20240213 Eminem - Love The Way You Lie

https://youtu.be/uelHwf8o7_U?si=6IDO7d3uBCUPYeyJ

 

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Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
Well, that's alright, because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
Well, that's alright, because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

 

I can't tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now, there's a steel knife in my windpipe
I can't breathe, but I still fight while I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right, it's like I'm in flight
High off of love, drunk from her hate
It's like I'm huffing paint and I love her, the more I suffer
I suffocate and right before I'm about to drown
She resuscitates me, she fucking hates me
And I love it, "Wait
Where you going?" "I'm leaving you"
"No you ain't, come back"
We're running right back, here we go again
It's so insane 'cause when it's going good, it's going great
I'm Superman, with the wind at his back, she's Lois Lane
But when it's bad, it's awful
I feel so ashamed, I snapped, "Who's that dude?"
I don't even know his name, I laid hands on her
I'll never stoop so low again, I guess I don't know my own strength

 

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
Well, that's alright, because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
Well, that's alright, because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

 

You ever love somebody so much you can barely breathe when you're with 'em?
You meet, and neither one of you, even know what hit 'em
Got that warm fuzzy feeling, yeah, them chills, used to get 'em
Now you're getting fucking sick of looking at 'em
You swore you've never hit 'em, never do nothing to hurt 'em
Now you're in each other's face
Spewing venom in your words when you spit 'em
You push, pull each other's hair, scratch, claw, bit 'em
Throw 'em down, pin 'em, so lost in the moments when you're in 'em
It's the rage that took over, it controls you both
So they say you're best to go your separate ways
Guess that they don't know ya 'cause today, that was yesterday
Yesterday is over, it's a different day
Sound like broken records playin' over
But you promised her, next time you'll show restraint
You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game
But you lied again
Now you get to watch her leave out the window
Guess that's why they call it window pane

 

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
Well, that's alright, because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
Well, that's alright, because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

 

Now I know we said things, did things that we didn't mean
Then we fall back into the same patterns
Same routine, but your temper's just as bad as mine is
You're the same as me, when it comes to love, you're just as blinded
Baby, please come back, it wasn't you
Baby, it was me, maybe our relationship isn't as crazy as it seems
Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano
All I know is I love you too much to walk away though
Come inside, pick up your bags off the sidewalk
Don't you hear sincerity in my voice when I talk?
Told you this is my fault, look me in the eyeball
Next time I'm pissed, I'll aim my fist at the drywall
Next time? There won't be no next time
I apologize, even though I know it's lies
I'm tired of the games, I just want her back, I know I'm a liar
If she ever tries to fucking leave again
I'm a tie her to the bed and set this house on fire

 

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn?
Well, that's alright, because I like the way it hurts
Just gonna stand there and hear me cry?
Well, that's alright, because I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

 

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미국의 래퍼 에미넴의 7집, 'Recovery'의 수록곡인 'Love The Way You Lie'이다. 

에미넴 특유의 펀치라인과 비트, 그리고 리한나의 후렴 피처링이 돋보이는 곡으로, 빌보드 핫100에서도 7주나 1위를 한 곡이기도 한 노래이다.

 

난 사실 힙합을 그리 좋아하지 않는다. 물론 예술적인 펀치라인과 더불어 빠른 속사포 같은 랩, 그리고 묘한 느낌의 비트는 매력적으로 다가올 때가 있긴 하지만, 그 내용이 거진 다 비슷비슷하게 느껴질 때가 많기 때문이다. 꼭 한국의 힙합이 아니더라도 허구한날하는 돈자랑, 소위 '너네가 꿈을 꿀때 난 꿈을 써'(라고 하면서 남들 일할때 자는 모습) 식의 자기 위로, 그리고 옛날 힘들었던 날들 이제 다 극복하고 나 무시하던 사람들 다 밟아줄테야 라는 느낌의 가사들이 거진 힙합의 90%는 넘는 것 같다. 그래서인지 내가 좋아하는 힙합 노래는 대부분 이런 부류에서 벗어나, 오히려 발라드였으면 지루했을 사랑노래, 재밌는 스토리라인을 가진 노래, 아니면 정말 말도 안되는 그루브를 보여주는 노래 정도에 국한된 것 같다.

 

그런면에서 이 Love the Way You lie 는 참 특이한 노래이다. 리한나의 피처링이 인상적인 것도 있겠지만, 기본적으로 에미넴의 아주 좋은 발음과 더불어 강약조절도 매력적이며, 무엇보다도 가사가 impressive한게 많았다. 예를 들면..

 

Now you get to watch her leave out the window
Guess that's why they call it window pane

 

이제 당신은 그녀가 떠나는 것을 창으로 지켜보네요

그래서 사람들이 이것을 창문이라고 부르나봐요(Window pane - 판유리 / pain - 고통 의 동음이의 언어유희)

 

처럼 언어적 유희를 활용한 것도 있었고, 

 

Maybe that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano
All I know is I love you too much to walk away though

 

이것은 아마 태풍(떠나간 이)가 화산(에미넴 본인)을 만나서 그런거일거야

내가 아는것은 오직 하나, 내가 당신을 너무나도 많이 사랑하나는 것이야

 

(Volcano의 ano와 though의 ough가 유사하게 들리기도 하지만, 이 부분의 비트가 굉장히 인상적이다)

 

처럼 인상적인 가사도 있었다. 나는 실제로 저 what happens when a tornado meets a volcano를 표현을 본 이후로 비유할때 자주 사용할정도이다. 떠나간 연인에 대한 그라데이션 분노와 더불어 폭력적으로 변해가는 화자의 모습이 인상적인 노래였지만, (쓰다보니 깨달았는데) 사실 이 모든 것보바도 그냥 출근길에 재생한 플레이리스트에서 잘 스킵하지 않을만한 여러 요소(적당한 볼륨, 적당한 비트, 적당한 기승전결과 가사에 적당하게 집중할 수 있게 함)들의 합으로 자주 듣게 되는 노래인 것 같다.