Audition (The fool who dream)

George Hong
4 min readJan 23, 2017
La La Land Soundtrack

La La Land 給予那些在追夢之路上受挫的人,不論你是不是從事與藝術相關工作,都是一陣激勵,預告剪了Emma Stone所唱的歌,最後謎底揭曉,是在電影當中被拿來當作她飾演的Mia的一段獨白:

Audition (The Fool Who Dream)

My aunt used to live in Paris
I remember,
she used to come home and tell us stories about being abroad and
I remember that she told us she jumped in the river once,
Barefoot
She smiled,
Leapt,
without looking
And She tumbled into the Seine!
The water was freezing she spent a month sneezing
but said she would do it, again
我阿姨曾住在巴黎
我記得,她曾到家然後告訴我們那些在海外的故事,
我記得那她曾告訴過我們那個她曾經跳下河,赤腳,
並微笑,跳入
連一眼都沒看,
就直接跳進了塞納河裡!
河水是如此的寒凍,讓她一個月都在擤鼻涕,
但她說她願意再做一次。

Here’s to the ones who dream
Foolish, as they may seem
Here’s to the hearts that ache
Here’s to the mess
we make
給那些在做夢的人
即便他們也許看起來是那麼的愚昧,
給那些在抽痛的心們,
致那些我們所產生的失序

She captured a feeling
Sky with no ceiling
Sunset inside a frame
She lives in her liquor and died with a flicker
I’ll always remember the flame
她描述那感覺
天際沒有底限
日落在一個框內
酒精與她為伴並隨著閃爍而死去
我將永遠記得那道巨焰

Here’s to the ones who dream
Foolish, as they may seem
Here’s to the hearts that ache
Here’s to the mess
we make
給那些在做夢的人
即便他們也許看起來是那麼的愚昧,
給那些在抽痛的心們,
致那些我們所產生的失序

She told me:
A bit of madness is key
to give us to color to see
Who knows where it will lead us?
And that’s why they need us,
So bring on the rebels
The ripples from pebbles
The painters, and poets, and plays
她說啊:
些許瘋狂是關鍵的
讓我們能見到色彩
誰知道這將引領我們至何處?
這就是為何他們需要我們,
所以,讓那些叛逆釋放吧
小石頭們激發水花們
畫家們、詩人們與演員們

And here’s to the fools who dream
Crazy, as they may seem
Here’s to the hearts that break
Here’s to the mess we make
而這是給那些有夢的傻子們
他們也許看來如此瘋狂
給那些破碎的心們,
致那些我們所產生的失序

I trace it all back,
to that
Her, and the snow, and the sand
Smiling through it
She said
She’d do it, Again
我回顧這所有:
她的故事,那場雪,那沙,
伴隨著微笑
她說著
她會,再一次的,做這件事。

Here’s to the fools who dream.

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George Hong

Researcher in behavioural sciences, A cat-personality narrator.