浮木。

最近很喜愛聽Travis的歌，很溫柔但歌詞旋律很感傷，完全正中我軟肋。
這首Driftwood，是我在其專輯The Man Who中除了Writing To Reach You以外，同樣非常喜愛的一首歌，除了旋律動聽，歌詞也很切合現在的景況。



我們其實只是一塊塊的浮木，不可能永遠困在石頭之間，因為大海才是你的心所歸屬之處。
首段很樂觀很積極，好像可以給予聽者，尤其是對永遠安於現狀的人一點提醒。
可是聽到後面，才發現其實是首很悲觀的歌。
成為了浮木，需要經歷的旅程很漫長很危險；被深陷在雪堆中不能自拔，被水流沖擊裂成一片一片，最後成為不了自己理想中的那個人。
所以是在提醒著大家要謹慎面對未來？還是在勸服大家要安於現狀避免危險？
個人偏向相信前者的解讀。

其實每個人－正如Travis的歌中所說，只是一塊塊的浮木。
我們不可以篤定地説我們永遠不會變，永遠不會隨水流－身邊的説話，社會的價值觀移動。
我們永遠不知道自己的終點在哪。我們不可以放棄追尋一切過份安於所得，如同卡在石縫中的浮木，因為那兒還不是你的大海。
到達大海是我們的理想，但達成目標並不容易，在海浪無情的沖刷下，可能會被洗得體無完膚。但這是我們所選擇的路，我們可以做的，就是努力去抵抗一切的困難，直至到達終點。

從這首歌中，學生也好，上班族也好，也可以得到心靈上的一點慰藉。
我們沒有徒勞無功，只是我們還未到達終點。

最後附上歌詞。
Everything is open
Nothing is set in stone
Rivers turn to ocean
Oceans tide you home
Home is where your heart is
But your heart had to roam
Drifting over bridges
Never to return
Watching bridges burn

You're driftwood floating underwater
Breaking into pieces pieces pieces
Just driftwood hollow and of no use
Waterfalls will find you bind you grind you

Nobody is an island
Everyone has to go
Pillars turn to butter
Butterflying low
Low is where your heart is
But your heart has to grow
Drifting under bridges
Never with the flow

And you really didn't think it would happen
But it really is the end of the line
So I'm sorry that you turned to driftwood
But you've been drifting for a long long time

Everywhere there's trouble
Nowhere's safe to go
Pushes turn to shovel's
Shoveling the snow
Frozen you have chosen
The path you wish to go
Drifting now forever
And forever more
Until you reach your shore

You're driftwood floating underwater
Breaking into pieces pieces pieces
Just driftwood hollow and of no use
Waterfalls will find you bind you grind you
And you really didn't think it would happen
But it really is the end of the line

So I'm sorry that you turned to driftwood
But you've been drifting for a long long time
You've been drifting for a long long time
You've been drifting for a long long
Drifting for a long long time

(http://songmeanings.com/songs/view/49997/)