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【あの曲、あの歌詞】Lana Del Rey _ Born to Die

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Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die 
 


愛を追い求めることと夢を追うことはどこか似ている。
そしてそれは美しいことだ。

だが、それを掴んだ瞬間、手のひらの中で輝きを失ってしまうことがある。
そして余りに大切なものと引き換えにしまったと気がつくのだ。

安定した平穏で長く続く愛ではなく、不安定で激しくあっという間に終わりを迎える恋。彼女が描くのはベタなまでにそうした愛のあり方だ。その先に破滅的な未来があることを彼女は知らない訳じゃない。終わりがあることも。

それを承知で飛び込むのだ。

そもそも結婚が愛の最終形でもなければ、恋愛に「正しい」も「間違い」もない。
誰しもが各々の愛の形があるはずなのに、「正しさ」やだれが決めたか知らない規範に縛られて窮屈な世の中に彼女の歌は突き刺さったのかもしれない。

そう、愛とは元々厄介なものなのだ。

 

*1

 

[Intro]
Why? (hey, man!)
Who, me? (alright!)
Why? (hey, man!)

[Verse 1]
Feet don't fail me now
Take me to the finish line
Oh, my heart, it breaks every step that I take
But I'm hoping at the gates, they'll tell me that you're mine
Walking through the city streets, is it by mistake or design?
I feel so alone on a Friday night
Can you make it feel like home, if I tell you you're mine?
It's like I told you, honey

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh – Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

[Chorus]
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die

[Verse 2]
Lost, but now I am found
I can see, but once I was blind
I was so confused as a little child
Tried to take what I could get, scared that I couldn't find
All the answers, honey

[Pre-Chorus]
Don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh – Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

[Chorus]
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
So, choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die

[Bridge]
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane

[Pre-Chorus]
So, don't make me sad, don't make me cry
Sometimes love is not enough and the road gets tough
I don't know why
Keep making me laugh – Let's go get high
The road is long, we carry on
Try to have fun in the meantime

[Chorus]
Come and take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
So, choose your last words, this is the last time
'Cause you and I, we were born to die
We were born to die
We were born to die
(We were born to die)

 

*1:ラナ・デル・レイがアメリカでこれだけ人気があるのはその愛の描き方のクラシカルさに理由があるのだろう。アメリカ文化、ハリウッドが王道としてきた愛の描き方。彼女のある種「伝統的な」アプローチはシェイクスピアや「Amaging Grace」からの引用があったりすることにも現れている。

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