따스한 햇살과 싱그러운 애수를 동시에 지닌 막시밀리언 헤커"MAXIMILIAN HECKER"의 2008년 화제의 신작. [ONE DAY]
한국을 능가하는 인기를 얻고 있는 대만에서 먼저 발매된 본 작 [One Day]는 굳이 따지고 들면 [I'll Be a Virgin I'll Be a Mountain]의 연장선에 놓여있다고 말을 할 수도 있겠지만 사실 그에게 있어서는 일종의 터닝 포인트를 막 벗어난 시점과도 같다. 확실히 전작들에 이어 점점 밝은 곡들의 비중이 늘어나고 있음을 쉽게 감지할 수 있다. 그렇기 때문에 앞으로의 레이스를 무척 긍정적인 기분으로 진행시키고 싶어하는 의지가 엿보이기도 한다.
예전에는 가성을 쓰는 곡들의 비중이 비교적 많았는데 어느덧 평범한 톤의 보이스로 녹음한 곡이 절반정도의 비중을 차지하는 경우에까지 도달했다. 확대해석 하자면 이것을 좀 더 넓은 스펙트럼을 담아보려는 시도 정도로 생각할 수도 있을 것 같다. 면밀히 따져보면 그런 곡들은 일반적인 톤에 더욱 어울리게끔 만들어졌다. 시리고 아픈 느낌은 없지만 훨씬 담백하고 친숙한 모습을 보여주면서 새로운 팬 층을 얻을 수 있지 않을까 하는 기대를 갖게 된다.
부드러운 포크 팝 튠인 [The Space That You're In]과 디스토션 걸린 기타가 멋진 드라이브 감을 선사하는 [Misery], 깨질 것 같은 연약함을 머금고 있는 [Miss Underwater], 오케스트레이션이 어우러진 4분의 3박자 왈츠 곡 [This Poison Called Love], 댄서블한 비트와는 상반되게 여린 보컬을 들려주는 [Summerwaste] 등의 곡들이 순식간에 지나가버린다.
풍부한 오케스트라와 친숙한 멜로디가 인상적인 미드 템포 발라드 트랙 [The End of Longing], 서글픈 첼로와 아름다운 화음을 만들어내는 [This House Called Love], 싱그러운 건반 사이에 흩날리는 보컬을 담고 있는 [Letter From You], [The End of Longing]의 연작과도 같은 구성을 보여주고 있는 [Wind Down], 맑은 실로폰과 오케스트라가 본격적으로 중심이 되는 트랙 [All These Cradle’s Blankets Will Never Veil My Whole Substance], 그리고 서정미를 한 움큼 움켜쥐고 있는 앨범의 타이틀 트랙 [One Day]를 끝으로 이 새로운 여정은 마무리된다. .... ....
You were so light when we met Now you’re as grave as my deathbed And though you speak like a fiend You just sing like an angel I’m not longing to hold I’m not craving to touch you I’m just blissful to be In the same space that you’re in I don’t know why my grace is leaving I don’t know what your face is meaning Often enough I bore your aching Hoping to learn that you were faking I don’t know why my grace is leaving I don’t know what your face is meaning Often enough you bore my sorrow Hoping to catch a tear to borrow So I’ll be heading for your rocks And trying to melt down the hardness of your soul, of your soul I was so light when we met Now I’m as grave as your deathbed And I will never be In the same space that you’re in I don’t know why my grace is leaving I don’t know what your face is meaning Often enough I bore your aching Hoping to learn that you were faking I don’t know why my grace is leaving I don’t know what your face is meaning Often enough you bore my sorrow Hoping to catch a tear to borrow So I’ll be heading for your rocks And trying to melt down the hardness of your soul, of your soul
I can’t stand all your misery And I can’t stand what you try to flee from I can’t stand all your witchery And I can’t stand what you try to be in my world But I’m going to wake you And I’m going to take you And I’m going to shake you Cause I want you Cause I want you Will you stand all my misery? And will you stand what I try to flee from? Will you stand all my witchery? And will you stand what I try to be in your world? But you’re going to wake me And you’re going to take me And you’re going to shake me If you want me And I’m going to wake you And I’m going to take you And I’m going to shake you Cause I want you Cause I want you
Miss Underwater, I’ve come to say goodbye Miss Underwater, please don’t sigh Miss Underwater, stop singing lullabies Miss Underwater, refrain Miss Underwater, pretend that I am dead Miss Underwater, don’t be sad Miss Underwater, it’s only in your head Miss Underwater, desist Miss Underwater, you know the reason why Miss Underwater, watch me fly Miss Underwater, my love for you won’t die Miss Underwater, give up And all your hydrous love songs Will never stop my leaving Miss Underwater, now I’m on my own Miss Underwater, I’ve been reborn Miss Underwater, closeness to my soul Miss Underwater, suspend And all your hydrous love songs Will never stop my leaving Miss Underwater, I’ve come to say goodbye Miss Underwater, please don’t sigh Miss Underwater, stop singing lullabies Miss Underwater, refrain
