《Try to Remember》and 「5W1H」：「Winter」in the Future？

筆者很喜歡The Brothers Four的這一首老歌《Try to Remember》。首先，在歌詞中，我們可以運用「5W1H」來做分析文本(TEXT) ，以至於創作也好。「Who」有我和你(我們) ，「When」是九月、十二月---似乎是秋冬時節。「Where」可以是任何地方，總之有樹林、楊柳、青草地、禾稻麥且充滿了繽紛的色彩。以至於在12月裡的大雪白白的、茫茫的…

那麼，為何要「Try to Remember」？有懷念的人、地，又或是不可逆轉的時光飛逝？又通過甚麼「What」來如何「How」懷念呢？聰明的你當然會知道、了解，以至於有個人私密的感受吧？

如果，已故美國著名天文科學家Carl Sagan(1934-1996)所留給世人的三大問題：1. 臭氧層破洞；2. 全球溫室失控；3. 核子冬天，都一一在人間世應驗的話；那麼，到時候才來「Try to Remember」：懷念深綠的樹林、淡綠的楊柳、青青的草地、黃黃禾稻麥的繽紛色彩，以及12月裡的大雪白白的、茫茫的…？

於是，今天聽《Try to Remember》所賦與的新意思就是：好好珍惜我們眼前一切美麗且色彩繽紛的世界，它們都可以在人類的一念愚昧之下完全褪色變調，成了灰濛濛且再無生機的了…

附：

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow
Try to remember the kind of September
When love was an ember about to billow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow

Deep in December, it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December, it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made us mellow
Deep in December, our hearts should remember
And follow, follow, follow

去聽聽吧：

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u8wj7YNpFs