《Cemetry Gates》是英國搖滾樂隊The Smiths於1986年6月16日發行的單曲，收錄於第三張錄音室專輯《The Queen Is Dead》，由Johnny Marr與Morrissey共同創作。該作品後續推出2011年重製版及多場現場演出版本，收錄於《Complete》等專輯中。
歌曲以墓地對話為敘事框架，通過虛構角色引用濟慈、葉芝與王爾德等詩人名字，探討文學創作的原創性與剽竊倫理問題。陰鬱的吉他旋律與歡快節奏形成黑色反差，副歌以"Keats and Yeats are on your side/While Wilde is on mine"構建文學立場對立，借生死意象延伸至生命短暫性的哲學思考。歌詞通過"Don't plagiarise or take on loan"等段落明確批判抄襲行為，結尾的勝負判定強化創作者對個體表達的捍衛姿態。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Cemetry Gates
- 所屬專輯：The Queen Is Dead
- 歌曲原唱：The Smiths
- 歌曲語言： 英語
歌曲歌詞
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So I meet you at cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
While Wilde is on mine
So we go inside and we gravely read the stones
All those people all those lives
Where are they now
With loves and hates
And passions just like mine
They were born
And then they lived
And then they died
It seems so unfair
I want to cry
You say: "Ere thrice the sun"
"Done salutation to the dawn"
And you claim these words as your own
But I've read well and I've heard them said
A hundred times (maybe less maybe more)
If you must write prose poems
The words you use should be your own
Don't plagiarise or take "on loan"
'Cause there's always someone somewhere
With a big nose who knows
And who trips you up and laughs
When you fall
Who'll trip you up and laugh
When you fall
You say: "'Ere long done do does did"
Words which could only be your own
And then produce the text
From whence was ripped
(Some dizzy whore 1804)
A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're happy
And I meet you at cemetry gates
Oh Keats and Yeats are on your side
A dreaded sunny day
So let's go where we're wanted
And I meet you at cemetry gates
Keats and Yeats are on your side
But you lose
'Cause weird lover Wilde is on mine
Sure
