Tuesday, October 25, 2011

年齡交換、角色交換: Never Grow Up - Taylor Swift

急不及待要長大、缺乏童真的小孩子和拒絕長大的成年人, 是恆常的現象還是這個年代獨有的產物?

聽過三歲小朋友跟我說, "我不上學怎麼可以學多一點呢?"。本來大可以享受當小孩子的樂趣, 卻急不及待的要投入大人的世界。七八歲小朋友打扮得像十七八歲, 女孩們穿起legging, 女性化的平底鞋, 男孩們戴起項鍊, 穿起緊身t-shirt。言談世故得讓人咋舌, 動輒談起錢, 這個要多少錢, 那個要多貴。十幾歲的更一點都不留戀童真, 男的賣丸仔, 女的賣性感, 這些不用多談。

S.H.E. 高唱 "我不想 我不想 不想長大/ 長大後世界就沒童話; 我不想 我不想 不想長大/ 我寧願永遠都笨又傻"。我們出現了kidult這個字, 大人長不大, 男的埋頭打電動, 女的一天裝可愛。男生怕結婚, 不想承擔; 女的發公主夢, 期待白馬王子打救自己不確定的人生。大人的世界可怕, 充滿責任, 不可愛的人性和殘酷都讓人很卻步。要面對的事情都變得很大, 而且往往一子錯滿盤皆落索。背負會後悔、會錯過、會失去、會受傷的危機, 人寧願長不大。

電影Real Steel, hugh jackman沈迷robot boxing, 不想負責, 巴不得把撫養權賣掉, 十一歲小兒子一眼看穿父親把自己賣掉, 父子一路相處都是小兒子在引導父親, 無論在比賽賺錢的策略上, 或在父子的相處裡。我邊看邊笑, 尤其是, 當max對想以高價賣掉機械人的父親大聲喊說, "look at me!"。我以為有些東西不能賣, 應該是父親告訴兒子的, 兒子反倒世故。電影歸電影, 我看到令我不安的將來。

下一代正牽著上一代的鼻子走。成長總追著你跑, 不由得你。不過, 不長大, 的確是個美好的幻想。

Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way 
that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on

Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up

Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up





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