mki0930

 
Savage Garden - Santa Monica  


In Santa Monica, in the wintertime,

在聖莫尼卡的冬季

The lazy streets so undemanding
慵懶的街道如此怡然


I walk into the crowd

我走入人群



In Santa Monica

在聖莫尼卡

you get your coffee from

The coolest places on the promenade

在人們漫步的街頭,你能在最酷的店裡買杯咖啡



Where people dress just so

哪裡的人們穿著那麼合宜

Beauty so unavoidable, everywhere you turn It's there.
美麗的事物俯拾皆是


I sit and wonder what am I doing here?

我坐在這兒,卻不知為何在此

But on the telephone line I am anyone

然而在電話中,我可以是任何人

I am anything I want to be.

任何我想扮演的角色

I could be a super model or Norman Mailer

我可以是位知名模特兒或是詩人

And you wouldn't know the difference

對你而言並沒有什麼不同



Or would you?

或是你感覺的到呢？



In Santa Monica, all the people got modern names

在聖莫尼卡大家都有個時尚的名字

Like Jake or Mandy

就像是 Jake 或 Mandy

And modern bodies too

當然也有著時尚的裝扮

In Santa Monica, on the boulevard,

在聖莫尼卡的林蔭大道上

You'll have to dodge those in-line skaters

你得迴避那些成群的溜冰者

Or they'll knock you down

否則會被撞倒

I never felt so lonely,

我從未感到這麼的孤單

Never felt so out of place

從未感到如此格格不入



I never wanted something more than this

我從未想要更多



But on the telephone line I am anyone

但透過電話我可以扮演任何角色

I am anything I want to be

任何我想扮演的角色

I could be a super model or Norman Mailer

我可以當位知名模特兒或是詩人

And you wouldn't know the difference

而你並不會感到有任何奇怪的地方



On the telephone line, I am any height

透過電話 我能有我想要的身高

I am any age I want to be

或是年齡

I could be a caped crusader, or space invader

我可以當個肩掛披風的革命鬥士或是殖民入侵者


And you wouldn't know the difference

而你不會感到有任何奇怪的地方？

Or would you?

或是你會呢？

或是你感覺的到呢？