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Année 2017-2020

Stacey Kent - Bullet Train with lyrics


가즈오 이시구로가 스테이시 켄트의 최근 앨범 중 두 곡의 가사를 썼다는 사실을 다혜 작가님 강의 중에 알게 되었다. 그렇게 스테이시 켄트에 대해 처음으로 알게 되었는데 푹 빠졌고. 작년에 내한했었다는 사실을 왜 이제야 알았을까.. 앞으로 통영국제음악제 놓치지 않을 거야 ㅠㅠ


your head against my shoulder you've fallen asleep again

beside me on this dream train there go the shinkansen

Tokyo to Nagoya, Nagoya to Berlin

sometimes I feel I lose track of just which hemisphere we're in

and this town outside the window looks like the one that we've just passed


they call this the bullet train but it feels like we're not moving 

though I know we must be moving

yes I know we must be moving know we must be moving know we must be moving

pretty fast


that steward with his trolley now going down the aisle

he was a school friend from my hometown I was in love with for a while

I thought I heard some talk he settled in New York

became some kind of Wall Street super lawyer

so why is he looking so relaxed serving beverages and snacks

on this train from Tokyo to Nagoya

and why is it taking so long for the night to fall


they call this the bullet train but it feels like we're not moving 

tell me are we really moving

cuz it feels like we're not moving feels like we're not moving feels like we're not moving 

at all


the man there on the platform in the town we just came through

he looked exactly like a teacher from way back in senior school

everybody loved him a gentle, inspiring man

so what's he doing out here in nowheresville Japan

there's so much empty land after all that urban sprawl


they call this the bullet train but it feels like we're not moving 

it still feels like we're not moving 

yes it feels like we're not moving feels like we're not moving feels like we're not moving 

at all


your head upon my shoulder you're fast asleep again

beside me on this dream train there go the shinkansen

Tokyo to Nagoya, Nagoya to Berlin 

sometimes I have no idea of where I am or where I've been

we're so lucky that we found each other in this world of steel and glass


they call this the bullet train but it feels like we're not moving 

though I know we must be moving

yes I know in truth we're moving in truth we're moving in truth we're moving

way too fast


I'm so glad you're here beside me on this bullet train

dreaming on my shoulder 

let me hold you closer on this bullet train as the night grows colder

we're headed to the future on this bullet train

but are we growing older 

on the bullet train on the bullet train on the bullet train on the bullet train ...


기차라는 은유. 끝없이 달리는 버스를 타는 것에 대해서 종종 생각했었는데, 그 사실을 상기하고 나니 왜 이 곡의 가사를 좋아하는지 좀 알 것 같았다.

한 곡이 가장 중요한 것들에 대해서 이렇게 거의 다 이야기할 수 있는 것도 참 신기하다. 그는 왜 이 기차에서 음식과 스낵을 서빙하고 있을까. 기차를 타고 달리면서 만나는 사람들 그리고 기억나는 얼굴들. bullet train은 달리지 않는 것 같은데 사실은 너무 빨리 달리고 있다는 것도. this world of steel and glass 라는 표현도 처음 쓴 것은 아니지만 그래도 좋다.. 화룡점정은 스테이시 켄트의 목소리.





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