朋友说我对于女歌手介绍的不够多,其实乡村音乐里的女歌手是一个庞大的群体,而且星光灿烂,涌现出许多的大牌女歌手,如Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, Martina McBride, Faith Hill,而且有些现在流行歌曲乐坛上的超级巨星,如Taylor Swift也是从乡村音乐出道的,一个很重要的原因就是乡村音乐通常要求歌手有严格的基本训练,和很强的创作实力。乡村音乐中有一个大类别是歌唱家乡和对于家的思念,今天介绍一首Miranda Lambert的"The House That Built Me"就是这个类别中的代表作品。
Miranda Lambert,这位来自德州的80后女歌手从小就表现出超凡的音乐素养,在2005年推出了自己的首张专辑《Kerosene》,就有着超白金的不俗成绩。“The House That Built Me”是Miranda Lambert第三张个人专辑中的歌曲。它于2010年3月发布,在2010年6月12日成为了Lambert 的第一个Billboard的乡村歌曲排行榜的冠军单曲,并且连续四周夺冠。Lambert 在2010年的乡村音乐奖颁奖典礼上演唱了此歌,在2011年的第53届格莱美颁奖典礼上,Lambert又以“The House That Built Me”赢得了格莱美最佳乡村女歌手的奖项。
这首歌也是采用典型的乡村歌曲的叙事风格,作者重新回到童年成长的房屋,向新的主人请求进去看一看,在房屋每一个角落都能找到她童年的回忆,从第一次学弹吉他的小卧室,到埋葬着我最心爱的狗狗的大树下,一切的童年记忆都是那么美好,只要能触摸到这些地方,感受它,心中的伤痕也许就可以渐渐痊愈,现实中我好像在过别人的生活,如何才能找回自己。
I know they say you can't go home again
I just had to come back one last time
Ma'am I know you don't know me from Adam
But these handprints on the front steps are mine
Up those stairs in that little back bedroom
Is where I did my homework and I learned to play guitar
I bet you didn't know under that live oak
My favorite dog is buried in the yard
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
Out here it's like I'm someone else
I thought that maybe I could find myself
If I could just come in I swear I'll leave
Won't take nothing but a memory
From the house that built me
Mama cut out pictures of houses for years
From Better Homes and Gardens magazine
Plans were drawn and concrete poured
Nail by nail and board by board
Daddy gave life to mama's dream
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
Out here it's like I'm someone else
I thought that maybe I could find myself
If I could just come in I swear I'll leave
Won't take nothing but a memory
From the house that built me
You leave home and you move on and you do the best you can
I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
This brokenness inside me might start healing
Out here it's like I'm someone else
I thought that maybe I could find myself
If I could just come in I swear I'll leave
Won't take nothing but a memory
From the house that built me
人们都说:离开老房子便不能再回去
我只是想再回家看最后一次
来开门的女士,我想你压根儿都不认识我吧
但是这房子的前廊封存着我小时的手印儿
楼上后面的小卧室
是我做作业和第一次学弹吉他的地方
还有一个地方,我打赌你们一定不知道
在那颗槲树下面
埋葬着我最心爱的狗狗
只要我能触摸到这个地方,感受它
心中的伤痕也许就可以渐渐痊愈
现实中我好像在过别人的生活
如何才能找回自己
如果能让我再次回来,我发誓我只待一会儿
我不会从这所老房子里带走任何东西
除了记忆
几年来,老妈总爱从《美好家园》杂志上
剪下喜欢的房子的图案
画好蓝本,注下幸福的水泥
一根根钉子、一块块木板
老爸尽力使老妈美梦成真
只要我能触摸到这个地方,感受它
心中的伤痕也许就可以渐渐痊愈
现实中我好像在过别人的生活
如何才能找回自己
如果能让我再次回来,我发誓我只待一会儿
我不会从这所老房子里带走任何东西
除了记忆
有一天我离开家、继续我的生活、尽力打拼
然后迷失在世界里,忘了我是谁
只要我能触摸到这个地方,感受它
心中的伤痕也许就可以渐渐痊愈
现实中我好像在过别人的生活
如何才能找回自己
如果能让我再次回来,我发誓我只待一会儿
我不会从这所老房子里带走任何东西
除了记忆