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0《心灵风车》（The Windmills of Your Mind）的歌词描述了思想、情感和记忆的复杂、周期性且常常令人难以承受的本质。歌词运用旋转的风车和无尽的螺旋，营造出一种陷入持续不断的内省或痴迷循环的感觉，就像这首歌1968年的原版电影《托马斯·克朗事件》（The Thomas Crown Affair）中所展现的那样。歌词如同意识流，反映出一种无法解开的思绪，未解的问题和想法像风车的叶片一样交织在一起。歌名以及反复出现的圆圈和螺旋意象强调了思维如何陷入循环，无法找到清晰的起点和终点。歌词描绘了一种不断转动的思维，一种充满内省的“心灵之旅”，它可能会演变成一种痴迷，或是一种困惑和不确定的状态。歌词结构刻意抽象、碎片化，模仿思绪和记忆无解地出现和消逝。
1) 0:00 - Windmills of Your Mind - Noel Harrison
2) 2:21 - Windmills of Your Mind - Arturo Sandoval, Shelly Berg
3) 7:564 - Windmills of Your Mind - Alison Moyet （从女性视角出发，第三段歌词略微不同）
4) 12:00 - Windmills of Your Mind - Siegfried Guitar Duo
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!
Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind!
Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said?
Lovers walking along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song
Half remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning to the color of her hair!
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel
As the images unwind, like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind!
圆，如螺旋中的圆，如轮中之轮
在永不停歇的旋转轴上永无止境，亦无起点
如滚下山坡的雪球，或如狂欢节的气球
如绕着月亮旋转的旋转木马
如指针掠过表面分钟的钟表
世界就像一只在太空中静静旋转的苹果
如你在心灵的风车里发现的圆圈！
如一条你循着它通往另一条隧道的隧道
沿着山谷，通往阳光从未照耀过的洞穴
如一扇在半遗忘的梦境中不断旋转的门
或如某人在溪流中抛掷的鹅卵石泛起的涟漪
如指针掠过表面分钟的钟表
世界就像一只在太空中静静旋转的苹果
如你在心灵的风车里发现的圆圈！
口袋里的钥匙叮当作响，脑海里的话语叮当作响
为什么夏天过得如此之快，是你说了什么吗？
恋人们漫步在海岸边，在沙滩上留下他们的足迹
远处传来的鼓声，仅仅是你手指的触碰吗？
走廊里挂着的照片，还有一首歌的片段
依稀记得的名字和面孔，但它们究竟属于谁？
当你知道一切都结束时，你突然意识到
秋叶正变成她头发的颜色！
像螺旋中的圆圈，像轮套轮
在永不停歇的卷轴上永无止境，也永无开始
随着图像的展开，就像你在脑海中的风车里发现的圆圈一样！
