十月交響

八月間 Pet Shop Boys 來訪，因為票價太高無緣目睹。八十年代叱吒風雲的 Pet Shop Boys，近年讓我印象最深的還是這首緬懷過去美好時光的 My October Symphony，有一種看盡面態洗盡鉛華的成熟。另外一首 Being Boring 也很精彩，長長的前奏淡淡的憂傷，為賦新詞強說愁一切盡在不言中。


Pet Shop Boys－My October Symphony

So much confusion
When autumn comes around
What to do about October
How to smile behind a frown?
It's hard to settle down

It's so bemusing
Will they cancel the parade?
We marched each October
Now they say we were never even saved
We must be very brave

Shall I rewrite or revise
My October symphony?
Or as an indication
Change the dedication
From revolution to revelation?

So we're all drinking
As leaves fall to the ground
Because we've been thinking
How October's let us down
Then and now

Shall we remember
December instead?
Or worry about February?
Mourn our war-torn dead
Never seeing red?

Shall I rewrite or revise
My October symphony?
Or as an indication
Change the dedication
From revolution to revelation?