/ B1	adjective - fake, false
情感 /qíng gǎn/ B2	noun - emotion, feeling
未來 /wèi lái/ B1	noun - future
痛 /tòng/ A2	noun - pain
放棄 /fàng qì/ B2	verb - to give up
自由 /zì yóu/ B1	noun - freedom, liberty
孤獨 /gū dú/ B2	noun - loneliness, solitude

Grammar:

• 開始塌下來

  ➔ Use of the verb '開始' + verb in the form of '塌下來' (indicating start of an action).

  ➔ '開始' means 'to start' and is combined with the verb '塌下來' (to collapse or fall down) indicating the action begins to happen.

• 通通拆下來

  ➔ Use of '通通' with a verb to indicate 'all' or 'completely'.

  ➔ '通通' emphasizes that everything is being completely or entirely done.

• 哽咽的 補補妝

  ➔ Use of '的' for descriptive modifier, and '補補妝' indicating 'touching up makeup'.

  ➔ '的' functions as a possessive or descriptive marker, linking '哽咽的' (choked with emotion) with '補補妝' (touching up makeup).

• 似是套幾千分鐘的搞笑戲

  ➔ Use of '似是' + noun + '的' + noun to form a comparison phrase (it seems like).

  ➔ '似是' means 'seems like' or 'appears to be', used here to compare the situation to a 'funny play spanning thousands of minutes'.

• 完場後 道具白馬 紙板教堂 讓路别佔地

  ➔ Use of '後' to indicate 'after', followed by noun phrases, and imperative sentence for 'let the way'.

  ➔ '後' means 'after' or 'following', and the phrase describes the removal of props like 'white horse' and 'paper church', with an imperative to give way.

• 我沒有再搭過佈景的心機

  ➔ Use of '沒有再' + verb to indicate 'have not again' or 'never again' doing something.

  ➔ '沒有再' means 'have not done again' or 'never again', showing that the speaker no longer invests effort or emotion in the scenery setup.