人生是一場旅行,每個人都是行走在路上的旅人。一路上,我們要翻山越嶺、風雨兼程,還要面對各種各樣的挑戰。但總有一種信仰是支撐我們繼續走下去的力量,總有一個港灣是我們疲憊時可以停靠的驛站。它們就如同那顆閃爍著的北斗星,在漆黑的夜晚一路陪伴,讓我們不覺孤單,更讓我們明白我們夢想到達的地方就在前方。
“這是一首很棒的作品,它讓你感覺像是回到了家。”美國樂壇天后、多項格萊美獎(Grammy Awards)得主Mariah Carey在談到這首她親自參與創作的“Almost Home”時這樣說道。該單曲是為迪士尼新片《魔境仙蹤》(Oz: The Great and Powerful)量身打造的主題曲,與這部主題積極向上的迪士尼魔幻電影一樣,歌曲不僅極富畫面感,同時也傳遞出了暖心的正能量。跳動的音符、鏗鏘有力的節奏使人聯想到在廣袤的土地上行進的人群,從日出到日落,不顧雨雪風霜,他們一步一個腳印、目光堅定地向前邁進。歌曲中多次提到的“home”既可以理解為具體的場所,那里有我們摯愛的人和熟悉的一草一木;也可以理解為抽象意義上的心靈港灣,那里可以讓我們的心靈得到潤澤和凈化。
值得一提的是,Mariah Carey在這首新作里沒有使用她所擅長的高難度氣聲和假聲,而是用醇厚、有感染力的真聲來演繹,那堅定有力的聲音似乎在告訴我們:有愛和信仰的陪伴,你就不會孤單彷徨;緊握希望,你就會找到夢中的寶藏。
Hey, hey
You're almost home
You're almost home
You're almost home
I've seen the light in the sky
In the skies are like fireflies
Burning bright, just to vanish in the dark
I've held hope in my two hands
That there would be another chance
To find the kingdom I'm believing in my heart
'Cause underneath the good there's something greater than you know
★When you're almost there
And you're almost home
Just open up your eyes and go, go
When you're almost there, almost home
Know you're not alone
You're almost home, home★
(You're almost home)
When you run, run so far
You've forgotten who you are
Where you're from, it's like some other universe
You count your steps, like they're regrets
You catch one breath then lose the rest
Wrong is right, right is left
And there's nowhere left to turn
So don't believe in everything
You think, you think you know
Refrain ★
When you let your heart be the compass
(It will always lead you home)
You won't get lost, not if you trust it
(It will always lead you home)
When you hear the sound of the trumpet
Louder than ever before
Oh, when you're almost there
Almost home
Just open up your eyes and go, go
'Cause you're almost there
Almost home
Know you're not alone
You're almost home, home, home, home
When you're almost there
Almost home
Just open up your eyes and go, go
Almost there
You're almost home
(Know you're not alone)
(You're almost home, home, home, home)
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