Lyrics:British Sea Power

划线部分是难解处或者引用典故之处。

No Lucifer

此为今年新专辑主打歌之一。起先我百思不得其解，看了Video后才恍然大悟。感觉唱的是Faust，或者类似Faust的人物。Video中出现以 希特勒的脸为原型的木偶形象，歌词中也唱到Hitler Youth。部分联系现实的部分由于不熟悉英国政治和文化，故甚难理解。我还没抓到点子上。4月份写评论时我有搜乐队访谈，以求解。后来无疾而终。不过想 来面对这种其实是诗歌的歌词，胡思乱想挺有劲的。补充一句，人称转换也很微妙。

EASY! EASY! EASY! EASY! EASY! EASY! //从Video看，此句是Several Lucifers唱的。

Hey you, give me the dummy tits, //魔鬼假扮美女引诱浮士德。
Forget the rest of the shit
The man with the skull and bones,
You think you know, but you don’t. //此句也是指浮士德。

To Sodom I will go,
Not to Megiddo. //宁下地狱不上天堂的意思。
Several Lucifers come,
We can beat them all.

A Carlton Corsair,
A Raleigh Twenty, yeah!  //此句最为难解。Raleigh Twenty是一种自行车，Carlton和Raleigh同时又是英国政界人物，可能要联系英国政治。
A little lost roe deer,
The wind in your hair.

NO LUCIFER!

Come on, Allons-y let’s go, //Allons-y疑似是法语，let’s go的意思。
Can always just say no.
To the anti-aircraft crew,
The boys from the Hitler Youth. //希特勒的青年近卫军。

Silk and cyanide,
Six weeks left alive.
Metal, skull and bone,
You think you know but you don’t. //依然指浮士德。

To Sodom I will go,
Not to Megiddo.
Several Lucifers come,
We can beat them all.

A Carlton Corsair,
A Raleigh Twenty, yeah!
A little lost roe deer,
The wind in your hair.

NO LUCIFER! //主人公的呐喊。

EASY! EASY! EASY! //鬼怪的呼应。

Is that what the future holds?
Is that what the future holds?
Kevlar or cherry wood,
Malevolence or good. //点明主旨之处。

Is that what the future holds?
Is that what the future holds?
Is that what the future holds?
Is that what the future holds?

NO LUCIFER!

Apologies To Insect Life

此歌出现在第一张专辑里。BSP公开表示自己是陀思妥耶夫斯基拥护者。我以为从第一张专辑开始，BSP大致的歌词风格就已经成形。关注英国，关注政治，关注人的内心。譬如接下来选的两首都是关于英国的，有政治背景的。

Oh Fyodor(dostoevsky) you are the most attractive man
Oh Fyodor you are the most attractive man I know,
Your Russian heart is strong and has been bleeding for too long

Oh my Lassie, it’s like bad acid
It’s getting nasty, she knows

Gymnastic-whores-down-on-all-fours-with-septic-pores-
and-fucked-up-
bores-I-would-like-to-give-you-more-molasses

Oh Molasses, its like bad acid
It’s getting nasty, she knows

She knows

Apologies to insect life, what I did was not very nice –
(Remaining words incomprehensible for now……..)

Fear Of Drowning

Jesus fucking Christ, oh god no!

From the moment that you realise
Most of this Isn’t real
To the moment that you decide
Shall we go out tonight
And we’ll swim from these island shores
Till there’s a fear of drowning
A little old fear of drowning
A little old fear of drowning

Oh little England
Tonight I’ll swim
From my favourite island shore
And how long has it been
Since you have seen so beautifully
(So beautifully)

Ah

And all the money in the world
Won’t help you now
The only way is down
And you know from way out here
There is a little fear
A little old fear of drowning
A little old fear of drowning
A little old fear of drowning

Oh little England
Tonight I’ll swim
From my favourite island shore
And how long has it been
How long has it been

And how long has it been
Since you have seen so beautifully

Oh little England
Tonight I’ll swim
From my favourite island shore
And how long has it been
Since you have seen so beautifully

Waving Flags

You are astronomical fans of alcohol
So welcome in
Are rising in the East and setting in the West
All waving flags

We’re all waving flags now
Waving flags
But don’t be scared

And you, you will be here for a while
And it’s all a joke
Oooh, it’s all a joke
Ooooooh

Are here of legal drinking age, on minimum wage
Well, welcome in
From across the Vistula, you’ve come so very far
All waving flags

We’re all waving flags now
Waving flags
But don’t be scared

And you, you will be here for a while
And it’s all a joke
Oooh, it’s all a joke
Ooooooh

Here is my pride
here is my life
It just tastes good
Especially tonight

(Oh welcome in)

Oh welcome in, we are Barbarians
Oh welcome in, cross the …
Oh we can fail, … against the sea
No we won’t fail, … against the sea
So walk away

Down On the Ground

我觉得这歌词在讲野合。可能我想多了，其实很纯情……啊，野合也能很纯情的，譬如《盲刺客》那样的。

Where I come from, silvery trees
Diamond on leaf, can’t you see it?
Why did I leave?

The clipping of wings
The draping of kings
I was here long before you
Now kindly leave

This was far far away
And I knew I would not stay
Down on the ground
I’ll be found
I opened up my mouth
I didn’t make a sound
I could not cut you down, down, down

I was a girl and you were a boy
With innocent thoughts getting colder
Than it was before

This was long long ago
And I knew we’d never know
Down on the ground
I’ll be found
I opened up my mouth
I didn’t make a sound
I could not cut you down, down, down

Down, down, down
Could not cut you down