很奇妙,最初聽這首歌是看別人傳來的You Tube Video,是一套叫Kiwi的短篇動畫的配樂。Kiwi很sad很sad的,講天生翅膀已退化的奇異鳥想飛的故事。有興趣的人可以上youtube找來看。
這首歌很好聽,一search之下發現原來它是電影Donnie Darko的主題曲(我在談”黑色電影”那篇blog提及過)。想起家裡有一隻買了年多的Donnie Darko DVD還未看(記得是因為有買二送一之類的優惠所以買的,一早已對這套有”恐怖兔仔”的戲有興趣),於是才播來看。
最近在北角一間VCD舖發現這套戲的VCD竟以港幣九元發售(!!)。(我還在同一VCD舖發現Wim Wenders的舊片和大島渚的<<青春殘酷物語>>,也是賣九蚊!)不知道如果在VCD上加一句”<<斷背山>>男主角初出道之作”,可否賣貴一點?
Mad World lyrics (Gary Jules)
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kinda funny
I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very mad world ... world
Enlarge your world
Mad world