一人一曲：Linkin Park - Numb

很久以前第一次聽到Linkin Park的歌是在MTV頻道上，看到"Breaking the Habit"這首歌的MV正在播出，那時沒什麼在聽西洋音樂，但當時的電影駭客任務正紅，所以第一次看到這支MV的時候感到很新鮮，因為MV的影像是以動畫的方式呈現(看過AniMatrix嗎?)，加上這首歌本身節奏的帶動與主唱歌聲的吶吼，著實讓我感到Amazing，立刻便去找了Linkin Park相關的資訊。

Nu-Metal－那時他們是這樣被定義的一個搖滾樂團，或許是第二張專輯Meteora與第一張Hybrid Theory太像了吧，但他們從不認為自己被限定在Nu-Metal這個格子裡面，後來推出的第三張專輯Minutes to Midnight確實很不Nu-Metal了，但我卻覺得...這不是我過去喜歡聽的Linkin Park了，2012年他們應該會推出第五張專輯，還是會期待Linkin Park會轉向好的變化。


Numb這首歌是從我聽他們音樂開始一直以來的最愛，聽了百次以上有了吧(我知道這樣應該不夠多，與Linkin Park的忠實fans比的話)，或許是這首歌唱出了年輕人對長輩的期望感到厭煩厭倦到麻木了吧(台灣的填鴨式教育更是)，看到MV時感觸很深，整首歌的節奏是輕快的，但歌詞是沉重、反抗的，主唱Chester吼出了年輕人對於上一代的要求的不滿與無奈，MV的最後女主角終於受不了家裡而跑到了演唱的教堂，然後呢？然後就結束了，接下來就是你自己的決定該如何走了。

其實後來想想，Numb這首歌好像也唱出了人們對於Linkin Park的期望是如何，而他們卻不想如何吧，還蠻諷刺的就是了。Whatever，這首歌仍舊是我的最愛之一。





I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless, lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)

[Chorus:]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there
Become so tired, so much more aware
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me,
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control?
'Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you.
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you.
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take.

[Chorus:]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there,
Become so tired, so much more aware
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you.

And I know
I may end up failing too.
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you.

[Chorus:]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there,
Become so tired, so much more aware.
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you.

[Chorus:]
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)
I've become so numb, I can't feel you there.
(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)