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我無法不記得《跳躍時空的情書》的開場。

藍色的調子，惆悵的樂音，是The Clientele的迷離憂鬱。彷彿完整說明男女主角橫隔著時空，四年的距離，難以相遇，難以在一起。這首歌叫做〈(I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine〉。雖然影片到女主角在廣場與人聊天時，就已經猜到即將會發生的劇情；我不喜歡太過美好的結局，更討厭基努李維的撲克臉。但也許是開場曲的小小顫動，讓我忘了挑剔東挑剔西，任由擺弄，思忖著兩人如何遇見，並相愛。

我想起上一次看愛情電影的緊張情緒，是《第三者》(Wicker Park)繁殖出來的。很巧呀，這部片的音樂「據說」由喬許哈奈特主選，囊括了一堆我的最愛Mazzy Star、Death Cab For Cutie、The Postal Service等團。很爛的中文片名，看之前完全沒料到會是如此緊湊動人，音樂再加乘上去，乖乖我的媽，大驚喜一個。

回到The Clientele這張專輯《Strange Geometry》，無須多說什麼，它有著Galaxie 500的嗓音質地，更添上些許輕快的民謠味，在自以為沒事其實卻有事的愁容裡，綻放黑暗夜空星星，有一閃沒一閃的失焦狀態。


The Clientele > (I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine

In the silence of the garden
Moths arising on the wind
And the Beast is pondering love, love, love
Till the rusty nails grow dim

I can't seem to make you mine
Through the long and lonely night
And I try so hard, darling
But the crowd pulled you away
Through the ribbons and the rain
And the ivy coiled around my hand

So I lingered with the people
In the silent August glade
But the rain has brought the night
And the night has brought the rain

I can't seem to make you mine
Through the long and lonely night
And I try so hard, darling
But the crowd pulled you away
Through the ribbons and the rain
And the ivy coiled around my hand

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