Kelly Clarkson - Because of You

很久都没有欣赏到这么动听的歌了。

上周下载了 48st Grammy 的颁奖典礼，本来是想看看Mariah Carey 的现场表演，因为之前看到有评论说惨不忍睹。看了以后，觉得虽然不至于惨不忍睹，不过总感觉打扮得像巫婆一样，身材也是大不如前了，只是 Fly Like A Bird 制造现场气氛的功效还是非常好，难得 Mariah Carey 这把年纪了还能在现场持续海豚音，所以也获得了现场全场起立的持续掌声。

整个典礼只是很快的浏览了一下，庆幸没有错过这首动人的 Because of You，来自“美国超女”Kelly Clarkson。其实我不喜欢用这个称号来形容 Kelly，因为在中国“超女”这个词已经被冠以太多说不清楚的感情色彩。我想评论会一直这么形容，也是因为她确实也是从美国大众娱乐节目 American Idol 中脱颖而出的吧。如果她是美国大众欣赏口味的代表的话，我真的要感叹国民的欣赏口味和人家有差距；至少从我的角度来看，她和她的歌，比目前在中国大红大紫的某“超女”强多了。

其实看颁奖典礼的时候并不知道这首歌的名字，甚至那个穿红色长裙倚在钢琴边上动情演唱的女星是谁都不知道，只是隐约觉得那副扮相有点像 Meg Ryan。但是歌曲简单但是动听的旋律，和她深情的诠释，让我不得不停下来完完整整地听了两遍。从歌曲中反复出现的“... because of you ...”的歌词我猜测了歌名，然后知道了原来这是她第二张专辑《Breakaway》中的曲目。

为了获得整首歌的歌词，我又意外地找到了 MV，通过和歌词对照，这首歌的感人之处就更加凸现出来。仅从感观上欣赏，旋律已经很能抓住人的心，理解歌词以后，看 MV，会有一种让眼泪在眼睛中打转的感觉。

后来听了她已有的两张专辑，另一张是去年的《Thankful》。她的歌大多比较平实，不像 Mariah Carey 那样婉转，充满了技巧；但是就像评论说的，她的声音充满了灵性，而且演唱技巧一点都不像是业余歌手，能获得 Grammy 两项大奖，也不是盖的吧。

另外说点题外的。Kelly Clarkson 生日 11 月 30 日，又一个射手座。之所以说“又”，是因为美国近年当红的女星，Britney Spears、Christina Aguilera 都是射手座；而老牌的女星 Mariah Carey 白羊座，Whitney Houston、Modanna 狮子座……

好像火相星座在美国比较吃香？

BECAUSE OF YOU - KELLY CLARKSON

I will not make, the same mistakes that you did,
I will not let myself, cause my heart so much misery,
I will not break the way you did, you fell so hard
I've learned the hard way to never let it get that far

Chrous
Because of you, I never stary too far from the sidewalk
Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you, I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you I am afraid.

I lose my way, and it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry, because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake a smile, a laugh, every day of my life
My heart can't possibly break when it wasn't even whole to start with

Chorus

I watched you die, I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young, you should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else you just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night for the same damn thing

Because of you I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you I'm ashamed of my life becaue it's empty

Because of you
I am afraid

Because of you