林俊傑 JJ Lin – Until The Day (華納 Official HD 官方MV)

今天想寫寫最近讓我很有感觸的一首歌：”Until The Day”，這首歌其實在講死亡、生命共享的所有能量、以及這一切是如何在宇宙中生生不息。

官方把它翻成中文後看起來像首情歌，但如果仔細感受旋律、英文歌詞與MV意境，會發現它是一首連結人的脆弱、宇宙的浩瀚、無數人生經歷的苦痛故事，還有永恆之愛的歌曲。

整首歌鋪陳許多在情感上衝突的單詞，像是希望與恐懼(hope vs. fears);謊言與承諾(lie vs. promise);埋藏與看似(hide vs. seem);陌生人與愛人( stranger vs. lover);去與來(go vs. come)，但這些衝突並非為了製造對抗，而是歌者試著以更高的角度，看著時時刻刻在生命中出現的這些，詮釋矛盾卻又彼此產生共鳴的所有情緒。

每個人都有自己的生命故事，其中的掙扎、失去、煎熬、無奈皆在所難免，然而無論我們來自何處， 愛與幸福都是人類心中共同擁有的渴望。

在雨中找到遮蔽(finding shelter in the rain)、在某人懷抱中安睡(fall asleep in someone’s embrace)、偷偷親吻某人的臉頰(steal a kiss on someone’s little face)、在沙堆中玩耍(playing in the sand)、緊握彼此的手(holding hands)、一起跳舞(we’d dance)，這些平凡的小事，搭上相知相愛的人，無不充滿細微卻深刻的溫暖和滿足。

但是命運的無常總會帶來那麼些無可復返(never coming back)的事件，人們習慣努力掩飾破碎(whisper broken promises; there we hide; try to make it seem alright)，多麼讓人心酸。

可是，蘊含著對愛的深刻信念，無論生命的殘酷怎麼傷害我們，愛能支撐一個人帶著曾經體會的美好，靜靜看著宇宙承載這一切。從生，到死的那一天。(I’ll be waiting anyway; until the day) 甚至這份信念延伸到靈性層次，相似的靈魂總會找到彼此，那是宇宙間最無法言喻的奧妙。(Lonely souls travel in time; familiar hearts start to entwine; we imagine what we’ll find; in another life)

來了又去、 去了又來 ，其實在我們生命中悸動的那些，從來都不曾離開。(what comes around goes around ; what goes around comes around; until the day)

在很年輕的時候有了失去手足生命的經驗，從此因為這份朝夕相處的生命離去所帶來的體會就緊跟著我，每年再回想，感受又不盡相同，沉澱、醞釀、轉化、再沉澱的過程中，也明白了些什麼，所以在聽到這首歌時，感覺自己所相信的一切也被輕輕牽動著，它不是磅礡直搗內心的激昂，但就是因為用一種「靜」來詮釋在那之外巨大的「動」，所以非常美。：)
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原文歌詞
Until The Day
曲：林俊傑 詞：林俊傑

In the middle of the night
When our hopes and fears collide
In the midst of all goodbyes
Where all human beings lie
Against another lie
Whisper broken promises
There we hide
Try to make it seem alright

What goes around again
We’d be running from the pain
Finding shelter in the rain
Lovers straying seasons changing
Strangers to lovers
What comes around again
You’d fall asleep in my embrace
Steal a kiss on your little face
Would have always been that way
But hey
You’re never coming back
Never coming back
I’ll be waiting anyway
I’ll be waiting anyway
Until the day

In the middle of the night
Lonely souls travel in time
Familiar hearts start to entwine
We imagine what we’ll find
In another life
Whisper broken promises
There we hide
Try to make it seem alright

What goes around again
We’d be running from the pain
Finding shelter in the rain
Lovers straying seasons changing
Strangers to lovers
What comes around again
You’d fall asleep in my embrace
Steal a kiss on your little face
Would have always been that way
But hey
You’re never coming back
Never coming back
I’ll be waiting anyway
But I’ll be waiting anyway

Till it comes around again
We’d be playing in the sand
Holding hands just one last chance
No more hurts no more goodbyes
We’d dance
We’re never going back
Never turning back
Won’t you wait with me anyway
Won’t you wait with me anyway
Until the day

What comes around goes around
What goes around comes around
Until the day