The Beatles

在披頭四的Rubber Soul專輯裡的Norwegian Wood，我聽過兩種版本。覺得那個非正式，以西塔琴為主奏的版本，比正式版吉他主奏更棒，更有《挪威森林》中哀傷、與死的氣味……。

　I once had a girl or should I say she once had me
　She showed me her room Isn't it good
　Norwegian wood
　She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
　So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair

　I sat on a rug biding my time drinking her wine
　We talked until two and then she said
　It's time for bed

　She told me she worked in the morning
　and started to laugh
　I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath

　And when I awoke I was alone
　this bird has flown
　So I lit a fire Isn't it good
　Norwegian wood

那歌詞和村上《挪威森林》一樣宿命性地帶給 我那種「人生終究徒勞」的感覺。像幽深的森林，就算舉起火把，我所能見到、意識到的只是那火光能籠罩的狹隘範圍。所謂一個人到底有沒有可能去了解另一個人 呢？也許連自己也無法了解自己吧，像月球永遠被陰影覆蓋住的那一面一樣，像「世界末日」那道永不傾倒的高牆一樣……。只能在黑暗中，期待愛、期待諒解、期 待救贖。

大概披頭四在90年代已然被遺忘了吧，如同村上所喪失的二十歲代記憶那樣。所謂時間是不能信賴的，繼續聽Beatles看村上的我，有時簡直不能確定「存在感」這東西哦。