曲名：Perfect Circle
歌手：Katie Melua
所属专辑：Pictures
发行年代：2012
风格：蓝调，爵士
介绍：声线兼备蓝调、民谣、爵士味道的Katie Melua，常被乐评拿来与诺拉琼丝相提并论。但她那相较甜美清澈的年轻嗓音，让人遥想起已逝的跨界流行爵士美声Eva Cassidy。
你应该听过她的《Nine Million Bicycles》，如果没有，点击《Nine Million Bicycles》试听。这是我10年前在“麦田音乐网”上推荐的一首歌。自己点开一看，终于确定，这网站真做了10年了。什么感受？有点悲伤，有点怕老。

歌词：
a mask is easily placed
轻易地戴上一副面具
on a betrayed and broken face
覆盖住一张背叛与破碎混杂的脸庞

a disguise to hide the past
那是掩盖过去的伪装
when you mapped out my skin
当你游走过我的皮肤
and made the memories last
让回忆发酵
some things are never erased
有些东西从未被抹去

and i have run when i've been chased
当我被回忆追赶时我逃离

by recollections of you and me
被属于你我的回忆
falling off our homemade castle
脱离我们共同建造的城堡

and even when i'm walking straight
甚至当我径直前行之后

i always end up in a perfect circle
最后仍被困于一个完美的圆圈之中
oh i try but i just can't wait
我尝试过停留但我等不及
to break out of this perfect circle
等不及冲破这个完美的圆圈
'cos giving into old temptation
因为拜服于这样陈旧腐朽的诱惑
is like that common twitch
就像那时常出现的痉挛
oh the silly stupid realisation
噢，多么愚蠢的领悟
the more you scratch the more you itch
你越抓狂你越渴望

why am i fighting what's it for
为何我还在为之挣扎

must let my mask drop to the floor
必须让我的面具滑落至地面

my scars i shouldn't hide
我不应掩盖我的伤痕

from the people who are on my side
不应对那些与我同在的人有所掩盖

rolling up my sleeves to fight against
卷起袖管去抗争那些
all the things i locked up
所有被我封锁的事
and all the things i fenced
所有被我遮蔽掩盖的事
but it's time to let it out
现在是释放内心的时候了
so we can build a brand new castle
于是我们能建立起一座全新的城堡

and even when i'm walking straight
甚至当我径直前行之后

i always end up in a perfect circle
最后仍被困于一个完美的圆圈之中

oh i try but i just can't wait
我尝试过停留但我等不及
to break out of this perfect circle
等不及冲破这个完美的圆圈

'cos giving into old temptation
因为拜服于这样陈旧腐朽的诱惑

is like that common twitch
就像那时常出现的痉挛
oh the silly stupid realisation
噢，多么愚蠢的领悟

the more you scratch the more you itch
你越抓狂你越渴望

and even when i'm walking straight
甚至当我径直前行之后
i always end up in a perfect circle
最后仍被困于一个完美的圆圈之中
oh i try but i just can't wait
我尝试过停留但我等不及
to break out of this perfect circle
等不及冲破这个完美的圆圈
'cos giving into old temptation
因为拜服于这样陈旧腐朽的诱惑

is like that common twitch
就像那时常出现的痉挛
oh the silly stupid realisation
噢，多么愚蠢的领悟

the more you scratch the more you itch
你越抓狂你越渴望