I hear the sound of those heavenly bells You’re keeping away from me I see the grace of those spiritual signs You’re keeping away from me
I’ve found this sea of thousand mermaids beaming with gladness But when I try to touch their figures, they vanish with laughter
When all you’ve got to do is stay And all you’ve got to say is “My love” All you’ve got to do is leave Cause all that I am is nothing, nothing
I taste the tang of those devious lies You’re telling me, oh, with a sneer I feel the pain of this half-hearted love You’re offering me with your scorn
I’ve found this house of thousand bedrooms waiting in silence But all these cradles’ blankets never veil my whole substance
You dreamed I was your lover And I lied in your arms You dreamed of all our children Playing in the sun I hope that you're alright I hope I hope that you're alright
Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White
You dreamed I was your lover And I lied in your arms You dreamed of all our children Playing in the sun I hope that you're alright I hope I hope that you're alright
Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White
There is no ending to this life That I've to live with endless sighs Oh can't you see I'm falling now Oh could you hear these words somehow But I can see the sadness in your eyes And I can see the sadness in your smile Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me like you did
There is no ending to this life That I've to live with endless sighs And all I know is that my head is gone And I am falling now But I can see the sadness in your eyes And I can see the sadness in your smile Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me like you did Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me like you did Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me like you did
Two thousand words, two thousand liesIt's just a veil over my eyesAnd all my friends feel just like I doAnd all my friends are sadThe night comes down, I fall asleepAnd hope to vanish at high speedFor all my friends feel just like I doAnd all my friends are sadSo leave me crying And leave me singingAbout the never-ending daysSo leave me homeless And leave me nakedI'll stand the never-ending days without youTwo thousand words, two thousand liesIt's just a veil over my eyesAnd all my friends feel just like I doAnd all my friends are sadThe night comes down, I fall asleepAnd hope to vanish at high speedFor all my friends feel just like I doAnd all my friends are sadSo leave me crying And leave me singingAbout the never-ending daysSo leave me homeless And leave me nakedI'll stand the never-ending days So leave me crying And leave me singingAbout the never-ending daysSo leave me homeless And leave me nakedI'll stand the never-ending days
No more lies to reach you No more lies around I tried hard to see you I tried hard to sound
And no more lies around No more lies to sound I tried hard to see you And I tried hard to sound
No more vows to reach you No more vows around I tried hard to fool you And hard to lose the ground And no more vows around No more vows to sound I tried hard to fool you And hard to lose the ground
No more lies to reach you No more lies in my head Will you be mine Will you be mine Will you be mine
I burn in a daze A daze of nothing And I can't feel I feel nothing The first time in my life I am dead The first time in my life I'm not sad
And I walk to my own grave And I watch the sun go down I walk to my own grave And I watch the sun go down
I'm lying in a bed A bed of nothing And I can see the stars Flying above me The first time in my life I can see And I see you You're flying inside of me
But the wind is still cold Though I am dead The first time in my life I can feel myself The first time in my life I'm not sad