Fractured Reality

《Fractured Reality》這首歌，是我對「理智崩壞」過程的一次暗黑馬戲團式演繹。原本的歌詞比較抽象，而在這個最終版本中，我決定將恐懼具象化。我移除了那些模糊的「面紗」和「節奏」，取而代之的是更具壓迫感的「彩繪監牢 (painted jail)」和「遊樂屋 (funhouse)」。在這裡，瘋狂不再是一種氛圍，而是一群失去了方向、在白晝遊蕩的「小丑」。

這首歌的靈魂，藏在Bridge那句「Trapped in a funhouse, where the real world dies (被困在遊樂屋裡，在那裡真實世界徹底死亡)」。這是我對精神分裂最殘酷的隱喻：當幻覺變得比現實更真實時，原本的世界就死去了。而主角最後質問自己是否懸掛在「一根孤獨的細線 (solitary thread)」上，則完美呼應了馬戲團傀儡的意象——失去了自我意志，只能任由瘋狂擺佈。

最終，這首歌不是關於逃離，而是關於「淪陷」。當Outro唱出「Piece by piece (一點一點地)」融合時，那是主角放棄抵抗、成為這場恐怖秀一部分的瞬間。謹以此歌，獻給所有在現實的邊緣掙扎，試圖分清哪裡是舞台、哪裡是人生的靈魂。歡迎來到這座永不落幕的馬戲團。

《Fractured Reality》(崩裂的現實)

(為什麼？) 在這充滿鏡像的房間，出口漸漸消逝
在這瘋狂之中，我的理智開始磨損

在塵埃中甦醒，囚禁於一座彩繪的監牢
這裡的笑聲空洞，臉孔蒼白得可怕

被迷失方向的小丑們重重包圍
為何他們的夢魘，竟敢在白晝公然遊蕩

我是否屬於一個不屬於我的故事
被困在這個瘋狂交織的世界裡

聲音懸浮在凝滯的空氣中
倒映著這超現實巢穴裡的恐慌

慢慢地，他們的瘋狂滲入我的血液
界線模糊了——我被拋進了他們的馬戲團

這是一場表演，還僅僅是偽裝
被困在遊樂屋裡，在那裡真實世界徹底死亡

一點一點地，我融入了他們的國度
在這些迷失的靈魂之中，徹底淪陷

我是否正在變成我恐懼的怪物？
像懸在一根鋼絲上... 僅靠一根孤獨的細線

一點一點地，我融合... 進入他們的國度
成為其中一個迷失的靈魂... 徹底淪陷

(Why?) In this room of mirrors, the exit fades
Inside the madness, my sanity frays

Awakened in dust, inside a painted jail
Where laughter is hollow, and faces are pale

Surrounded by clowns who've lost their way
Why do their nightmares walk out in the day

Do I belong to a tale not mine
Wrapped in a world where the crazed intertwine

Voices are hanging in the stagnant air
Reflecting the panic, in this surreal lair

Slowly, their madness bleeds into my own
The boundary blurs—into their circus I'm thrown

Is this a performance, or merely a guise
Trapped in a funhouse, where the real world dies

Piece by piece, I merge into their realm
Among these lost souls, overwhelmed

Am I becoming the monster I dread
Hanging by a wire... by a solitary thread

Surrounded by clowns who've lost their way
Why do their nightmares walk out in the day

Do I belong to a tale not mine?
Wrapped in a world where the crazed intertwine

Voices are hanging in the stagnant air
Reflecting the panic, in this surreal lair

Slowly, their madness bleeds into my own
The boundary blurs—into their circus I'm thrown

Is this a performance, or merely a guise
Trapped in a funhouse, where the real world dies

Piece by piece, I merge... into their realm
One of the lost souls... overwhelmed