反叛与和解－－代沟及其后果

2007.3.20

1988年Mike And The Mechanics的一曲The Living Years描述曾经反叛的儿子怀念已去世的父亲的情感，非常动人。我听这首歌时在90年代初，20多岁，开始反省自己从前未仔细思考过的代沟及其后果问题，从此不再少不经事。在这里把这首歌送給希望得到亲近的人理解和愿意理解亲近的人的人：儿子与父亲，学生与老师，年轻人和长辈...

Mike And The Mechanics-The Living Years在YouTube上的MTV链接
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwlgCxRq-g

Mike And The Mechanics乐队的介绍 http://www.houseofmanyrooms.com/biog.html

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The Living Years歌词

- Mike And The Mechanics -

Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door

I know that Im a prisoner
To all my father held so dear
I know that Im a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
Im afraid thats all weve got

You say you just dont see it
He says its perfect sense
You just cant get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defence

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
Its too late when we die
To admit we dont see eye to eye

So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
Its the bitterness that lasts

So dont yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different day
And if you dont give up, and dont give in
You may just be o.k.

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
Its too late when we die
To admit we dont see eye to eye

I wasnt there that morning
When my father passed away
I didnt get to tell him
All the things I had to say

I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
Im sure I heard his echo
In my babys new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years

Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
Its too late when we die
To admit we dont see eye to eye

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