【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】Devlin/デヴリン Watchtower/ウォッチタワー【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】

イギリスのラッパー。
2010年のデビュー作『Bud, Sweat and Beers』が英ゴールドデスクを獲得した。

セカンド・アルバムは、ラブリンス、ノーティー・ボーイ、フューチャーカットなどがプロデュース。レッチ３２、エド・シーランなどがゲスト参加した。

Devlin ft. Ed Sheeran

Songfacts.comというサイトにこの曲についての情報が載っていたのでお知らせします。

「イギリス人ラッパーDevlinのセカンドアルバム「A Moving Picture」からの最初のシングルで、ヴォーカルとしてシンガーソングライターのEd Sheeranが参加している。
この曲はメインのコーラス部分をあのBob DylanのAll Along The Watchtowerからとっている他、Jimi Hendrixがこの曲のカヴァーを使用した際に使ったリフも採用している。
DevlinとEd Sheeranは、ミュージック；ヴィデオにも主演しており、武装した警官から逃走する犯人を演じている。これ以外にも、Jamie Winstone (Made in Dagenham)、Neil Masker (Kill List)、 Tilly Vosburgh (EastEnders)、George Russo (Doctor Who)などが出演している。」

There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief, yeah
There’s too much confusion
Mmm I can’t get no relief

[Verse 1: Devlin]
Yeah
I see jokers on my left, thieves upon my right
You’d find me in the middle if I picked a different life
Before my name started tripling in size
But I’m still showing signs all attributed to the night…
In the pitch black, it’s too cold
I’m all alone take me back to the roads
I had to roam to get here and I’ll hitch back
Get a cab to my mother’s house
See my old man and grab a six pack
Tell my brother I love him
And give him something that will see him through the hard times
What’s a brother for?
When I’m sick of this life I see
It has to be my family who lift me off the floor
Make sense of all the madness in a world full of money, full of tears, full of war..
I was a proud man who worked from the earth up
Save your wine for the entrepreneurs

[Chorus: Ed Sheeran]
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too, yeah
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl

[Verse 2: Devlin]
Cause your world is the same as mine
Pour more blood in your cup
Take a sip full of sin and let your taste buds savour the buzz
The flavour of an ill-mannered nature
That lingers on as animals in all of us
Trying to fight for the right to live a life
But some will never win though
That’s why they live a lie
I don’t think I’ll ever win
All of this is anything
When I die I hope a brother’s at my side *
There’s no trap door, or get out clause
The world can be your oyster or a set of jail doors
You’ve seen mine, I think it’s time I see yours
I bet you that we’ve been scarred by the same swords
Some are lost some are your. some are a life.
Apart from the fact I live my life in the light and now I’m trapped in it
The way I feel within a few years time
I might have a couple kids and just forget I ever wrote this

[Chorus: Ed Sheeran]
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too, yeah
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl

[Verse 3: Devlin]
Take away the treasure of a man
Convinced that he holds heaven in his hands
Even though I ain’t religious I’m a little superstitious
Maybe there is a promised land
But will I make it or not is a different matter
I’ve been a joker, I’ve been a thief, I’ve been a rapper
I’ve been the only enemy that I can never beat
Give me a piece of mind upon a platinum platter

[Chorus: Ed Sheeran]
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too, yeah
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl