十七歲!你在球場上盡情揮灑汗水,在舞臺上縱情高歌;你不畏懼挑剔的眼光,也不在乎蜚短流長。你就是你,無憂無慮,做著最真實的自己。
十七歲!你知道自己的肩膀不再稚嫩,渴盼快速成長;你感覺內心的夢想生根發芽,腳趾蠢蠢欲動。那個小小的家鄉已然裝不下你的大大夢想。你的心里有條通往遠方的道路。你渴望流浪,渴望闖蕩。
十七歲!你為愛拼搏,追逐夢想;你灑下汗水和淚水,但更多的,卻是無數歡笑……
有時候,你也在懵懂的感情中初嘗痛苦,于是,一心期盼著青澀的十七歲快快過去。因為你總以為,這美麗的年華足夠漫長。
然而,當時光真的飛逝而去,你才恍然發現,那段曼妙的年華,短暫到你都還沒來得及珍惜。原來十七歲是那么美好,令人無限緬懷。于是,有人一遍又一遍吟唱著《童年》;有人高歌著《不想長大》;有人更宣稱自己forever young……正如這首“Seventeen”的創作者兼演唱者Simon Webbe唱到的,十七歲時,“I was living life”。
英國歌手Simon Webbe的音樂之路曲折迂回。童年時代,在教堂福音歌的熏陶下,Simon將對音樂的摯愛植根于心。后來,他雖然嘗試過足球運動員、模特等與音樂截然不同的職業領域,卻從未忘記自己的夢想。轉戰音樂之路后,他先后獲得了三張全英冠軍金曲專輯和八首Top 10單曲的榮譽。然而,這些榮譽并沒有讓Simon迷失自己,他始終保持著少年般純凈的心靈,在不斷攀登巔峰的路上,還能不忘輕輕哼唱出這么一段旋律——“I still feel seventeen inside, not one day over.”。
十七歲!珍惜你的青蔥歲月,珍惜這一路上的點點滴滴,每一份酸甜或苦痛,讓夢想無畏,讓青春無悔!
Seventeen, I was living life
Chasing dreams and my hopes were high, oh
Trying to get around my fear of
When and where do I go from here, oh yeah
I asked somebody close to me
Who could see a lot further than a boy could see
Oh, oh, oh and he said...
※ Oh my, oh my, oh my, these days are flying by
I still feel seventeen inside, not one day over
Don't let the trials of life, change who you are tonight
Stay seventeen each time you get one year older ※
I said you're at that time of life when your heart is strong
Your future's bright; you can do no wrong, oh
And don't you let those feelings out of sight
Keep a hold of them as the years go rolling by
These words have always stuck with me
But now I'm only getting what it all appears to mean
Oh, oh, oh and he said...
(Refrain ※)
He said...
My years have come and gone, in oh such little time
And I hope you live your life the way that I lived mine
Stay young at heart, stay young in mind
So I said...
(Refrain ※)
One year older, one year older...
Oh my, oh my, oh my...
So stay seventeen each time you get one year older
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