Novocaine – 庆怜
词Lyricist:Joseph Mulherin/Alec Small/庆怜Caelan
曲Composer:Joseph Mulherin/Alec Small
编曲Arrangement:Bert Moreshead
制作人Producer:Isaac Han/Aaron Kim
配唱制作Vocal Producer:Aaron Kim/D’tour
配唱指导Vocal Directer:D’tour/Aaron Kim
人声编辑Vocal Editor:D’tour
和声Vocals (Background):庆怜Caelan
录音Recording Engineer:Dawson
录音室Recording Studio:8pexcompany
混音Mixing Engineer:Yoo Young Lee
混音室Mixing Studio:8pexcompany
母带Mastering Engineer:Dale Becker
母带助理Mastering Assistant:Noah McCorkle
母带室Mastering Studio:Becker Mastering (Pasadena, CA)
OP:Sony/ATV Music Publishing/RYCE Publishing Group 白米范(北京)文化传播有限公司
SP:Sony/ATV Music Publishing/Universal Music Publishing CHINA 环球音乐版权(中国)
发行Distributed by:RYCE MUSIC GROUP白米范(北京)文化传播有限公司
出品Executive Produced by:RYCE MUSIC GROUP白米范(北京)文化传播有限公司
You know what’s wrong with you Miss Whoever-You-Are
You’re chicken you’ve got no guts
You’re afraid to stick out your chin and say
Okay life’s a fact people do fall in love
People do belong to each other
Because that’s the only chance anybody’s got for real happiness
You call yourself a free spirit a wild thing
And you’re terrified somebody’s gonna stick you in a cage
Well baby you’re already in that cage you built it yourself
And it’s not bounded in the west by Tulip Texas
Or in the east by Somaliland
It’s wherever you go
Because no matter where you run
You just end up running into yourself
I remember nights every summer at your house
It was you and me together was the only time I felt yeah
Now you’re on your own spending time with someone else yeah
I can’t even trip cause I did this to myself
Now you say stupid **** like you wish you never met me
Gassed up by your friends they hold everything against me
I just need some time peace of mind feeling empty
All she ever wanted was a little more attention
And was it too much
Probably not
But where I’m at
Is all I got
Now I’m in my bedroom
Door locked
And I’m doing all I can not to cry
How am I supposed to let you go
Someone please let me know
Cause you was my novocaine
I need you to numb this pain
How am I supposed to let you go
Someone please let me know
Cause you was my novocaine
I need you to numb this pain
I just want this to work
Even though we know it’s hell
But to say I’m not a burden you’d be lying to yourself
Sick of all the distance and I can’t tell
Thinking things will change but it never will
It’s too late I tried same games no prize
I’m all alone I want you home
All I wanted was someone to call my own
And was it too much
Probably not
But where I’m at
Is all I got
Now I’m in my bedroom
Door locked
And I’m doing all I can not to cry
How am I supposed to let you go
Someone please let me know
Cause you was my novocaine
I need you to numb this pain
How am I supposed to let you go
Someone please let me know
Cause you was my novocaine
I need you to numb this pain
Baby come numb up this pain
I think I’m going insane
Healing me up beating me down
Making me doubt
I don’t know no more
I don’t want it anymore
How am I supposed to let you go let you go
Someone please let me know let me know
Cause you was my novocaine novocaine novocaine
I need you to numb this pain numb this pain numb this pain
How am I supposed to let you go let you go
Someone please let me know let me know
Cause you was my novocaine ooh yeah
I need you to numb this pain I need you to numb this pain
《Novocaine》(奴佛卡因)是歌手庆怜于2023年1月15日发行的首支个人英文单曲。这首作品在创作上极具巧思,其Intro部分直接采样了奥黛丽·赫本主演的经典电影《蒂凡尼的早餐》中的独白片段。制作团队通过引入雷声与雨声的环境音效填补听觉空缺,成功营造出一种沉浸式的电影氛围感,让听众瞬间入戏。歌曲由Isaac Han和Aaron Kim担任制作人,庆怜本人也参与了和声部分的演绎。整首歌的制作水准极高,混音与母带处理均在海外专业工作室完成,展现了年轻歌手对音乐质感的极致追求。
在表达含义方面,《Novocaine》以“奴佛卡因”这一局部麻醉药物作为核心隐喻,深刻剖析了一段充满拉扯与痛楚的情感关系。歌曲借用了电影中男女主角在纽约大雨中敞开心扉、雨中相拥的场景,将这场治愈痛苦的雨比作麻痹疼痛的奴佛卡因。歌词讲述了一个男孩在空荡房间里锁上门、强忍泪水试图忘记前任的心碎故事。他坦言对方曾是自己抵御痛苦的解药,但如今两人渐行渐远,自己却陷入了无法自拔的疯狂与自我怀疑之中。
这首歌传递出了一种清醒的痛苦与极致的浪漫:当一个人只能充当你的止痛药,而无法成为真正治愈你内心的解药时,感情的结束便成了必然。尽管副歌部分反复呼唤着“我需要你来麻痹这痛苦”,但在伤感的基调下,依然蕴含着年轻无畏的勇敢。它表达了即便身处自己亲手筑造的樊笼,也要直面真实的自我;同时也寄托了对爱的纯粹向往——生活就是互相相爱、互相属于对方,并在彼此的生命中成为真正的Novocaine。
