[あの頃のレコード] テイラー・スイフト『エヴァーモア』（２０２０年）
新譜でもあの頃のレコードでもありませんが世界的な歌姫、テイラー・スイフトをちゃんと聴いたことがなかったので、ジャケットが素朴で気に入った２０２０年のアルバム『エヴァーモア』をアマゾンで注文しました。アナログ盤はカラー重量盤で２枚組です。本日は２枚目のA面です。
特徴としては、結構１曲が長い。詩がむやみに韻を踏んでいる。
等身大の女性の想いを語りかけるような歌い方で歌っている。
繰り返し聴いていると癖になりそうです。
４曲目は亡くなった歌手であったTaylorの祖母であるMajorieさんへの追悼曲だそうです。
LP 2
Side A
01. ivy
02. cowboy like me
03. long story short
04. marjorie
01. ivy
How’s one to know?
I’d meet you where the spirit meets the bones
In a faith-forgotten land
In from the snow
Your touch brought forth an incandescent glow
Tarnished but so grand
And the old widow goes to the stone every day
But I don’t, I just sit here and wait
Grieving for the living
Oh, goddamn
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Taking mine, but it’s been promised to another
Oh, I can’t
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I’m covered in you
I wish to know
The fatal flaw that makes you long to be
Magnificently cursed
He’s in my room
Your opal eyes are all I wish to see
He wants what’s only yours
Oh, goddamn
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Taking mine, but it’s been promised to another
Oh, I can’t
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I’m covered
Clover blooms in the fields
Spring breaks loose, the time is near
What would he do if he found us out?
Crescent moon, coast is clear
Spring breaks loose, but so does fear
He’s gonna burn this house to the ground
How’s one to know?
I’d live and die for moments that we stole
On begged and borrowed time
So tell me to run
Or dare to sit and watch what we’ll become
And drink my husband’s wine
Oh, goddamn
My pain fits in the palm of your freezing hand
Taking mine, but it’s been promised to another
Oh, I can’t
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I’m covered in you
And I’m covered in you
So yeah, it’s a fire
It’s a goddamn blaze in the dark
And you started it
You started it
So year, it’s a war
It’s the goddamn fight of my life
And you started it
You started it
Oh, I can’t
Stop you putting roots in my dreamland
My house of stone, your ivy grows
And now I’m covered in you
And I’m covered in you
02. cowboy like me
Written by Aaron Dessner & Taylor Swift
And the tennis court was covered up
With some tent-like thing
And you asked me to dance
But I said, "Dancin' is a dangerous game"
Oh, I thought
This is gonna be one of those things ※1
Now I know
I'm never gonna love again
※1 ”one of those things”は「よく起こること」「驚くに値しない、仕方のないこと」などを表す。
I've got some tricks up my sleeve
Takes one to know one ※2
You're a cowboy like me
※2 ”Takes one to know one” は、「その人を知るためにはその人である必要がある」などという意味。
Never wanted love
Just a fancy car
Now I'm waiting by the phone
Like I'm sitting in an airport bar
You had some tricks up your sleeve
Takes one to know one
You're a cowboy like me
Perched in the dark
Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear
Like it could be love
I could be the way forward
Only if they pay for it
You're a bandit like me
Eyes full of stars
Hustling for the good life ※3
Never thought I'd meet you here
It could be love
We could be the way forward
And I know I'll pay for it
※3 "hustling for the good life" ただお金を稼ぐのではなく、この曲の主人公は詐欺師としてお金を騙し取ることで富を得ようとしています。
You're a cowboy like me
Perched in the dark
Telling all the rich folks anything they wanna hear
Like it could be love
I could be the way forward
Only if they pay for it
You're a bandit like me
Eyes full of stars
Hustling for the good life
Never thought I'd meet you here
It could be love
We could be the way forward
And I know I'll pay for it
And the skeletons in both our closets ※4
Plotted hard to fuck this up
And the old men that I've swindled
Really did believe I was the one
And the ladies lunching have their stories about
When you passed through town
But that was all before I locked it down
※4 ”skeleton in the closet”は「他人に知られたくない秘密を（持っていること）」
Now you hang from my lips
Like the Gardens of Babylon ※5
With your boots beneath my bed
Forever is the sweetest con
※5「バビロンの空中庭園（Hanging Gardens of Babylon）」は「世界の七不思議」の建造物の一つ。絵によると非常に豪華な建物ですが、実在したかは不明。
I've had some tricks up my sleeve
Takes one to know one
You're a cowboy like me
And I'm never gonna love again
I'm never gonna love again
I'm never gonna love again
03. long story short
Fatefully
I tried to pick my battles 'til the battle picked me
Misery
Like the war of words I shouted in my sleep
And you passed right by
I was in the alley, surrounded on all sides
The knife cuts both ways
If the shoe fits, walk in it 'til your high heels break
＊Taylorはヒールを履いて気高く歩くことを、他人の期待に沿って生きることに例えています。
And I fell from the pedestal
Right down the rabbit hole
Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice
Clung to the nearest lips
Long story short, it was the wrong guy
Now I'm all about you
I'm all about you
Actually
I always felt I must look better in the rear view
Missing me
At the golden gates they once held the keys to
When I dropped my sword
I threw it in the bushes and knocked on your door
And we live in peace
But if someone comes at us, this time, I'm ready
And I fell from the pedestal
Right down the rabbit hole
Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice
Clung to the nearest lips
Long story short, it was the wrong guy
Now I'm all about you
I'm all about you
No more keepin' score
Now I just keep you warm
No more tug of war
Now I just know there's more
No more keepin' score
Now I just keep you warm
And my waves meet your shore
Ever and evermore
Past me
I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
Your nemeses
Will defeat themselves before you get the chance to swing
And he's passing by
Rare as the glimmer of a comet in the sky
And he feels like home
If the shoe fits, walk in it everywhere you go
＊もう周りの誰も気にしないで生きなさい、というメッセージです
And I fell from the pedestal
Right down the rabbit hole
Long story short, it was a bad time
Pushed from the precipice
Climbed right back up the cliff
Long story short, I survived
Now I'm all about you
I'm all about you
Long story short, it was a bad time
Long story short, I survived
04. marjorie
Never be so kind
You forget to be clever
Never be so clever
You forget to be kind
And if I didn't know better
I'd think you were talking to me now
If I didn't know better
I'd think you were still around
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, you're alive in my head
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, so alive
Never be so politе
You forget your power
Nevеr wield such power
You forget to be polite
And if I didn't know better
I'd think you were listening to me now
If I didn't know better
I'd think you were still around
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, you're alive in my head
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, so alive
The autumn chill that wakes me up
You loved the amber skies so much
Long limbs and frozen swims
You'd always go past where our feet could touch
And I complained the whole way there
The car ride back and up the stairs
I should've asked you questions
I should've asked you how to be
Asked you to write it down for me
Should've kept every grocery store receipt
'Cause every scrap of you would be taken from me
Watched as you signed your name Marjorie
All your closets of backlogged dreams
And how you left them all to me
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, you're alive in my head
What died didn't stay dead
What died didn't stay dead
You're alive, so alive
And if I didn't know better
I'd think you were singing to me now
If I didn't know better
I'd think you were still around
I know better
But I still feel you all around
I know better
But you're still around
