为什么今天会想到写这首歌,因为我捅了大篓子,而我的老父亲,不得不又再一次要给我兜底。
第一次听到《Father and Son》这首歌,是我上高中的时候,当时的爱尔兰组合Boyzone推出的专辑《Said and Done》中收录了这首歌。我很喜欢这首歌,年少的我喜欢的却只是好听的旋律,朗朗上口的歌词,和歌手的嗓音,却忽略了这首歌最大的价值,歌词的深意。
随着年纪的不断增长,我也成家,我也有了自己的孩子,再一次听到这首歌是在漫威的电影《银河护卫队2》中。那一瞬间,年少的记忆重新回到了脑中,但是这一次我却被歌词所震撼了。于是我疯狂的去找寻各种版本,我想知道这首歌到底是谁创作的,我想知道这首歌的一切。于是,我听到了Cat Stevens的原唱,听到了Boyzone、Johnny Cash等人的翻唱,我还听到了Ronan Keating和Yusuf的二重唱。
我不去评价孰优孰劣,因为每个人在唱这首歌,在听这首歌的时候感觉都是不同的,不同时期也是不同的。我就是那个不懂事的孩子,总想着创出自己的一份天空,总想挣脱父亲的束缚。而我的父亲,就像歌中唱的那样,会告诉我不对,慢一点,安稳一点。但是当我要去做的时候,他还是会让我去。因为哪怕儿子在外面闯了再大的祸,父亲也会站出来给儿子遮风挡雨。我们往往只能看到成功时候感慨当时的勇气,我们看不到所要承担的风险和挫折,但是我们的父亲看得到。他就像一块石头一样,在我们看来又臭又硬,但实际上稳重刚毅。我想到了小时候我父亲抱着我出去兜风;我想到了上学时他即使再生气也只会说我两句;我想到了长大后,他支持我出去闯一闯;我想到了成家后,他对我满怀期待的眼神。但是我让他失望了,我做了他认为我做不来的事而且果然失败了,灰溜溜的回到了他身边,他又变成了那个顽固不化、脾气古怪,谁都不说但实际上比谁都要爱我的父亲。
当勇度为了星爵而牺牲后,星爵落寞的一个人听着这首歌,眼中闪着泪光的时候。他心里在想什么?我不知道,我只知道我不想我的父亲因为我而再继续辛苦下去,我不想永远生活在悔恨和痛苦中。父亲的背影,将是我最纠结心中的痛。
父子之间的交心,也许是这个世界上最难的。但是我想和我的父亲说:“爸爸,对不起!不孝儿错了。儿子一定会努力的,不会让你失望的!我爱你,爸爸!”
《Father and Son》- Ronan Keating ft. Yusuf
Father:
It's not time to make a change
Just relax
Take it easy
You're still young
That's your fault
There's so much you have to know
Find a girl settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me
I am old
But I'm happy
I was once like you are now
And I know that it's not easy
To become when you've found
Something going on
But take your time
Think a lot
Think of everthing you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow
But your dreams may not
Son:
How can I try to explain
When I do
It turns away again
And it's always been the same
Same old story
From the moment I could talk
I was ordered to listen
Now there's a way and I know
That I have to go away
I know I have to go
Father:
It's not time to make a change
Just sit down
And take it slowly
You're still young
That's your fault
There's so much you have to go through
Find a girl settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me
I am old
But I'm happy
Son:
All the times that I've cried
Keeping all the things I knew inside
And it's hard
But it's harder to ignore it
If they were right
I'd agree
But it's them -- they know
Not me Now there's a way and I know
That I have to go away
I know I have to go
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