來源: 槽邊往事 作者: 和菜頭
有一位叫做Tommie Sue Wilkey的女士,在30年前自己寫過一首歌,錄成了磁帶,放在抽屜里,然後就忘記了這件事情。在30年里,她有了兒子,又有了孫子,她自己也慢慢變老,成為了老奶奶。
2017年的聖誕節,兒子Robert Smith和孫子Travis Ryan Smith去探望她。很偶然的,他們發現了那盤30年前的磁帶。於是,身為鄉村音樂歌手的孫子Travis重新演唱並且錄製了這首歌:《FishingInTheSky》(空中垂釣),把它送給老奶奶。
也許你會覺得這首歌唱得很動人,但其實它的歌詞更為動人。這裡,把《FishingInTheSky》(空中垂釣)的完整歌詞貼一下:
Fishing In The Sky
I?『ve heard about the streets of gold
The mansions up on high
A land where you』ll never grow old
And no one ever cries
When we get to heaven
God will know just what we like
He?『s got a lake just for me
In my sweet by and by
I』ll have a silver boat that sparkles
It?『ll be lined with fleece of white
I』ll have a rod and reel that?『s made of gold
The fish will always bite
I』ll have a cabin by the lake
Shade trees will grow so high
There?『ll be crickets and birds to sing
When I』m fishing,fishing in the sky
I know my dad is happy
I wouldn?『t wish him here
Oh,how I miss him so
It』s been a long hard year
And God he loves and talks to me
So,I won?『t be alone
I long so much to be with him
I can』t wait to go home
I?『ve got a silver boat that sparkles
It』s lined with fleece of white
I?『ve got a rod and reel made of gold
The fish,they always bite
I』ve got a cabin by the lake
Shade trees they grow so high
I can?『t wait ?』til you get here
I?『ll take you fishing,fishing in the sky
I know that I will see him
In heaven when I die
I wonder what he』s doing now
In his sweet by and by
We?『ll have a silver boat that sparkles
It』ll be lined with fleece of white
We?『ll have some rod and reels that are made of gold
The fish will always bite
We』ll have a cabin by the lake
The shade trees will grow so high
There?『ll be crickets and birds to sing
When we』re fishing,fishing in the sky
Ohhhhhh,we』re fishing.?
在中文社交網路上,人們因為這份遲來的禮物而感動。把這段視頻理解為一個人年輕時追尋音樂夢想未果,在遲暮之年終於等到自己的作品重現眼前的故事。但是,如果仔細閱讀全部歌詞,你會發現其中的情感要複雜得多。
《FishingInTheSky》(空中垂釣)表達了兩種強烈的情感,一種是對上帝的虔敬,一種是對父親的思念。整首歌都圍繞垂釣展開,在美國文化的語境下,釣魚這件事情是許多家庭的親子時光,一般都是父親帶著孩子去釣魚。所以,它反覆吟唱銀光閃閃的小舟鋪著潔白的羊絨,純金的魚竿和魚線輪讓魚兒總是咬鉤,湖邊的小屋後樹蔭遮天蔽日,釣魚的時候蟋蟀和小鳥在輕唱……最後,是Tommie和父親一起在天堂里的湖邊釣魚—空中垂釣。
老太太淚流滿面地跟著唱了4分鐘,不單是因為遙遠記憶里的一首歌重現眼前,而是和父親一起釣魚這件事情。在她垂垂老矣的時候,她對父親的思念卻依然鮮明。
最後,需要說明一件事情:這段視頻我並未獲得原作者的授權,所以,這篇文章只是為了分享而作,不能打上原創標記。我的這種行為本身是錯誤的,並不值得效仿。只是因為我非常喜歡這個視頻,也非常喜歡這首歌,所以忍不住要分享出來。但是,我的喜歡並不構成侵權的理由,它們之間沒有邏輯關係。這是一件錯事,就是這樣。
這首歌已經在在iTunes上線,請搜索《FishingInTheSky》支持老奶奶和她的孫子。海外的讀者,可以在線訪問這個完整版本
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