《不願面對的真相》片尾曲 -- I Need to Wake Up
不願面對的真相 片尾曲 -- I Need To Wake Up,由美國搖滾女歌手Melissa Etheridge(瑪麗莎伊瑟莉姬)作詞、作曲和演唱,榮獲了今年第79屆奧斯卡最佳電影原創歌曲。
瑪麗莎獲得過數次葛萊美獎,她也是公開的同性戀者,可是她並不介意世俗眼光,反而經常參與反歧視同性戀活動,並且和同性伴侶擁有一對龍鳳雙胞胎小孩。不過於三年前檢驗出罹患乳癌,但是她依然樂觀勇敢的面對並積極治療,此後多次參加抗癌宣導活動,並且不介意用化療後的光頭造型亮相,這種勇氣令所有人敬佩,更成為美國罹癌患者們的精神楷模。
I Need To Wake Up / Melissa Etheridge |
Have I been sleeping? |
I’ve been so still |
Afraid of crumbling |
Have I been careless? |
Dismissing all the distant rumblings |
Take me where I am supposed to be |
To comprehend the things that I can’t see |
Cause I need to move |
I need to wake up |
I need to change |
I need to shake up |
I need to speak out |
Something’s got to break up |
I’ve been asleep |
And I need to wake up |
Now |
And as a child |
I danced like it was 1999 |
My dreams were wild |
The promise of this new world |
Would be mine |
Now I am throwing off the carelessness of youth |
To listen to an inconvenient truth |
That I need to move |
I need to wake up |
I need to change |
I need to shake up |
I need to speak out |
Something’s got to break up |
I’ve been asleep |
And I need to wake up |
Now |
I am not an island |
I am not alone |
I am my intentions |
Trapped here in this flesh and bone |
And I need to move |
I need to wake up |
I need to change |
I need to shake up |
I need to speak out |
Something’s got to break up |
I’ve been asleep |
And I need to wake up |
Now |
I want to change |
I need to shake up |
I need to speak out |
Oh, Something’s got to break up |
I’ve been asleep |
And I need to wake up |
Now |