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New Wild West歌词解读

背景故事解析

《New Wild West》是美国创作型女歌手Jewel于2008年发行的专辑《Perfectly Clear》中的一首歌曲。这首歌以象征和隐喻的方式描绘了当代美国社会的分裂、混乱与个体主义的盛行,同时对政治体制、社会不平等和精神空虚等问题进行了批判。

“New Wild West”(新西部)这个比喻借用了美国西部拓荒时代“无政府、无秩序”的意象,暗示现代社会虽然科技发达、文明进步,但在精神和道德层面却回到了一个各自为战、缺乏领导与共识的“新蛮荒时代”。

歌词解读

第一节

“You see the ghosts of the buffalo / Moving both fierce and slow / Like glittering prophesies / On the edge of the horizon”

第二节

“As you drive glittering highways / That straddle and girdle”

第三节

“There are lambs in the ghettos / Who worship their Gapettos / Believing in though never seeing / The strings they think bind them”

第四节

“So you write to our congressmen / With bleeding pens / Of the sorrow within / And in return they just send / Tickets to the latest Tom Hanks show”

副歌部分

“Welcome to the new wild west / Each man for himself / Civilized steeples / And lonely people”

中段歌词

“Privilege has ruled for thousands of years / Wars have been fought with bibles and tears / Yet liberation can't deny the temptation / And soon becomes the oppressor”

结尾部分

“I've been petty and unkind / But I know my own mind / And since it seems clear / There's no one leading us here / The only thing left it appears / Is to task ourselves to be better each time”

最后一段

“We'll be an army of thieves / We'll fight with whispers and blades / So get ready a new day is dawning”

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