Kite - U2

Kite是一首意境非常高、意義非常深遠、詞曲非常優美、作風非常瀟灑清新脫俗的歌，是我最喜愛的歌曲之一。

Kite說的是人生的無常，我們永遠得面對我們所愛的人的離別，而我們也終有一天要離開他們。Kite的靈感來自Bono帶他的女兒到都柏林的山上去放風箏，可是不久風箏就墮落了，他其中一個女兒吵著要回家打電動。那次事件讓Bono想到有一天她們也需再也不需要他了，於是他想要藉用風箏來比喻人生的無常。

我們每一個人都是這人世問的過客，何不活得灑脫，何必計較太多？

Kite收錄在2000年專輯All That You Can't Leave Behind。




Kite的歌詞：

Something is about to give
I can feel it coming
I think I know what it is
I'm not afraid to die
I'm not afraid to live
And when I'm flat on my back
I hope to feel like I did

And hardness, it sets in
You need some protection
The thinner the skin

I want you to know
That you don't need me anymore
I want you to know
You don't need anyone
Or anything at all

Who's to say where the wind will take you?
Who's to say what it is will break you?
I don't know, which way the wind will blow

Who's to know when the time has come around?
Don't want to see you cry
I know that this is not goodbye

It's summer, I can taste the salt of the sea
There's a kite blowing out of control on the breeze
I wonder what's gonna happen to you
You wonder what has happened to me...

I'm a man, I'm not a child...
A man who sees
The shadow behind your eyes

Who's to say where the wind will take you?
Who's to say what it is will break you?
I don't know, where the wind will blow

Who's to know when the time has come around?
I don't want to see you cry
I know that this is not goodbye

Did I waste it?
Not so much I couldn't taste it
Life should be fragrant
Rooftop to the basement

The last of the rock stars
When hip hop drove the big cars
In the time when new media
Was the big idea

That was the big idea

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