💡 --- ARTIST'S STATEMENT / 創作理念 --- This was perhaps the most difficult, but necessary, song to write. It's the album's great disillusionment. After rejecting the outside world's definitions, the soul turns to the symbols of its own community and finds them hollow, too. The 8-bit, 'synthetic' sound of the chiptune music is intentional. it's a sonic critique of a hollow idol. This song deconstructs the sacred unicorn myth, reframing it as a "universal con job"—a symbol born not of divinity, but of a shared, desperate need. It's about shattering the last comforting lie before a more proafound truth can emerge. 這或許是最困難, 卻也最必要的一首歌. 它是專輯的偉大幻滅. 在拒絕了外部世界的定義之後, 靈魂轉向其自身社群的符號, 卻發現它們同樣空洞. 8-bit的, “合成的” chiptune音樂是刻意的, 這是一種對空洞偶像的聲音批判. 這首歌解構了神聖的獨角獸神話, 將其重塑為一場“宇宙級的騙局”—一個並非源於神性, 而是源于共同的, 絕望的需求的符號. 這是關於在更深刻的真理得以浮現之前, 粉碎最後一個慰藉人心的謊言. 📜 --- THE VERSE / 詩篇 --- [Stave I – Of Beasts Not Named] In fields where none but silence tilled the loam, There rose a thing not call’d by kind nor home. Its brow bore forth a thorn in spiral wound, No thorn of rose, but one that seeketh sound. And many came with lips unbruis’d by truth, To stroke the spike, and call it badge of youth. [第一節 – 關於無名之獸] 在唯有沉默耕耘沃土的田野, 一個不被歸類, 亦無家可歸之物, 悄然升起. 它的眉宇間, 生出一根螺旋纏繞的荊棘, 非玫瑰之刺, 而是那尋求聲響的利刺. 於是眾人前來, 他們的嘴唇未被真理所傷, 撫摸著那尖刺, 並稱其為青春的徽章. [Stave II – The Courtship of the Spine] They fed it songs — aye, tunèd not to hear, But to provoke a yearning mask’d as cheer. Each glance they threw became a glovèd plea, To own what stirreth deep, yet none might see. And still the horn did glint, and still they bent, Mistaking posture made for sacrament. [第二節 – 對脊骨的求愛] 他們用歌曲餵養它—是的, 那曲調並非為了聆聽, 而是為了激起一種偽裝成歡愉的渴望. 他們投來的每一瞥, 都變成戴着手套的懇求, 為了佔有那在深處攪動, 卻無人能見之物. 而那角依然閃爍, 他們也依然躬身, 將人造的姿態, 誤認為神聖的儀式. [Stave III – The Gilded Itch] No beast requireth crown to break the grass, Yet this one bore a scepter none surpass. Not wrought by blood, but itch of clever tongue, A spire of ache that coiled since it was young. They knelt not out of awe, nor gentle grace— But from a pulse no mirror dares to trace. [第三節 – 鍍金之癢] 沒有野獸需要王冠來踏平草地, 然而這一個, 卻持着一根無與倫比的權杖. 它並非由血肉鑄就, 而是源於伶牙俐齒的欲望之癢, 一座自其年幼時便盤繞而成的, 傷痛的尖塔. 他們跪下, 並非出於敬畏, 亦非出於溫柔的恩典— 而是源於一種連鏡子都不敢追溯的脈動. [Stave IV – When Brass Is Felt as Bone] At last the touch grew raw, the hue untrue, The gold gave way to iron bleeding through. For what was thought divine and sharp with right, Was naught but urge, encased in marble white. No beast, no god, no virtue’s final form— But want made hard, and press’d into a horn. [第四節 – 當黃銅被感知為骨骼] 最終, 那觸感變得粗糙, 那色調變得虛假, 黃金褪去, 鐵的本質滲血而出. 因為那曾被認為神聖, 並因其權利而鋒利之物, 不過是衝動, 被封存在潔白的大理石之中. 沒有野獸, 沒有神明, 亦沒有美德的最終形態— 而是欲望變得堅硬, 被壓制成角. [Stave V – Where Nothing Thrusts Again] The field grows closed, the rites are now unsaid, No hands reach out to stroke the prickèd head. The songs fall mute, the tilt no longer staged— Desire, once cloaked, is bitterly disengaged. And thus remains, not beast, nor shame, nor lie— But proof that need alone can sanctify. [第五節 – 無物再次挺立之處] 田野變得封閉, 儀式如今無人再言, 再沒有手伸出, 去撫摸那帶刺的頭顱. 歌聲變得沉寂, 那傾斜的姿態不再被上演— 欲望, 一旦被揭開偽裝, 便被痛苦地拋棄. 於是留下的, 既非野獸, 亦非羞恥, 也非謊言— 而是證明了, 唯有需求本身, 才能將一切神化. 🌐 --- THE JOURNEY & THE ARCHITECT / 旅程與建築師 --- The Journey: Explore the full creative R&D lab, the "Octopus Principle" in action, and our complete discography at walkingwithai.com. | The Architect: The foresight behind this work is detailed in our "2040 Index." Explore all 120 future scenarios and our AI, Architected. consultancy at jhosen.com. 旅程: 在 walkingwithai.com 探索完整的創意研發實驗室, "八爪魚原則”的實際應用以及我們完整的音樂作品集. | 建築師: 本作品背後的前瞻性思維詳述於我們的“2040索引” | 在 jhosen.com 探索全部120個未來場景以及我們的 AI, Architected. 顧問服務。 ⚖️ --- DIGITAL RIGHTS & PROVENANCE / 數位權利與來源 --- © 2025 Walking With AI. All Rights Reserved. | A JHOSEN Production. License: This work is protected by international copyright law. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, public performance, or use in AI training is strictly prohibited. | Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. 版權與免責聲明: © 2025 Walking With AI. 版權所有. | JHOSEN 出品. 本作品受國際版權法保護. 未經許可, 嚴禁複製, 傳播, 公開表演或用於AI訓練. | 本作品為虛構, 任何雷同純屬巧合.
