Question

有没有哪位高手能解释一下radiohead的fake plastic tree的内涵。

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Answer 1

The green plastic watering can
一个绿色塑胶浇花桶
For a fake chinese rubber plant
为了一个中国塑胶植物而活
In the fake plastic earth
在这一个虚假不真实的地球上

That she bought from a rubber man
她向一个橡胶男人买下它
In a town full of rubber plans
这一个充满橡胶植物的小镇
To get rid of itself
让它摆脱了自己

It wears her out
这让她精疲力竭
It wears her out
这使得她疲惫不堪

She lives with a broken man
她与一个绝望的男人一起居住
A cracked polystyrene man
一个精神失常的男人
Who just crumbles and burns
一个才刚崩溃而发怒的男人

He used to do surgery for girls in the eighties
他在过去80年代常帮女孩们手术
But gravity always wins
但危险还是常发生

And it wears him out
这让他精疲力竭
And it wears him out
这使得他疲惫不堪
And it wears him out
这使得他疲惫不堪

She looks like the real thing
她彷佛是真实的
She tastes like the real thing
她感受到的像是真实的事
My fake plastic love
我这个虚假的塑胶爱情

But I can’t help the feeling
但是我却无法阻止这样的感觉蔓延
I could blow through the ceiling
我可以穿过天花板而离去
if I just turned and ran
如果我掉头就走的话

And it wears me out
这让我精疲力竭
It wears me out
这使得我疲惫不堪
It wears me out
这使得我疲惫不堪

If I could be who you wanted
如果我能成为你想要的人
if I could be who you wanted
如果我能成为你心目中的人

All the time … all the time …
始终如一 …