…words.words.words

「後會有期！」，穿著蘋果T-shirt的學長走了。從來不曉得蘋果學長的名字，或許看過也忘了，那不重要，從一開始學長這個詞就不指涉任何關係，倒像是一種名字之類的東西。

短短幾天所有的人都走光了。熟的、有點熟的、曾經熟的、剛認識的、不熟的，所有的人都愉快地說了再見，擁抱另一個他方的生活。有的人走得很遠，有的人還在附近，只是全都走出了我的生活。或者所有的人從來都沒有在我的生活裡活過。或者，也許只是因為我一直在原地停留，也許是因為我過度的移動焦慮，才有了這無聊的喃喃自語。

聽到一首〈Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover〉，收錄在Bugge Wesseltoft & Sidsel Endresen《Duplex Ride》，原作者是Paul Simon。這個版本很好聽。

50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

The problem is all inside your head
She said to me
The answer is easy if you
Take it logically
I’d like to help you in your struggle
To be free
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover

She said it’s really not my habit
To intrude
Furthermore, I hope my meaning
Won’t be lost or misconstrued
But I’ll repeat myself
At the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

CHORUS:
You just slip out the back, Jack
Make a new plan, Stan
You don’t need to be coy, Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus, Gus
You don’t need to discuss much
Just drop off the key, Lee
And get yourself free

She said it grieves me so
To see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do
To make you smile again
I said I appreciate that
And would you please explain
About the fifty ways

She said why don’t we both
Just sleep on it tonight
And I believe in the morning
You’ll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me
And I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways
To leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

CHORUS