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複雜的情緒 The complex emotion

我有一份複雜的感受 I have a complicated feeling.
不知往何處安放 I'm not sure where to put it.
我無法與他人連結 I can't connect it to others.
也妨礙了我的下一步 It frustrates my next move.
或許有法可解 Perhaps it will solve a puzzle.
我能馴服它嗎? I wonder — could I tame it?
它一定有什麼用處吧 Surely there's a use for it.
它會有流行起來的一天嗎? Will it ever come into style?
帶著它好累 I'm tired of carrying it with me.
就讓我的複雜人生再添一筆吧 I'll add it to my complexities.

夜裡的思緒 Night thoughts

它們慢慢開始 They start slow
接著加快速度 then pick up speed
很快我的思緒就失速狂奔 and soon my brain is careening
衝下顛簸的軌道 down a rickety track
交錯 intersecting
折返 doubling back
急速前進卻毫無方向 going nowhere, fast
扭曲成 twisting itself into
無望的反饋循環 a hopeless feedback loop
彷彿越想越多 as if by thinking more and more
我就可以莫名剎住 I could somehow stop
失控的思緒 my runaway thoughts.

哲學 Philosophy

人生是半滿的 Life is half full.
人生是半空的 Life is half empty.
生命很美 Life is beautiful
但稍縱即逝 but short lasting.
人生充滿轉折 Life is full of twists
壓力滿載 brimming with tension
瞬間發生太多事 too much happens at once.
人生是一個陷阱 Life is a trap.
一場徒勞的競賽 A futile race.
一地破碎的混亂 A shattered mess.
雖然支離破碎卻未絕望 Broken but not hopeless.

我們很抱歉通知你 We are sorry to inform you

明天已延遲 that tomorrow has been delayed
無限期 indefinitely
事實上—— In fact—
它可能永遠不會到來 It may never arrive.
所以 so:
停止等待 Stop waiting.
離開你那平淡無奇令人不耐的房間 Leave your faceless rooms of impatience
離開你坐等事情改變的地方 where you've been sitting, wishing things would change.
跳過安檢 skip security
拋下你的包袱 discard your baggage
遠離抱怨的群眾 Abandon the dissatisfied masses
走出去 Step out
步入今日之城 into the city of today
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World wide
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