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| 《A thousand year》收录于《Unity -2004雅典奥运官方专辑》中,这首歌曲的演唱者Sting(斯汀)被当今乐坛冠以诗人歌手的美名,凭借那独一无二的沙哑又不失细腻的嗓音,始终如自由不羁的云,荡漾于缈缈的空中。 Sting的独唱事业开始于The Police解散前的1982年,1985年,Sting出版了首张个人专辑《蓝海龟之梦》,相比之下,这张专辑的歌词显得比The Police时期的作品更富智慧。这张专辑中还有“爱他就给他自由”、“心的要塞”和“俄国人”等多首歌畅销一时。从80年代末开始,Sting经常涉足政界,用进行巡回演出的款项来资助印第安人争取生活的自由。进入90年代以来,Sting多次获得葛莱美大奖,成为全球最有影响的艺人之一。
 
 A thousand year-千年 (2004年雅典奥运专辑歌曲)
 
 A thousand years, a thousand more,
 A thousand times a million doors to eternity
 I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
 An endless turning stairway climbs
 To a tower of souls
 If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,
 The towers rise to numberless floors in space
 I could shed another million tears, a million breaths,
 A million names but only one truth to face
 A million roads, a million fears
 A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty
 I could speak a million lies, a million songs,
 A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time
 But if there was a single truth, a single light
 A single thought, a singular touch of grace
 Then following this single point , this single flame,
 The single haunted memory of your face
 I still love you
 I still want you
 A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
 Like galaxies in my head
 I may be numberless, I may be innocent
 I may know many things, I may be ignorant
 Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands
 Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands
 I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
 Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's crimes
 Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief
 I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief
 I still love you
 I still want you
 A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
 Like galaxies in my head
 On and on the mysteries unwind themselves
 Eternities still unsaid
 Till you love me
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