欢歌与生命律动：热爱生命至骨髓
音乐家沃利斯·伯德（Wallis Bird）以极具亲和力且略带幽默的方式拉开了表演序幕，她向观众宣告自己将带来三首分别关于“快乐”、“人性”与“心灵”的歌曲。首支曲目**《热爱至骨髓》**（To My Bones: 表达对生命毫无保留、深至骨髓的热爱）是一首情绪饱满的生命赞歌。在这首歌曲中，伯德用极具张力的歌词描绘了人与人之间最本真的连接——亲吻陌生人的双唇、拥抱每一个相遇的人。当世界陷入停滞与沉闷时，她提倡用最朴素的善意去打破隔阂，例如带他人回家并为他们烹饪晚餐。
在建立这种充满温情与烟火气的心理连接后，她用充满诗意的意象和独特的个人记忆进一步延展了生命力的维度。歌词中交织着记忆的庞大（如“记忆的大象”）与微观的化学规律，并表达了对远离电视噪音、回归纯粹欢笑生活的向往。尽管命运充满曲折，伯德依然坚信家是自己最大的财富，而这种财富无关年龄，只关乎内心的归属感。通过反复吟唱“生命啊，我爱你至深，直至骨髓”，她传递出一种坚韧、乐观且极具感染力的生命哲学。
Original English Source
Hia. So, my name is Ted. You're all very welcome to my world. And I'm going to sing you three uh songs. The first one is for joy. And uh the second one is for humanity and the last one is for the heart. So, they're real depressing. You're welcome. See you.
[laughter] Okay. All right. This call to my bones. [music] We're kissing the lips of strangers. We're hugging whoever next we meet. Oh life, I love you [music] to my bones. When everything's shut, we're listless. Take them home and cook them dinner. I [music] say, "Oh life, I love you to my bones. [music] Domino's medicine to you. [singing] Take a seat and let it grow. The world will love you." Woo! Elephants of memory and alphabet of chemistry. All of these things [singing] be laughter and no TV. I've got punches and fisty curves and tons and tons of luck. I've got fire sides and Dutch goals. There's no such thing as too old. And my [music] fortune is my home. My home and all I know. Oh yeah. Because Because Oh, I love you to my bones. Oh life, I love you to my bones. Oh life, I love you to my bones. Oh life, I love you to my bones. Oh life, I love you to my bones. Oh life, I love you to my bones. Oh life, I love you to my bones. Oh life, I love you to my bones. Thanks very much. [cheering] [applause]
流动的生命线：难民叙事与普世安全感
在第二首歌曲**《随江河奔流》**（As the River Flows: 旨在声援移民与难民、反对种族主义的音乐创作）中，伯德将视线转向了更为宏大的社会议题。她以“水”作为隐喻，指出人类的身体皆由水分构成，所有人都在历史的洪流中共同涌动。人类无法选择自己出生的起点，因此跨越陆地、天空与海洋去寻找更好的生活，是刻在生命底层的本能。她尖锐地发问：“难道我们不被允许这样做吗？难道你至今还停留在母亲生下你的地方吗？”通过否定这种地域局限性，她为人类的迁徙与流动赋予了天然的合理性。
伯德在舞台上用近乎呐喊的方式不断重复“走向陆地，走向海洋，走向安全”（to safety: 寻求基本人身安全与尊严的避难状态）。她以极其悲悯的笔触提到那些在动荡中失去家庭甚至生命的婴儿，呼吁大众不要转过脸去假装视而不见。她公开质疑那些以“保护就业”和“维护社会秩序”为由设立的冰冷边界，认为这背后往往隐藏着追求“排他性纯洁”的狭隘心态。通过号召人们“行走两千英里，甚至三千英里”去追寻安全，这首歌不仅是对地缘政治围栏的无声反抗，更是对人类命运共同体和基本体面底线的深切呼唤。
Original English Source
Thank you again. Okay, this next song is brilliant. It's called As the River Flows and it's in support of migrants and refugees and in defiance of racism. [applause] And as a river flows, while you and I are made of water, surging into history, universal mystery. All in all, we cannot choose [music] the life that we were given. So we move across the land to sky to sea. Looking for more than we were offered. Are we not allowed? Are you still where your mother pushed you out? I doubt that this is true. If you can move, then I will too. To [singing] to the land, to the sea, to safety, [music] to safety, to safety, to the land, to the mouth of the sea, to [singing] the land, to the sea, to safety, to safety, to safety. Overcoming mystery. Oh, overcoming mystery. Oh, what are you? Scared of friendship. [music] Brave enough to pave a basic decency for [music] humankind. A baby lost its family, lost its life. Don't turn your face away. Don't tell me borders are for jobs and civic [singing] order. When