童予秀忽然就明白了对方名字的用意,世间汉字浩如烟海,唯有“繁”之一字,衬得上眼前这位少年,万家灯火在他身后,漫天星海也在他身后,再璀璨再绚烂的光源,此时此刻悉数沦为陪衬,独他一人耀眼。
她取出盒子里的连接线,接过薛繁手里的电吉他,往后一靠坐在课桌上,“那你可占大便宜了,我出场费很贵的。”
“能包年吗?”
童予秀笑着踹了薛繁一下,连接好吉他与音箱,低头调试着按键。
“想听什么?”
“你喜欢的。”
右手拨动琴弦,震耳的音符从指尖倾泻而出,看到这把吉他时,童予秀脑海中第一时间想到的便是这首歌,尽管许久未弹,指法有些生疏,但只要旋律响起,刻在骨子里的 DNA 便忍不住跳动。
“I've been reading books of old,
The legends and the myths,
Achilles and his gold,
Hercules and his gifts,
Spiderman's control,
And Batman with his fists,
And clearly I don't see myself upon that list.”
晚风吹动额前的发丝,女孩抱着吉他坐在废弃的课桌上,修长的双腿化作鱼尾,唱着动听魅惑的歌谣。
“But she said, where'd you wanna go?
How much you wanna risk?
I'm not looking for somebody,
With some superhuman gifts.
Some superhero,
Some fairytale bliss,
Just something I can turn to,
Somebody I can kiss.
I want something just like this.
Oh I want something just like this.”
那是美丽的艾艾埃岛,船航行在无垠的大海之上。
那里有安菲特里忒掀起的惊涛骇浪,国王带领着船员扬帆起航。
年轻勇敢的水手划动船桨,耳边传来古老神秘的吟唱。
那是希腊神话里以歌声为饵的塞壬,引诱着路过之人缴械投降,自愿将身心作为佳肴奉上。
那是航海者主动奔赴自己的坟场,就像岸边早已累累如山的白骨一样。
……
“I've been reading books of old,
The legends and the myths,
The testaments they told,
The moon and its eclipse,
And Superman unrolls,
A suit before he lifts,
But I'm not the kind of person that it fits.
She said, where'd you wanna go?
How much you wanna r