The Philosopher Song

鄺頌晴 Chung Ching Kwong
3 min readFeb 1, 2019

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一直陪我走過抑鬱症、自我懷疑嘅歌。

頭盔:唔識寫樂評,亂來的。而如果作曲者你本人睇緊嘅話,我先衷心表示我亂咁詮釋嘅歉意,唔好嬲。【同埋作品面世之後就作者已死嘛係咪先】

Jabin Law — You Can Walk Along (The Philosopher Song)

若干年前,生命中出現咗呢一個singer-song-writer。佢成功得到我家姐嘅芳心,所以做細妹嘅我就突然多咗一個「音樂人」响我生命入面。

一直對佢嘅音樂冇興趣,冇動過念頭要聽佢嘅歌,直到抑鬱症最差嘅日子一日好鬱悶唔開心又無嘢做到極點,响YouTube搜尋 “Jabin Law”,有一大堆歌。呢隻You Can Walk Along(The Philosopher Song)嘅歌名吸引咗我,於是開咗嚟聽。

一聽就喊到痴咗線。

首歌嘅兩句歌詞好觸動到我。每次聽呢隻歌我都好鍾意聽到呢兩句。

Have you been Someone you expected?

Have you seen Something you corrected?

個一刻聽,覺得係當頭棒喝,你响度做緊咩呢,你自己都唔鍾意呢個自己,你自己都唔知自己想點,你有冇見到自己做得好咗,你响度做緊咩呢?

當時將所有討厭自己、睇唔起自己、嫌棄自己嘅情緒喊晒出嚟。自己入大學之前,決心要搏盡做個會閃閃發光嘅人,但最尾呢?最尾高不成低不就,仲有情緒病,自己都控制唔到自己,一日到黑俾麻煩人。 無成為自己理想中嘅模樣,認知到自己對自己嘅情緒無掌控能力,認知到自己能力不足,覺得好屈辱嘅感覺,釋放晒出嚟。

loop咗唔知幾多次之後,舒服咗好多。

隻歌有種好溫柔嘅感覺,結他加埋Jabin Law把聲,令我個一刻有被安慰嘅感覺。好似一個朋友,好認真咁坐响你對面聽完你呻完一大堆你自己都知道廢嘅廢話之後,認真咁同你傾計。好似一個朋友,睇住你情緒崩潰喊到口腫面腫,同你講「ok呀 我陪住你」,然後笑笑唔出聲繼續陪住你。

啲歌詞將一個又一個片段帶到我嘅面前,好calming。雖然其實我唔係好知道到底Jabin law想表達啲咩意境,但我聽嘅時候,淨係有種好平靜嘅嘅感覺,好似訓響草地上面嘅吊床飲住啱啱好唔太凍嘅lemonade嘅感覺。好安靜,好自在,所有尖銳會刺傷自己嘅情緒都可以慢慢溫柔地釋放,所有感受到被允許,no judgement咁樣。

之後每次聽呢隻歌,聽到呢兩句,都滿心感動。

狀態好嘅時候聽,就會諗「呀~我好咗好多了,真係向住自己想成為嘅樣子進發緊,慢慢嚟一定會越來越喜歡自己」。狀態唔好嘅時候聽,就會聽住然後ugly cry,覺得自己好失敗,無成為都自己理想中嘅人,聽完會可以對自己溫柔啲寬容啲。

於是呢隻歌就成為咗我狀態唔好Playlist嘅一員,一直陪我度過抑鬱同自我懷疑嘅日子哈哈哈。(死啦我好驚佢其實會睇呢篇嘢。如果隻歌其實係好cynical咁點算。)

You Can Walk Along 出自The Suns呢隻碟 唔知仲有冇得賣

上年5月去台灣嘅時候,第一次聽Jabin Law唱Live,聽到佢唱 You Can Walk Along (The Philosopher Song),心入面超級感動呀嗚嗚嗚,Live真係好好聽好令人舒服。哈哈我希望我可以用啲冇咁lame嘅字去形容,但我詞彙貧乏,淨係識用好聽。

誠意推介:

另一隻我好喜歡嘅Jabin Law嘅歌係Forest of Remains,無點解,純粹鍾意。

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鄺頌晴 Chung Ching Kwong
鄺頌晴 Chung Ching Kwong

Written by 鄺頌晴 Chung Ching Kwong

貓老母。 IPAC高級分析員。 現於漢堡大學攻讀法律博士,研究個人資料保護/digital rights。所有內容均為個人意見。

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