Sometimes When We Touch
這首歌,我有印象的是周華健和一個女生對唱的版本。這首歌,包含了我高中和大學的回憶。
高一時的校慶,聽到某班一個女生上台唱這首歌,那個女生的聲音很甜很好聽,讓我對這首歌印象深刻。那時候,我們每一次段考,都會考兩首英文歌,等於一個學期會學到六首英文歌。這首歌,就是某次段考的考題。對當時還是小高一的我們來說,這首歌的歌詞有點複雜難記,但是我當時開始接觸英文歌,很喜歡背英文歌詞,而且我也很喜歡這首歌的旋律,為了這首歌,還去買了周華健的英文專輯。
大二的時候修羽球課,認識了一個英文系的女生,她參加吉他社,有一次,就把我拉去吉他社,說他們要辦英文歌唱比賽,帶我去看看。然後她把我介紹給一個很會玩吉他的男生,說他可以當我的伴奏,問我要不要參加比賽。我不知道是哪裡生出來的膽,竟然就答應了,唱的就是 Sometimes when we touch。我記得那時候,就是一直往返吉他社練習,上台比賽的時候,我不緊張,但是腦中一片空白,我連坐在台下幫我加油的人,都看不到。我這種毫無歌唱技巧,只是很乾淨的童音,當然是不會得獎,不過朋友說,我唱得比在KTV練習時好很多。
我一直記得,高一在學這首歌的時候,老師說這是一首描述男女戀愛中情緒的一首歌。老師說,談感情不只是有開心的部分,很多時候都會痛苦傷心,說我們年紀還太小,不適合有這些情緒,所以還不要談戀愛。我當時,真的懵懵懂懂,不太了解這首歌的含意。但是喜歡一個人那種七上八下的情緒,我其實已經體會到了。我當時,只為了多站在一個人身旁,多看他一眼,而多花一趟轉公車的錢,刻意跟他一起在棒球場,現在的小巨蛋轉車。下課的時候,趴在走廊上,遠遠望著對面的他的教室。看到他,就已經讓我心跳加速了。這麼美的感覺,現在不會再有了。
You ask me if I love you
And I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly
Than mislead you with a lie
And who am I to judge you
On what you say or do?
I'm only just beginning to see the real you
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides
Romance and all its strategy
Leaves me battling with my pride
But through the insecurity
Some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
Still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize fighter
Still trapped within my youth
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides
At times I'd like to break you
And drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break through
And hold you endlessly
At times I understand you
And I know how hard you've tried
I've watched while love commands you
And I've watched love pass you by
At times I think we're drifters
Still searching for a friend
A brother or a sister
But then the passion flares again
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you til I die
Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides