| 6 a.m. day after Christmas
I throw some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping
I am numb
Up the stairs to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out
And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Then I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
They call her name at 7:30
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
and sell some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for
Now she's feeling more alone
Then she ever has before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me "Son, it's time to tell the truth"
and she broke down
and I broke down
Cause I was tired of lying
Driving back to her apartment
For the moment we're alone
She's alone
I'm alone
Now I know it.
오늘 살펴볼 곡은 미국의 3인조 그룹 Ben Folds Five의 Brick입니다. Ben Folds Five는 피아노와 보컬을 맡고 있는 프론트맨 Ben Folds를 주축으로 베이스에 Robert Sledge, 드럼에 Darren Jessee로 결성되어 락 음악계에서는 특이하게도 '기타가 없는 락 밴드'로 알려졌습니다. 대중적인 사운드에 Ben Folds의 독특한 가사로 많은 팬들의 사랑을 받은 Ben Folds Five는 현재는 해체하여 각자의 활동을 하고 있습니다.
* I'm numb
Numb은 '감각을 잃은, 마비된, 무기력한'입니다. 추워서 발가락이 곱았을 때도 toes numb with cold로 씁니다. 이 노래의 상황은 첫 줄에 나온 것처럼 '크리스마스 다음날 오전 6시(6 a.m. day after Christmas)'에 공기의 냄새 마저도 춥고(the smell of cold) 자동차 시트도 얼음장같이 차가우니(car seat is freezing) 너무 추워서 감각을 잃을 정도로 멍한 상태를 말하는 듯 합니다. 노래가 진행되면 화자인 I가 이렇게 느끼는 게 날씨 때문만은 아님을 알게 됩니다.
* She is balled up on the couch
I는 차를 운전해 그녀(she)를 데리러 갑니다. 그녀는 소파에서 balled up되었다고 하는데요, be balled up은 구어로 완전히 혼란스러운 상태를 말합니다. 이 가사를 쓴 Ben Folds는 이 노래가 자신이 고등학교 때 여자친구와 겪었던 일이라고 밝힌 바 있습니다. "Me and my girlfriend had to get an abortion, and it was a very sad thing." 따라서 이 부분은 낙태수술을 받기 위해 여자친구를 데리러 간 상황을 말합니다. 다음 부분에 her mom and dad went down to Charlotte. They're not home to find us out.이라고 하는 것은 그녀의 부모님이 집에 계시지 않아 부모님 모르게 행동했다는 것을 뜻합니다.
* I'm feeling more alone than I ever have before
형용사의 비교급 표현과 현재완료의 경험을 나타내는 구문이 합쳐진 '(비교급) ~ than I (ever) have before'는 최상급의 표현을 쓰지 않고도 그 의미를 살릴 수 있는 표현입니다. I'm feeling the most alone과 같은 의미입니다.
* She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Brick(벽돌)과 drowning(익사)은 이 노래의 주요한 상징입니다. 벽돌을 몸에 지니고(carrying a brick) 물 속에 들어가 점점 산소가 부족해지고(running out of air), 다시 떠오르려 애쓰는(trying to resurface) 상태를 그려보면 알 수 있듯이, 그녀가 그를 끌어내리고 있다(she is dragging him down)는 의미로 해석할 수도 있습니다. 가사 속의 남자는 아직 이런 상황을 책임질 만큼 준비가 안 된 상태이니까요. 혹은 그 자신이 옳은 행동을 하고 있는 건지 혼란스럽고 무력한(confused and helpless) 상황에서 그녀 역시 감정적으로 그를 도와주기엔 너무나 힘든 상태를 나타내는 것일 수도 있습니다. 남녀관계에서 결혼이나 임신 등 책임이 따르는 것을 거부하는 사람을 commitment phobia라고 합니다. 우리말로 '바람둥이'라고 하는 사람들 중 일부도 해당되는 표현입니다.
이와 같이 물 속에 무언가를 가라앉히려고 할 때 rock, brick 같은 무거운 물체를 함께 매달아 놓곤 하죠. 실제로 수상인명구조원 자격 시험(lifeguard certification test)에서는 수중에서 벽돌을 찾아 오는 시험도 있다고 합니다. Feel like a ton of bricks라는 표현도 있는데, 우리말로는 너무나 피곤해서 '물 먹은 솜같이' 몸이 무거운 듯한 상태를 말합니다.
* Can't you see, it's not me you're dying for
Can't you see는 구어에서 흔히 쓰이는 말로 '안보이니?' 혹은 '모르겠니?'입니다. Can't you see I'm cleaning your room?(내가 네 방 청소하고 있는 거 안보이니?) Be dying for ~는 '~ 때문에 죽다'로 여기서는 태아(fetus)에게 하는, 일종의 변명 같은 말로 Don't blame me(날 탓하지마)의 의미인 듯 합니다. Be dying for는 또한 '애타다, 몹시 ~을 갖고 싶어하다'라는 의미로 많이 쓰입니다. I'm dying for that camera.(나는 저 카메라가 몹시 갖고 싶다.)
* Cause I was tired of lying
위로 셋째 줄의 they told me "Son, it's time to tell the truth" 에서 짐작할 수 있듯이 화자는 '거짓말 하는 데 지쳤기 때문에?부모님에게 사실을 말합니다. Be tired of sth은 '~하는 데 지치다, 진저리 나다'입니다. 보통 sick과 같이 쓰여 be sick and tired of sth으로 많이 쓰이며 get sick of, be fed up with로도 쓸 수 있습니다.
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