If a city
If a city
If a city is set upon a hill
Under the flight of birds
Over on the Downs
Are the flights of birdsong
If under the Golden Calf
Dozing buried under
Under the grass and moss
In the sweet shadow of that hill
If the middle of the well is a wing of glod
Down the passed path
Ang long along the way
Is a city
And if that city holds a man
And in that man
Is a city on the heights of all the planets
That have uprised
And upset the stars
And in that woman
Who circles that city
Her musk trace sliver
Under her feet
If the city street is silent
And mute dogs surround
The woman who circles the city
In the field she lies
And over her bed
Shakes beyond the daisies
Of the city wall
Beyond past the flowers
That flow like queens
Into the city set upon a height
The pitchforks by home
In the throat of the corn
His eyes; the colours
Of clouds at nights
If before the sunflowers
Drowned by those suns
If by those flowers
The city is unwell
I am still there
Inside you like a city
And if the city gate is shut
In the day and not the night
If the peacock is banished
And burns with a song
If under God's wing
By the jawbone and hee-haw
The donkey creeps silently
Through the door in the hall
Then plague and mice
And the woodlice stream
If A City... - 方磊
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[00:37.175]If a city
[00:41.646]If a city
[00:46.278]If a city is set upon a hill
[00:54.634]Under the flight of birds
[00:59.039]Over on the Downs
[01:04.700]Are the flights of birdsong
[01:13.862]If under the Golden Calf
[01:17.726]Dozing buried under
[01:23.480]Under the grass and moss
[01:30.956]In the sweet shadow of that hill
[01:39.879]If the middle of the well is a wing of glod
[01:49.528]Down the passed path
[01:53.322]Ang long along the way
[01:57.797]Is a city
[02:01.897]And if that city holds a man
[02:11.017]And in that man
[02:15.782]Is a city on the heights of all the planets
[02:25.918]That have uprised
[02:29.722]And upset the stars
[02:34.303]And in that woman
[02:38.689]Who circles that city
[02:43.143]Her musk trace sliver
[02:47.511]Under her feet
[02:52.187]If the city street is silent
[02:56.692]And mute dogs surround
[03:02.143]The woman who circles the city
[03:09.764]In the field she lies
[03:14.184]And over her bed
[03:18.782]Shakes beyond the daisies
[03:22.965]Of the city wall
[03:27.872]Beyond past the flowers
[03:32.342]That flow like queens
[03:37.799]Into the city set upon a height
[03:46.688]The pitchforks by home
[03:50.734]In the throat of the corn
[03:55.229]His eyes; the colours
[03:59.823]Of clouds at nights
[04:04.436]If before the sunflowers
[04:08.651]Drowned by those suns
[04:13.356]If by those flowers
[04:17.165]The city is unwell
[04:21.660]I am still there
[04:26.183]Inside you like a city
[04:30.767]And if the city gate is shut
[04:35.137]In the day and not the night
[04:39.486]If the peacock is banished
[04:44.000]And burns with a song
[04:50.220]If under God's wing
[04:54.353]By the jawbone and hee-haw
[04:58.760]The donkey creeps silently
[05:03.210]Through the door in the hall
[05:07.648]Then plague and mice
[05:12.127]And the woodlice stream
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歌詞解析
一句話主旨
以城市為隱喻，探討存在、神聖與人性之間的糾葛與張力。
主題
城市作為人類文明的象徵，與自然、神聖力量及內在靈魂的互動關係，並反思其可能的崩壞與救贖。
情緒
沉思中帶有疏離與不安，隱含對現代文明的質疑與對神性的嚮往。
意象與手法
運用自然元素（飛鳥、黃金牛、雲）與神話符碼（聖靈之翼、懲罰意象），透過「如果...」的假設句式建構虛實交錯的寓言場景，強化哲思層次。
重點句解讀
1. 「If a city is set upon a hill」
城市建於山丘的意象，呼應《聖經》「山上之城」的隱喻，暗示文明的崇高理想與與自然的對立關係。
2. 「In that man Is a city on the heights of all the planets」
個體內在的宇宙規模，將人類存在提升至宇宙尺度，凸顯渺小與偉大並存的矛盾。
3. 「Plague and mice / And the woodlice stream」
疫病與微小生物的並置，象徵文明崩壞時的混沌，以及被忽略的細微傷害。
4. 「I am still there / Inside you like a city」
將自我投射為城市，表達存在於他人內在的深層連結，與孤獨感形成對照。
適合情境
獨處沉思、閱讀哲學文本、面對社會議題時，或需透過隱喻理解抽象情感的時刻。
魔鏡站長解析
站長私房短評：打動人的地方、適合什麼時刻聽（產生後永久保存）。
歌曲冷知識
AI 依歌詞整理 3-4 點有趣觀察（產生後永久保存）。