Song: A Thousand Years
Artist: Azure Ray
Source: Xiyuefeiying
I'm saving all I'm not giving
But it's overflowing, evaporating in the air
As I'm walking, I know I'm not breathing
I'm not breathing only air
It's filled with words once spoken by people everywhere
And I can hear all the whispers that have lived a thousand years
It just took me being open for them to reach my eager ears
Now they've reached my eager ears
And I hope I'll be ready
When my light, when my life divides
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Interpertations for A Thousand Years
撰文:戏雨飞鹰 & 林贝卡
前言
上个周六,戏雨飞鹰在《美语世界》论坛贴了一首由Azure Ray演唱的英语歌曲《A Thousand Years》,当时她就询问大家“And I hope I'll be ready, When my light, when my life divides。”的涵义。我就给她留言道:“这是我第一次听这首歌曲,我也无法完全理解这首歌曲,可是我喜欢这诉说般的吟唱,也不知道最后两句要表达什么。歌曲似乎流露出一个人的潜意识的思绪,在现在,过去,未来漫游飘荡。”
Then we can reasonably put Bear's insight: she's ready for the division, i.e., her life divides into everyday life and life with her lover in heaven(or another world) :)
"I'm saving all i'm not giving
But it's overflowing, evaporating in the air."
现在的自己,开始探索自己的心灵,吸取圣贤的智慧,豁然开朗了。
As I'm walking, i know i'm not breathing,
I'm not breathing only air
It's filled with words once spoken by people everywhere
And i can hear all the whispers that have lived a thousand years
It just took me being open for them to reach my eager ears
Now they've reached my eager ears
将来的自己,无论未来发生了什么,生离死别,天灾人祸等,都能坦然面对。
And I hope I'll be ready
When my light, when my life divides
Azure Ray is an American dream pop duo, consisting of musicians Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. The pair met at the age of 15 at the Alabama School of Fine Arts. They fronted a band called Little Red Rocket, often compared to Veruca Salt, in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama in the mid and late 1990s and released two albums with the band on Tim/Kerr records.
Azure Ray started in Athens, Georgia, but relocated to Omaha, Nebraska and joined the music scene there. Their sound is sparse and understated, with intimate lyrics, elements of alt-country and folk Americana, and occasional forays into minimalist electronica territory. Taylor and Fink are also in another Saddle Creek band called Now It's Overhead, with Andy LeMaster. The two have collaborated with Moby and co-wrote the song, "Great Escape" on the album 18. They have also appeared on numerous Bright Eyes records. Fink also works with Japancakes.
Azure Ray disbanded in 2004, leaving Fink and Taylor to work on solo and other collaborative projects, including working in Now It's Overhead and Maria Taylor's solo recordings.
Fink and Taylor reformed the band for a one-off show in Los Angeles on November 30, 2008. The duo was accompanied by Andy LeMaster of Now It's Overhead and Nick White of Tilly and the Wall.
In 2009, Taylor announced on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic that the band would reform on a semi-permanent basis in July 2009 for "5 or 6" shows before working on a new Azure Ray album.