The Tower首次发行在2001年《Waking Hour》专辑中,由华裔女创作人Vienna Teng-史逸欣演唱。华裔成功打入美国主流音乐的例子不多,而擅长自己作词作曲,又是从高科技人员转行的史逸欣可说是其中的佼佼者。
澄澈古典的优美声线与丰富温柔的钢琴,好似一股溪流,在心底交融,唱出心底的温馨悲哀与人生百态。
The one who survives by making the lives
幸存之人
Of others worthwhile
点亮了别人的生活
She's coming apart
她已不见
Right before my eyes
就在我眼前
The one who depends on the services she renders
她曾卑躬屈膝
To those who come knocking
向别人俯首称臣
She's seeing too clearly what she can't be
她清楚自己能力所及
What understanding defies
更明白这一切无法抗拒
She says I need not to need
她说,我并无所求
Or else a love with intuition
只要一份纯爱的感受
Someone who reaches out to my weakness
一个能安抚我脆弱的人
And won't let go
与我长相厮守
I need not to need
我并无所求
I've always been the tower
一直坚强的承受
But now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
如今却感觉自己像雪中的花朵,竭力去绽放
She turns out the light anticipating night falling
光影淡去,夜幕如期而至
Tenderly around her
萦绕身旁
And watches the dusk
她凝视暮蔼
The words won't come
惆怅无言
She carries the act so convincingly the fact is
她坚定地用行动实现理想
Sometimes she believes it
深信自己的信仰
That she can be happy the way things are
以为自己满意现状
Be happy with the things she's done
欣慰自己所为
And I need not to need
我并无所求
Or else a love with intuition
只要一份纯爱的感受
Someone who reaches out to my weakness
一个能安抚我脆弱的人
And won't let go
与我长相厮守
I need not to need
我并无所求
I've always been the tower
一直坚强的承受
But now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
如今却感觉自己像雪中的花朵,竭力去绽放
Reach out
去追求理想
Hold back
还是维持现状
Where is safety
哪里是我的温床
Reach out
是追求理想
And hold back
还是维持现状
Where is the one who can change me
能改变我的那个人身在何方
Where is the one
身在何方
The one ah…ah…ah…
那个人
Reach out
去追求理想
Hold back
还是维持现状
Where is safety
哪里是我的温床
Reach out
是追求理想
And hold back
还是维持现状
Where is the one who can save me
能拯救我的那个人身在何方
Where is the one
身在何方
The one ah…ah…ah…
那个人
I need not to need
我并无所求
Or else a love with intuition
只要一份纯爱的感受
Someone who reaches out to my weakness
一个能安抚我脆弱的人
And won't let go
与我长相厮守
I need not to need
我并无所求
I've always been the tower
一直坚强的承受
But now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
如今却感觉自己像雪中的花朵,竭力去绽放
I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
感觉自己像雪中的花朵,竭力去绽放
The danger and the power
危险和力量,同在
The friend and the foe
朋友和敌人,共存