I know you see it differently, you want your pallet white. You want it clean. Walk a mile. Walk 2,000 [music] miles. Walk 3,000 miles to to the land to the sea to safety to safety to safety. Overcoming [clears throat and music] mystery to safety to safety to safety. Overcoming mystery. Overcoming mystery. Overcoming mystery. Overcoming mystery. Overcoming [screaming] [singing] mystery. Overcoming mystery. Overcoming [singing] mystery. Overcoming mystery. Overcoming mystery. Overcoming mystery. [screaming] JUST SAFETY. Just say [music] to safety. To safety. To safety. Just to safety. To safe. To safety. To safety. To safety. To safety. To safety. To safety. to safety. [cheering and applause] [applause]
心灵的张力：亲密关系中的留白与艺术共鸣
演出的最后一幕，伯德邀请她的伴侣特蕾西·K（Tracy K）一同登台，献上了关于“心灵”的歌曲**《口头宣告》**（In Dictum: 探讨亲密关系中占有欲与个人自主权边界的曲目）。这首歌深刻地揭示了情感关系的心理动力学。伯德唱道，尽管生命旅途中充满了坎坷与伤痛，但这些都可以通过时间、心态或自省来治愈。然而，在人际交往中，如果对方的掌控欲过于紧迫，她宁愿选择适度抽离。她用充满哲思的歌词总结道：“你抓得越紧，能拥有的我就越少；你越想占有我，我便越不属于你。”这种关于“占有与丧失”的辩证逻辑，强调了健康关系中彼此独立与边界感的重要性。
在演出结束后的策展人致辞中，知名音乐人雅各布·科里尔（Jacob Collier，转写文本中误记为 Jacob Pollier）对伯德的表演给予了极高赞誉。科里尔指出，伯德拥有一种罕见的艺术天赋——能够用她那狂野的能量、纯粹的快乐和丰富的色彩瞬间征服任何观众。他将伯德的嗓音比作“变色龙”，可以自由地改变颜色和形状，极具延展性。这种不断攀升、层层递进的音乐能量，不仅展现了她非凡的舞台控制力，更将现场演出升华为一个巨大的“快乐乐器”，为观众带来了直击心灵的战栗与感动。
Original English Source
Wow. Thank you so much. I would like to invite my lovely partner on stage for this, Tracy K. Please come on stage. [music] [applause] This one is for your heart. Well, I'll tell you the truth as I only do, my friend. I'll be living my youth [singing] as I live till my end, my friend. I've been battered [singing] and bruised, but it's only a few that have stayed or left. And that's nothing a hammer, [music] a nail, or my mind couldn't cure. [singing] But I've left people hang on a stick or a word if their grip grew tight. Oh, the bottles, [singing] the battles, the bears that I've [music] shared are all mine. But the more you hold on to me, [music] the less you can have of me.
[music and singing] The more you hold on to me, the less I am yours to keep. [singing] Yeah. The more you hold on to me, I'll try not to leave. [singing] Peace on earth. Thank you so much. [applause] [cheering] [applause] Hello everybody. My name is Jacob Pollier and I am this year's music curator for TED and the musician you just heard, Wallace Bird, is one of my dearest musical companions. She is crazy. I mean, I I don't know how you felt, but the first time I heard Wallace sing, I had tears and goosebumps. She's she's like a roof raising musician. She she accompanied me on tour opening for some shows a couple years ago, and I knew then what I know now, which is that she possesses that rare gift that not many musicians possess, which is the ability to win over any crowd with her totally wild energy, her joy, and her colors. Her voice to me is like this uh this this this chameleon. It can change color. It can change shape. It's stretchy. It's it's just this it's this magnificent instrument of joy. And I think probably one of my favorite moments of the talk you just witnessed was that moment where she goes higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and the energy just builds and builds and builds. She really is unlike any musician I know. Hope you enjoyed. Lots of love. Cheerio. Bye.