朱莉·皮爾(Julie Peel),出生于法國戛納,創作型歌手。朱莉打小就是一個向往獨立和自由的孩子,五歲起她便獨自出去騎車或釣魚,惹得家人擔心,但正是這種獨立的精神深深地影響了她之后的創作。朱莉發行于2009年的首張個人專輯《Near the Sun》便是反映了其真實態度及心境的一張專輯,從錄音、到混音、再到后期制作全由朱莉一手包辦,可見其實力絕非一般,本期推薦歌曲便是此張專輯的同名主打歌曲。
朱莉對于吉他的流行演奏方式會令人想起Anna Ternheim及Caithlin de Marrais等歌壇前輩,但其卻還有著屬于自己的獨特風格——每首簡單的流行歌曲雖然聽似普通,實則意蘊深厚。
或許時間一直在吞噬勇氣,才讓有些人在聽到這首歌時,突然定格、遲疑、悵然所失。有太多人,在現實面前由一個追夢人變成了一坨扶不上墻的爛泥,而這首歌則能在某個你正避風遮雨的角落將你攔住,猖狂地向你呵斥“別再奢侈浪費”,讓你恍然醒悟。有一種人為逐夢而生,他們或許并不完美高大,朱莉便是如此,但是夢想卻突顯出其靈魂的高貴。或許我們也是時候走出避風港,去尋找那一片更為美好的天空了……
I never thought I could get near the sun this close
And not be burned
My fear of running high upon the hills and fall
Has disappeared
I can put on my fake and almost real pair of wings
And I can play with the wind and lay on it
And just drift in
I might get hurt
I might lose things
But I know, I know I’ll reach the star
Someday I’ll find the secret path to a greater hope
A better sky to fly away from here
I never thought I could dive in the sea this long
Without breathing
The sound of silence is breaking my ears
But I’m free, so I’ll stay still
I can let myself go
And forget all the craziness
Of this world down below
The things they do
The softer glow
* I might get hurt
I might get lost
But I know I know I’ll reach the star
Someday I’ll find the secret path
To a greater land of better life
I might get hurt
I might lose things
But I know, I know I’ll reach the star
Someday I’ll find the secret path to a greater hope
A better sky to fly away from here *
Repeat *
我從未想過自己可以如此地接近太陽
而且不被灼傷
我對于登高跌重的恐懼
已然消失無遺
我可以披上偽裝以及那對近乎真實的翅膀
我還可以與風嬉戲,且臥于風中
就只是那樣隨風翱翔
或許,我會受到傷害
或許,我會失去種種
但是我知道,我知道我能觸到星星
終有一天我會找到實現