※敬告:這篇的兩首可能引起負向情緒, 聽或不聽請自行斟酌。 Sleepthief 這個一人團體的作品想要表達的訊息
往往延伸到 MV 影片裡:
Skimming Stones (featuring Kirsty Hawkshaw)
--這首聽了有一種鬱悶感,
尤其是從 2:10 到 2:30 和從 3:26 到最後
那兩段斷斷續續的短促的吟唱,
都像是溺水的人掙扎著喘進最後一口氣似的感覺,
淹沒在無助和絕望裡。
其實第一次聽,我覺得有點虐待耳朵之嫌,
因為最初那幾秒被 Kirsty 超高音的"啊~啊"的壓迫感唬住了|||
可是,第二次搭配影片一起聽,
只覺得天衣無縫,這個故事太淒美了.......
All I want is to reach the horizon
Where these skimming stones go on forever
For as they sink, I sink with them
Just to hold your hand right now
Would be all that I know
And I'll take you down
To the depths of my soul
I'd sink in that bliss, in that oneness
Lord I still don't really know how to love you
The way you love me... I don't feel worthy
And I envy the eyes of those who do
Lord I don't know, the way you love me
And if I knew it then, somehow I'd remember
That trust, that openness, I will make true decisions
Walking straight ahead
Instead of following directions
Out of line to the left or right
In the arms of a lover
In the endless starry night
I've done that all my life
These skimming stones decide
These skimming stones still lie
可惜,一雙戀人早已陰陽永隔,
就連希臘神話裡最有才華的樂師 Orpheus
也沒能順利把愛妻 Eurydice 帶回凡間。
以前我深愛的《
Eurydice》也是 Sleepthief 的作品,
於是 Sleepthief 的 Justin Elswick 給我一種「總是在寫鰥夫之歌」的印象......|||
順帶一提,MV 的男主角、也就是演長大後的小男友那位,
就是作曲者 Justin Elswick 本人。
之前我只是喜歡他寫的音樂,都沒想到原來他這麼帥 XD Reprise?
--選擇在教堂裡彈這首,
他是想要配合歌詞對神的質疑嗎?
"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.
We do not know what we ought to pray for,
but the Spirit himself intercedes for us
with
groans that words cannot express." (Romans 8:26)
「況且,我們的軟弱有聖靈幫助。
我們本不曉得當怎樣禱告,
只是聖靈親自用
說不出來的歎息替我們禱告。」(羅 8:26)
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