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因為一個患有厭食症的青年, 暈倒在街, 圍內一眾有X (Japan)的探討.勾起某段回憶. 自已亦曾經很瘋狂迷戀X Japan/Hide. 旋律優美感性, 時而狂野時而哀怨時而激情. 我的X Japan, 由Nicol開始. 由X Japan到Dir en Grey到Larc en Ciel到追回Luna Sea又到Inoran/Sugizo到Fake... 一切日本J Rock系, 始於X.

先撇開令我進入二次元音樂空間的Radiohead, X的意義, 亦對我非同凡響.
沒有X, 我未能走上Metal列/重型的Post Rock/Experimental/Avant路線, 都可能令我卻步. 是誇張了, 當然! 本來就是那類人, 理所當然會偏向那個方向. 只是, X仍然是一個對我非常重要的媒介!

第一次外遊, 因為Hide Museum;第二個鐘情的Guitarist, 就是Hide (第一個, 嘿嘿, 就是永恆的Bernard Butler!)

我的音樂歷程比較奇怪. 大部份認識的朋友是: 本地-->J Rock-->Metal-->英美歐主流-->英美歐偏線; 我的: 本地-->英美歐主流-->J Rock-->Metal-->英美歐偏線.

還記得7, 8年前左右, 開始投身社會大學. 開始沒日沒夜的只有工作. 音樂停滯於J Rock階段. 至某年生日, 朋友送我兩張大碟: Agaetis Byrjun by Sigur Ros & Quiet Is The New Loud by KOC, 血液彷彿再次有流動的感動.

我嚴重失憶的! 問我小學時的總總; 中學時的東東, 我統統都沒印象. 舊同學有時在Blog中提起我從前的一點兩點, 是全沒有印象. 但如果加入那段時間的音樂, 我還稍為有印象. 而X (Japan)/J Rock那階段, 應該就是那個最任性的我.

今晚重溫The Last Song, 仍然令我懷念如惜.

The Last Song (memorial track)
music & words: Yoshiki
Watching the stars till they're gone
Like an actor all alone
Who never knew the story he was in
Who never knew the story ends
Like the sky reflecting my heart
All the colors become visible
When the morning begins
I'll read last line

owaranai ame dakishimeta yoru ga asa o mukaeru
kokoro wa mada nuretamama

In endless rain I've been walking
Like a poet feeling pain
Trying to find the answers
Trying to hide the tears
But it was just a circle
That never ends
When the rain stops, I'll turn the page
The page of the first chapter

kizutsuku dake kizutsuite wakatta hazu no kotaeo
doshite mada toikaketeru

Am I wrong to be hurt
Am I wrong to feel pain
Am I wrong to be in the rain
Am I wrong to wish the night won't end
Am I wrong to cry
But I know, It's not wrong to sing the last song
Cause forever fades

kigatsukeba mata hitori yoru no sora o mitsumeteru
sukoshi tzutsukiete yuku our memorieskizutsuk dake
kizutsuite wakatta hazu no kotaeo
doshiite mada toikaketeru

I see red
I see blue
But the silver lining gradually takes over
When the morning begins
I'll be in the next chapter

owaranai ame dakishimeta yoru ga asa o mukaeru
kokoro wa mada nuretamamakizutsuku dake
kizutsuite wakatta hazu no kotaeo
doshite mada toikaketeru

In Translated as below:

The Last Song (memorial track)
music & words: Yoshiki
Watching the stars till they're gone.
Like an actor all alone.
Who never knew the story he was in.
Who never knew the story ends.
Like the sky reflecting my heart.
All the colours become visible.
When the morning begins,
I'll read the last line...

Endless rain, embraces me. Night approaches morning.
My heart is not yet soaked.

In endless rain, I've been walking.
Like a poet feeling pain
Trying to find the answers,
trying to hide the tears.
But it was a circle
that never ends.
When the rain stops, I'll turn the page,
the page of the first chapter...

I'm only hurt. Hurt me.
The answer I should have understood. Why am I still asking the question.

Am I wrong to he hurt?
Am I wrong to feel pain?
Am I wrong to be in the rain?
Am I wrong to wish the night won't end?
Am I wrong to cry?
But I know, it's not wrong to sing the last song,
cause forever fades...

lf I wake up again, I'll gaze at the night sky alone.
Our memories fade away little by little.
I'm only hurt. Hurt me.
The answer I should have understood. Why am I still asking the question.

I see red.
I see blue.
But the silver lining, gradually takes over.
When the morning begins,
I'll be in the next chapter.

Endless rain embraced me.
Night approaches morning, my heart is not yet soaked.
I'm only hurt. Hurt me.
The answer I should have understood.
Why am I still asking the question.