The Purpose / 所謂目的
What are we even asking?
我們到底在問什麼?
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The Purpose / 所謂目的(XVI The Devil)
這首歌是為了回答「為什麼我創作」而做,但它也能用來回答任何問題。
當有親戚問你為什麼不結婚的時候,給他聽這首歌。他保證不會再問你了。
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歌詞(對照)
What are we chasing?
我們在追尋什麼?
Is it something tangible or ethereal?
它是某種具體的存在,或是虛無縹緲的?
Whether it can be quantified as numbers on a ledger
無論它是否可被量化為賬本上的數字,
Does it even matter?
那重要嗎?
What are we chasing?
我們在追尋什麼?
How do we know it's... at the end, meaningful?
我們要如何知道……它最終,是有意義的?
The effort we take to convince ourselves
所有為了讓我們自己信服所做的一切努力,
Is it all too much?
是否都是徒勞?
Comprehensive explanations and binary oppositions both kill the dialogue.
「全面的解釋」和「二元對立」都抹殺了對話。
If perfection and imperfection coexist, then it is both contradictory and not.
如果完美與不完美並存,那它自相矛盾,也不矛盾。
Theory is always incomplete in theory, so we can only keep deceiving.
理論在理論上總是永遠不完備的,所以我們只能不斷欺騙自己。
At least we know,
至少我們知道。
there must be something to go wrong.
一定有什麼會出錯。必定出錯。
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What are we chasing?
我們在追尋什麼?
Is it precise in volume, or merely an echo?
它擁有精確的體積,或只是一道回音?
There are no neutral observers;
中立的觀測者並不存在;
Your perception sculpts your reality.
你的視角塑造了你的現實。
What are we chasing?
我們在追尋什麼?
Why do we need a rule to explain everything?
為何我們需要一條「法則」來詮釋所有事物?
Will this song be finished?
這首歌會被完成嗎?
I wonder if Laplace ever knew.
我好奇拉普拉斯的惡魔是否已經知道了。
Relativistic time approaches eternity the faster we go, but it's not.
隨著我們變得更快,相對時間將逼近永恆,但並非如此。
That overly hurried pace forces us to look back to the past for reflect.
那過於迅速的步伐反而迫使我們回到過去以求反思。
Predicting future is interfering with future, so we can only remain ignorant.
預測未來本身干預了未來,所以我們只能保持無知。
Infuse thoughts and fill the Śūnyatā.
灌注思緒,填滿空性。
Collapse the possibilities to pave the Mārga.
收束可能,築道前行。
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