mateと言えばオーストラリア。
外出時は、いつも音楽を聴いています。
とは言っても、こだわりがあるわけでもなく、Appleさんがオススメしてくださっている曲を聴いている感じです。ですが、あまり日本の曲は聞きません。ほぼ99%洋楽です。日本の曲は感情移入ができないというか、なに言っているのか良く分からないので、好きではないです(ハイコンテクスト文化の崩壊・・・)
で、最近気になっている曲。
Dean Lewis - Be Alright (Official Video)
去年の曲ですけどね。
男性目線の失恋ソングなのですが、聴いていたら歌詞に「mate」という単語が!「mate?!この人、絶対Aussieじゃん!」と思って調べたら、やっぱりAussieでした。勝手に親近感。
オーストラリアといえば、mate!ですよ!
有名どころだと「G'day mate」という挨拶でしょうか。ただ、この挨拶はあまり女性は使いません。男性だと使う人が多いですね(あくまでも私の周りでの話ですが)。夏はタンクトップに短パンでVB(Victoria Bitterという有名なビール)を飲みながらBBQしてるオッサンが言うイメージ(笑)
「mate」自体も女性はあまり使わないですね。男友達とかが「Hey, whatta u doing, mate!」みたいな感じで話しかけてきたりします。あとは、やたら親しげな街にいるオッサンとか(笑)ただ女の子が集団でいると「Good morning, Ladies」ときちんと挨拶してくる人、多数(笑)
ちなみに歌詞にも出てくる「can’t」ですが、イギリスやオーストラリアだと「カント」と発音します。アメリカだと「キャント」って言いますね。この曲でも「カント」って発音してるのが分かるので、聴いてみてください。
ということで、「Be Alright」の歌詞をぺたっ。
[Verse 1]
I look up from the ground
To see your sad and teary eyes
You look away from me
And I see there's something you're trying to hide
And I reach for your hand but it's cold
You pull away again
And I wonder what's on your mind
And then you say to me you made a dumb mistake
You start to tremble and your voice begins to break
You say the cigarettes on the counter weren't your friends
They were my mates
And I feel the colour draining from my face
[Chorus]
And my friend said
"I know you love her, but it's over, mate
It doesn't matter, put the phone away
It's never easy to walk away, let her go
It'll be alright"
[Verse 2]
So I asked to look back at all the messages you'd sent
And I know it wasn't right, but it was fucking with my head
And everything deleted like the past, yeah, it was gone
And when I touched your face, I could tell you're moving on
But it's not the fact that you kissed him yesterday
It's the feeling of betrayal, that I just can't seem to shake
And everything I know tells me that I should walk away
But I just want to stay
[Chorus]
And my friend said
"I know you love her, but it's over, mate
It doesn't matter, put the phone away
It's never easy to walk away, let her go
It'll be okay
It's gonna hurt for a bit of time
So bottoms up, let's forget tonight
You'll find another and you'll be just fine
Let her go"
[Bridge]
But nothing heals the past like time
And they can't steal
The love you're born to find
But nothing heals the past like time
And they can't steal
The love you're born to find
[Chorus]
"I know you love her, but it's over, mate
It doesn't matter, put the phone away
It's never easy to walk away, let her go
It'll be okay
It's gonna hurt for a bit of time
So bottoms up, let's forget tonight
You'll find another and you'll be just fine
Let her go"
[Outro]
It'll be alright
It'll be alright
It'll be alright
It'll be alright
It'll be alright