今天忽然很想和大家分享一首歌/MV。GreenDay 的 Wake Me Up When September Ends。這是GreenDay 2005年推出的大碟American Idiot裡其中一支單曲。歌詞由主音兼結他手Billie Joe Armstrong所寫,Billie Joe Armstrong的爸爸在他年幼時過世,對他造成很深的創傷,他的爸爸是在9月過世,這首歌是他有感而發所寫。我真的很喜歡這首歌,因為聽得我很感動…是真的很感動。這首歌的MV,拍出來,卻與歌詞原意無甚關係,反而給我一種「反戰」、「反布殊」的感覺,有種與American Idiot大碟本身的意思互相呼應的感覺(但可能是我想多鳥-_-)。順帶一提,這個MV的男主角,就是當年「跳出我天地」(Billy Elliot)那個小朋友(Jamie Bell)鳥(Billy Elliot 可是一齣超好看和感人的電影啊)。
Wake Me Up When September Ends
by Green Day
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
like my fathers come to pass
seven years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
summer has come and passed
the innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
ring out the bells again
like we did when spring began
wake me up when september ends
here comes the rain again
falling from the stars
drenched in my pain again
becoming who we are
as my memory rests
but never forgets what I lost
wake me up when september ends
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
wake me up when september ends
like my father's come to pass
twenty years has gone so fast
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends
wake me up when september ends