Marks On My Neck – Charlie Puth (查理·普斯)
Lyrics by：Charlie Puth/Jacob Kasher Hindlin
All I got left are the marks on my neck
After you let me go oh
It’s hard to forget when you messed up my head
‘Cause I let you get too close yeah
I should’ve never never never opened my heart again
Wasn’t worth it
Why did I let you I let you I let you
Get all under my skin
Wasn’t worth it
On the surface you were perfect
But you didn’t really come to stay
Now when I look in the mirror
I slowly watch you fade away
‘Cause all I got left are the marks on my neck
After you let me go oh
It’s hard to forget when you messed up my head
‘Cause I let you get too close
Now all I got left are the marks on my neck
After you let me go oh
It’s hard to forget when you messed up my head
‘Cause I let you get too close yeah
I tried to cover it cover it cover it with foundation
Didn’t help it
Tried to get over you over you over you but you dug in
And I felt it
On the surface you were perfect
But you didn’t really come to stay
Now as I look in the mirror
I slowly watch you fade away
‘Cause all I got left are the marks on my neck
After you let me go oh
It’s hard to forget when you messed up my head
‘Cause I let you get too close
Now all I got left are the marks on my neck
After you let me go oh
It’s hard to forget when you messed up my head
‘Cause I let you get too close yeah
It’s hard to forget when you messed up my head
‘Cause I let you get too close
《Marks On My Neck》是美国唱作人查理·普斯（Charlie Puth）第三张录音室专辑《CHARLIE》中的一首曲目。这张于2022年10月7日发行的专辑，被查理本人定义为“迄今为止最个人化”的作品，旨在通过音乐记录他在2020年至2022年间的生活碎片与情感起伏。
这首歌由查理·普斯与Jacob Kasher Hindlin共同创作词曲，并由查理亲自参与制作。在整张专辑的架构中，它位列第九首，紧随《When You’re Sad I’m Sad》之后，在情感表达上形成了一种连贯的叙事流。歌曲时长仅2分18秒，短小精悍，延续了专辑利用音效和编曲构建生活场景的核心概念。
关于歌名背后的故事，有一个广为流传的趣闻：歌词中提到的“脖子上的印记”，源于查理一次真实的经历。据说因为抓痕过于明显，而他当时又需要去探望父母，为了遮掩痕迹不得不使用粉底。这种将真实生活细节直接转化为创作素材的方式，正是《CHARLIE》这张专辑“自我剖析”精神的典型体现。
尽管歌名《Marks On My Neck》直译为“脖子上的印记”，听起来似乎充满暧昧或激情的暗示，但歌曲的实际内核却是一场关于分手后自我反省的内心独白。它讲述的不是浪漫，而是激情过后留下的心理创伤与物理痕迹。
歌曲以第一人称视角展开，主角面对镜子里的自己，试图用粉底遮盖脖子上的吻痕或抓痕（“I tried to cover it, cover it, cover it with foundation / Didn't help it”）。这里的“印记”成为了这段关系存在的最后证据，也是主角想要抹去却又无法彻底消除的尴尬象征。它不仅是一个生理上的痕迹，更隐喻了这段感情在他身上留下的深刻烙印，让他无法轻易翻篇。
歌词反复强调了一个核心观点：“Wasn't worth it”（这并不值得）。主角在冷静下来后开始反思，后悔自己当初为何要再次敞开心扉（“I should've never, never, never opened my heart again”），后悔让那个人深入自己的内心（“Why did I let you... Get all under my skin?”）。他意识到，虽然对方表面上看起来完美无瑕（“On the surface, you were perfect”），但实际上并没有打算长久停留（“But you didn't really come to stay”）。
歌曲中最具画面感的一句歌词是：“Now, when I look in the mirror I slowly watch you fade away”（如今我对镜自视，眼看你成过往云烟）。这是一种非常独特的悲伤表达方式——不是激烈的崩溃，而是静静地注视着那些曾经亲密的证据（无论是脖子上的印记还是心中的记忆）随着时间慢慢淡化。这种“fade away”的过程既是一种解脱，也是一种无奈的告别，标志着主角终于准备好从这段混乱的关系中抽身而出，尽管过程伴随着心乱如麻的痛苦。
