A Bad Dream

Bad Dream是 Keane樂隊代表作品，主唱Tom Chaplin自承寫過最好的一首歌，歌詞靈感來自於W.B.Yeats葉慈的詩作（一位愛爾蘭飛行員預知了他的死亡）但不同於詩作裏主角明暸戰爭荒謬和死亡的篤定口吻，《A Bad Dream》更多的是用為什麼、何處來質問他對抗的一切，Tom Chaplin甚至希望那是一場噩夢 。

Why do I have to fly

為何我得飛越

Over every town up and down the line?

每一個城鎮和戰線之間

I'll die in the clouds above

我會死在雲端之上

And you that I defend,I do not love

而我保衞的你，卻不是我所愛的

I wake up,it's a bad dream

我驚醒，卻發現是一場噩夢

No one on my side

無人在我身側

I was fighting

我還在戰鬥

But I just feel too tired

但我卻快精疲力竭

To be fighting

無心應戰了

Guess I'm not the fighting kind

我想我並非爭強好勝之人

Where will I meet my fate?

在哪裏才會遇見我的命運？

Baby I'm a man,I was born to hate

親愛的 我只是凡軀 生來就會憎恨

And when will I meet my end?

什麼時候才是我命運的終結？

In a better time you could be my friend

在一個更好的時候 我們會成為朋友

I wake up,it's a bad dream

我驚醒，卻發現是一場噩夢

No one on my side

無人在我身側

I was fighting

我還在戰鬥

But I just feel too tired

但我卻快精疲力竭

To be fighting

無心應戰了

Guess I'm not the fighting kind

我想我並非爭強好勝之人

Wouldn't mind it

也不會再在意

If you were by my side

你是否還陪在我身邊

But you're long gone

但你早已離去

Yeah you're long gone now

你早已離去

Where do we go?

我們該何去何從？

I don't even know

我甚至認不出來

My strange old face

我陌生蒼老的面龐

And I'm thinking about those days

我還在回想過去的時光

And I'm thinking about those days

我還在回想過去的時光

I wake up,it's a bad dream

我驚醒，卻發現是一場噩夢

No one on my side

無人在我身側

I was fighting我還在戰鬥

But I just feel too tired

但我卻快精疲力竭

To be fighting

無心應戰了

Guess I'm not the fighting kind

我想我並非爭強好勝之人

Wouldn't mind it

也不會再在意

If you were by my side你是否還陪在我身邊

But you're long gone

但你早已離去

Yeah you're long gone now

你早已離去 ^[1]