OBJECTS IN THE REAR
VIEW MIRROR MAY APPEAR CLOSER THAN THEY ARE
Music and Lyrics
by: Jim Steinman
The skies were pure
and the fields were green And the sun was brighter than its
ever been When I grew up with my best friend Kenny We were
close as any brothers that you ever knew
It was always summer
and the future called We were ready for adventure and we wanted
them all And there was so much left to dream And so much
time to make it real
But I can still recall
the sting of all the tears when he was gone They said he crashed
and burned I know I'll never learn why any boy should die so
young
We were racing -
we were soldiers of fortune We got in trouble but we sure got
around There are times I think I see him peeling out of the
dark I think he's right behind me now and he's gaining ground!
But it was long ago
and it was far away Oh God it seems so very far And if life
is just a highway - then the soul is just a car And objects
in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are And
objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they
are And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than
they are
And when the sun
descended and the night arose I heard my father cursing everyone
he knows He was dangerous and drunk and defeated And corroded
by failure and envy and hate
There were endless
winters and the dreams would freeze Nowhere to hide and no leaves
on the trees And my father's eyes were blank as he hit me again
and again and again
I know I still believe
he never let me leave I had to run away alone So many threats
and fears - so many wasted years before my life became my own
And though the nightmares
should be over Now some of the terrors are still intact
I'll hear that ugly coarse and violent voice And then he grabs
me from behind and then he pulls me back!
But it was long ago
and it was far away Oh God it seems so very far And if life
is just a highway - then the soul is just a car And objects
in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are And
objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they
are And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than
they are
There was a beauty
living on the edge of town And she always put the top up and
the hammer down And she taught me everything I'll ever know
About the mystery and the muscle of love
The stars would glimmer
and the moon would glow I'm in the back seat with my Julie like
a Romeo And the signs along the highway all said Caution!
Kids, At play!
Those were the rights
of spring and we did everything - There was salvation every
night We got our dreams reborn and our upholstery torn But
everything we tried was right
She used her body
just like a bandage She used my body just like a wound I'll
probably never know where she disappeared But I can see her
rising up out of the back seat now Just like an angel rising
up from a tomb!
But it was long ago
and it was far away Oh God it seems so very far And if life
is just a highway - then the soul is just a car And objects
in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are And
objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are
And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they
are And objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than
they are
She used her body
just like a bandage She used my body just like a wound I'll probably never know where she disappeared
But I can see her rising up out of the back seat now ... ... ...
Meat Loaf - Objects
in the rear view mirror...
이곡은 95년도 즉, 제가
군대에 가던해에 처음으로 접했는데요. (참고로, 저는 딱 6년
전인 95년도 12월3일에 입대했습니다.) 그때는 뜻도 모르고
잔잔히 시작되는 피아노반주와
미트로프의 호소력있는 목소리에 매료되어 밤을 세며
반복해서 듣으면서 친구들과의 추억들을 되새기곤 했었는데요...
제목인 "Objects
In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They
Are" 의 의미는 자동차의 백미러에 쓰여있는 "사물이 거울에 비치는 것보다 가까이 있음"
이라는 뜻인데요. ...그럼 영어를 잘하시는 분은 "Objects in the rear view mirror may be closer than they
appear" 라고 써야 하지 않느냐고 반문하시겠죠... 네 맞습니다. 어린 시절을 함께 보냈던 절친한 친구의 자동차 사고로 인한 죽음, 술에 찌들어서 아들에게 폭행을
일삼던 아버지, 그리고 사랑에 눈을 뜨게 해 준 한 여인에 대한 추억. Meat Loaf는 실제로는 이렇게 머나먼 옛 기억이 마치 어제 일처럼
생생하게 기억 난다는 의도를 전하 하기 위해서 be 동사와 appear를 바꾸어 썼다고
하는군요.
자...
벌써 2001년의 12월도 이틀이나 지나 갔습니다. 2001년도의 아쉬웠던일은
내년을 위한 밑거름 으로 생각하고, 2002년도의 멋지게
변화된 자기 자신을 상상해봅시다. 여산회
홧팅~!
PS.
달아네님.. 이 곡을
찾기 힘드실거 같아서 제가 wma로 변환해서 올려놨습니다. 아래
URL로 링크 거시길... 감사 ^.@ http://my.dreamwiz.com/klee21/meatloaf_objects.wma
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