The Hills (Explicit) – The Weeknd
Lyrics by:Abel Tesfaye/Ahmad Balshe/Emmanuel Nickerson/Carlo Montagnese
Composed by:Abel Tesfaye/Ahmad Balshe/Emmanuel Nickerson/Carlo Montagnese
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Your man on the road he doin’ promo
You said “Keep our business on the low-low”
I’m just tryna get you out the friend zone
‘Cause you look even better than the photos
I can’t find your house send me the info
Drivin’ through the gated residential
Found out I was comin’ sent your friends home
Keep on tryna hide it but your friends know
I only call you when it’s half-past five
The only time that I’ll be by your side
I only love it when you touch me not feel me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me yeah
I only call you when it’s half-past five
The only time I’d ever call you mine
I only love it when you touch me not feel me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me babe
I’ma let you know and keep it simple
Tryna keep it up don’t seem so simple
I just f**ked two b***hes ‘fore I saw you
And you gon’ have to do it at my tempo
Always tryna send me off to rehab
Drugs started feelin’ like it’s decaf
I’m just tryna live life for the moment
And all these motherf**kers want a relapse
I only call you when it’s half-past five
The only time that I’ll be by your side
I only love it when you touch me not feel me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me yeah
I only call you when it’s half-past five
The only time I’d ever call you mine
I only love it when you touch me not feel me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me babe
Hills have eyes the hills have eyes
Who are you to judge Who are you to judge
Hide your lies girl hide your lies
Hide your lies oh baby
Only you to trust only you
I only call you when it’s half-past five
The only time that I’ll be by your side
I only love it when you touch me not feel me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me yeah
I only call you when it’s half-past five
The only time I’d ever call you mine
I only love it when you touch me not feel me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me
When I’m f**ked up that’s the real me babe
Ewedihalehu
Yene konjo ewedihalehu
Yene fikir fikir fikir fikir
Yene fikir fikir fikir fikir
Ewedihalehu
Yene konjo ewedihalehu
一、创作背景
1. 从地下另类到主流巨星的转折点
- 在《The Hills》之前,The Weeknd 以三部混音带《House of Balloons》《Thursday》《Echoes of Silence》(合辑为《Trilogy》)闻名,风格阴郁、实验性强,聚焦毒品、滥交与情感疏离。
- 签约主流厂牌 Republic Records 后,他试图在保持艺术内核的同时打入大众市场。《The Hills》正是这种“黑暗美学与流行结构融合”的成功尝试。
2. 灵感来源:真实生活的堕落与挣扎
- 歌词大量取材于 The Weeknd(本名 Abel Tesfaye)早年在多伦多街头流浪、滥用药物、沉溺夜生活的经历。
- 他在采访中坦言:“那段时间我住在 Spencer 大街65号的破房子里,靠偷超市食物和嗑药度日。《The Hills》就是那段生活的回声。”
3. 音乐制作:工业噪音与 R&B 的碰撞
- 制作人 Illangelo 和 Mano 打造了一种前所未有的声音:
- 主歌采用极简电子节拍与低频轰鸣;
- 副歌突然爆发为扭曲的人声、警报般的合成器音效和沉重鼓点;
- 背景中加入类似“汽车引擎”“玻璃碎裂”的工业噪音,营造出末日派对的听感。
- 这种“美丽中的疯狂”(Beauty Behind the Madness)完美呼应专辑标题。
4. 文化符号:向恐怖电影致敬
- 歌名《The Hills》直接引用自 Wes Craven 1977 年邪典恐怖片《The Hills Have Eyes》(《群尸玩过界》),暗示主角所处的世界充满危险与窥视。
- MV 中也出现血迹、车祸、神秘黑衣人等意象,强化“被欲望吞噬”的寓言色彩。
二、表达含义
1. “她只爱我的名气,而非我本人”——名利的异化
“I only call you when it’s half past five / The only time I ever feel alive”
(我只在凌晨五点半打给你 / 那是我唯一感到活着的时候)
- “凌晨五点半”是派对结束、天将亮未亮的时刻,象征清醒与沉沦的临界点。
- 他与女性的关系建立在药物、性与短暂刺激之上,对方只是他逃避空虚的工具。
- 更讽刺的是,副歌唱道:
“Your man on the road, he don’t know / That you’re meeting me in the hills”
- 女方有男友,却偷偷与他幽会——双方都在利用彼此,无人真心。
2. “我是怪物”——自我厌恶与身份认同危机
“I’m a motherfuckin’ monster”(我是个该死的怪物)
- 这句歌词是全歌最震撼的自我审判。The Weeknd 将自己比作“怪物”,承认自己在名利与欲望中已丧失人性。
- 他享受被崇拜(“They worship me like I’m God”),却又深知这种崇拜建立在虚假人设上。
- 这种清醒的堕落(conscious self-destruction)正是他早期作品的核心矛盾。
3. “The Hills”作为隐喻:欲望的深渊
- “The Hills”(山丘)在洛杉矶常指代比弗利山庄等富人区,象征名利场。
- 但在这里,它更像一个精神牢笼——主角不断爬上这座“欲望之山”,却越陷越深。
- 歌词中“blood on the leaves”(树叶上的血)采样自 Kanye West 同名歌曲,原意指“纯真被玷污”,在此暗示每一次亲密关系都伴随伤害。
三、社会与文化意义
- 打破主流音乐禁忌:在2015年,如此直白描写药物、滥交与心理崩溃的歌曲登上公告牌冠军极为罕见。
- 定义“暗黑 R&B”流派:《The Hills》影响了后续无数艺人(如 Post Malone、Travis Scott)对“颓废美学”的探索。
- Z世代的精神共鸣:尽管内容黑暗,但年轻人从中看到对“虚假社交”“情感空洞”“成名代价”的诚实揭露,产生强烈共情。
总结
当爱变成交易,性变成麻醉,名气变成牢笼——你是否还能认出镜中的自己?
“I only call you when it’s half past five…”
——因为只有在世界沉睡时,怪物才敢露出真容。
