Happy Birthday to a Beautiful Freak

在創作這首生日歌時，我想跳脫所有傳統的祝福與歡慶。我想寫的，是一首獻給所有曾在人群中，感覺自己格格不入、不被理解的“美麗怪人 (Beautiful Freak)”的讚美詩。這不是一場普通的生日派對，這是一場在蒼白月光下，為“不完美”與“破碎”而舉行的、盛大而莊嚴的加冕舞會。

這首歌的靈魂，藏在它對“黑暗”與“傷痕”的重新定義裡。我們不再慶祝光明，而是為“你的黑暗加冕 (a coronation of your darkness)”；我們不再祝福你完美無瑕，而是讚美“你內心的裂痕，就是你所說的語言”。我特意加入了一段全新的Verse，去描繪這位“怪人”獨一無二的內心世界——你能看見無人能見的色彩，你與他人避之唯恐不及的鬼魂共舞，你是完美畫框中那個美麗的“故障 (glitch)”。這一切，都不是缺陷，而是你之所以成為一件“傑作 (masterpiece)”的證明。

謹以此歌，獻給我的朋友，也獻給所有曾被視為“異類”的、勇敢而美麗的靈魂。願我們都能在這首怪誕的華爾滋中，找到屬於自己的舞步，學會如何與那顆“雖然受傷卻依然美好的心共舞”。這不是一首讓你融入世界的歌，這是一首讓你為自己的與眾不同，而感到無比驕傲的歌。生日快樂，你這件無與倫比的藝術品。

Come closer, dearies... The moon is full. And the grand masquerade for the beautifully broken... is now open for one of our own.

The porcelain moon hangs low and strange
It's a birthday waltz for a soul that won't change
With your crooked grin and your mismatched gleam
Come join the dance of your beautifully broken dream

Happy Birthday, you beautiful freak
Let the cracks in your heart be the language you speak
So spin and twirl in this haunted delight
A coronation of your darkness, kissed by pale moonlight

The velvet bats, they dip and bow for you
As we sing the hymns the sane ones won't allow
A silver laugh, a haunting, minor-key design
This birthday revelry will sanctify your pain

Happy Birthday, you beautiful freak
Let the cracks in your heart be the language you speak
So spin and twirl in this haunted delight
A coronation of your darkness, kissed by pale moonlight

You see the colors no one else can find
In the tangled, secret gardens of your mind
You dance with ghosts that others run away from
And find a strange new beauty where the light is numb
You are the glitch within the perfect, polished frame
The one they couldn't categorize, the one they couldn't tame

So leave your well-worn sanity behind
In this grand ballroom, your true reflection you will find
We're all a little fractured here, and that's the sacred art
Of learning how to dance with a wonderfully wounded heart

Happy Birthday, you beautiful freak
Let the cracks in your heart be the language you speak
So spin and twirl in this haunted delight
A coronation of your darkness, kissed by pale moonlight

Happy Birthday... you masterpiece