City of Oasis

很久沒有留一點時間給自己...
發呆...


Relax...很難讓人想像在都市裡也能take a break...
Release myself...
坐在西門町星巴克二樓...
下午三點...零星的攤販已經出來做生意...
賣蔥抓餅的生意意外的好...隔壁賣鳥蛋串的阿妹仔門可羅雀...
看著對面加州健身的「男子漢」...好像一隻隻的白老鼠...
一轉眼...攤販消失在眼前...我還以為我眼花了...
原來是跑去躲警察了...
原本蒽抓餅攤位前還有三五名客人捧場...
鐵板上還躺著三五片蔥抓餅...
這下子客人跑了...餅也做了...

捷運車廂裡...每個人不知道要去哪裡...
每個人都上演一齣偶像劇...
搭捷運...就像在看電視牆...眼睛就是遙控器...
A先生在關門前衝進車廂...向外面的人大喊：你不用跟來了啦！
就定位做好後...撥著手機吩咐著朋友去哪裡買酒...
XX路上的錢櫃再往下走...靠近XX戲院的地方...
這一刻...我看著和A先生素不相識的B先生...
B先生很專注地看著A先生講電話...
我的遙控器也轉到了B先生這一台...
很好奇B先生聽A先生講話就算了...幹嘛一直盯著A先生看？
同一時間...我又將頻道轉到了坐在A先生對面的C阿桑...
阿桑在向媳婦交代...她在捷運車上...要去XX市場採買一些東西...
下車前...坐我後面的小姐手機響起...
原來是老闆請她booking會議時間...

捷運台北車站轉運層的十字路口人潮雖然多...
但大家都很一致地朝著固定的方向交錯...擔心相撞卻也撞不著...
就在人潮交錯的瞬間...我與一名舊公司別部門不算熟的同事擦身而過...
他有他前往的目的地...我則往我的目的地前進...

在高鐵上...坐我前座的大老闆睡攤在座位上...
我盯著他的腦勺...沿著髮旋陷入了一陣漩渦裡...
想到了公司的女主管...昨天上班時...我正好也盯著她的腦勺...
年屆四十的的女性...髮絲雖不算細致...卻是烏黑有光澤...
想到自己頭上參差的白髮...真的覺得莫名奇妙！
已是人妻的好姊妹...和我分享國中時期曾暗戀她的男同學最近又有了聯繫...
沒想到話題卻圍繞在他和他的女友性生活不協調的事...
人妻覺得莫名奇妙...不懂這是一種騷擾...一種表白...還是一種求助？
人妻又突然冒出了一句話...
是不是因為不能愛我...所以她才愛上她現在的老公？
大驚！
問我還不如去擲筊咧～

就像在捷運站裡看著熙熙攘攘的人群...
每個人都有個目的地...往那兒前進...動線一致...才沒有相撞...
行動的過程要是有人突然停下來...有人走...有人停...肯定撞不完...
人潮很多...但是卻是孤寂的...

此刻...
想獲得平靜的人...可以獲得平靜...
想陷入哀傷的人...可以大哭一傷...


Jem - You Will Make It (Feat Vusi Mahlasela)

Go to bed everything's alright
Don't know the whole world's changing
As you sleep through the night
Wake up slowly and it's a different world

Hear the news and the floods begin
Screams so loud but only felt within
Heart is shattered
The pieces can't be found

I feel your pain, I wrote this song for you, for you
You will make it, you will make it through
I promise you, he would want you to

Months go by, still living in a daze
Don't know what you've done
With the last seven days
Soul is numb and life is like a dream

Helping hands but you push them away
How could they understand
Don't wanna share your pain
Afraid to heal, 'cause that would be goodbye

I feel your pain, I wrote this song for you, for you
You will make it, you will make it through
I promise you, she would want you to

Olele Olele Ubaba

One day sunlight hitsa photograph
And it makes you smile
The memories dance around you now
And they make you smile

You're not alone
You'll never be
Just like the stars
They oversee
And they whisper to you
You're still, you're still,
You're still, you're still alive

I feel your pain, I wrote this song for you, for you
You will make it, you will make it through
I promise you, they would want you to

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds that blow
I am the diamond glints on snow
I am the sun on ripened grain
I am the gentle autumn rain
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight
I am the soft stars that shine at night
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there; I did not die

Olele Olele Ubaba
Uzube naye Nikosi
Olele Olele Ubaba
Olele Ubaba