Moonlight Shadow(月光之影)/Mike Oldfield & Maggie Reilly
The last that ever she saw him
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
He passed on worried and warning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Lost in a river last Saturday night
Far away on the other side
He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight
And she couldn't find how to push through
The trees that whisper in the evening
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Sing a song of sorrow and grieving
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
All she saw was a silhouette of a gun
Far away on the other side
He was shot six times by a man on the run
And she couldn't find how to push through
I stay, I pray
See you in heaven far away
I stay, I pray
See you in heaven one day
Four a.m. in the morning
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
I watched your vision forming
Carried away by a moonlight shadow
Star was light in a silvery night
Far away on the other side
Will you come to talk to me this night ?
But she couldn't find how to push through
Caught in the middle of a hundred and five
The night was heavy but the air was alive
But she couldn't find how to push through
大學時代在第一次從廣播中聽到後，就被這首歌的旋律深深吸引。去查歌詞後嚇了一跳...內容竟然是約翰藍儂被槍殺的過程！卻透過輕快悠揚的唱腔呈現出來；是一首很特別的哀悼歌，曲中的女人指的應該就是藍儂的日籍妻子小野。
此歌雖然由Maggie Reilly主唱，但卻是收錄在Mike Oldfield的專輯中(當時跑不少地方才買到)；網路上改編和翻唱的版本相當多，不過個人還是偏好原唱，另外由Dana Winner詮釋的版本我覺得也不錯。這首歌其實並不耐聽，但假以時日拿出來放依舊很有感覺，是我很喜歡的一首西洋歌。
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Forever Young(永遠年輕)/Alphaville
我對此歌的了解相較於Moonlight Shadow更為陌生...但它的名氣似乎比前者響亮的多。
某天我在逛某個網路論壇時偶然間聽到，當時正在瀏覽《木偶奇遇記》動畫版的帖子，版主的背景音樂放這首，突然覺得兩者間配合的天衣無縫...頗有異曲同工之妙！歌詞淺顯明白，意境卻十分優美，是首難得的好歌。的確，我們人無法像金屬和木偶那般長生不老，正因為生命有限，才會設定目標；努力去實踐它，而不致使人生悔恨。
Let's dance in style
Let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait
We're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best
But expecting the worst
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power
But we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit
Life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men
Can you imagine when this race is won?
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders
We're getting in tune
The music's played by the madmen
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever
Forever -- and ever
Some are like water
Some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We'll let them come true
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