Across The Universe

(Across The Universe, Fiona Apple version)

A good song of Beatles. 好像沒聽過披頭四的原曲，但是覺得蘋果小姐的版本很好聽，MV也很有意思，搭配上很有意境的歌詞，so classic!

據說，1967年的某一個晚上，John Lennon聽到(他當時的妻子)Cynthia說:"文字就像無止盡的雨落入紙杯般，宣洩而出" (words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup)，覺得很美，然後立即寫下了整首歌詞。幾年後，Lennon接受滾石雜誌專訪時表示，這首歌詞或許是他所寫過最富詩意的一首。

整首詞所用的詞彙都很細膩，像是 thoughts "meandering", words "slithering", and undying love "shining" 等，更特別的是，John Lennon還在歌詞當中加入了梵文"Jai Guru Deva Om"，(分別代表了永生、導師、上蒼、天行)，讓整首歌增添了一些力量，power of faith。


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Across The Universe

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind,
Possessing and caressing me.
Jai guru de va om
Nothings gonna change my world,
Nothings gonna change my world.
Nothings gonna change my world
Nothings gonna change my world.

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,
That call me on and on across the universe,
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they
Tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
Jai guru de va om
Nothings gonna change my world,
Nothings gonna change my world.
Nothings gonna change my world.
Nothings gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter shades of earth are ringing
Through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
Million suns, it calls me on and on
Across the universe
Jai guru de va om
Nothings gonna change my world,
Nothings gonna change my world.
Nothings gonna change my world.
Nothings gonna change my world.
Jai guru de va, jai guru de va
Jai guru de va, jai guru de va
Jai guru de va.

Jai guru de va, jai guru de va.
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