뉴질랜드를 대표하는 세계적인 싱어송라이터 빅 룽아의 속삭이듯 들려주는 아름다운 편지1집인 [DRIVE]부터 [BEAUTIFUL COLLISION], 그리고 2005년 발표한 세 번째 앨범 [BIRDS]에 이르기까지 단 세 장의 정규 앨범으로 자국에서 가장 많은 세일즈를 기록한 가수 빅 룽아. 그녀의 명성은 호주, 아일랜드, 영국 등 세계로 이어져 세계시장에서 작은 기적과도 같은 성공을 이뤄냈다.. 그리고 지금 만나는 앨범, [TRY TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING]"2008"은 빅 룽아의 입지를 다시 확인하는 작품이라 말할 수 있을지 있다. ‘모든 걸 기억하고 있었던’ 그녀가 지난 시간을 회상하며 추억의 상자에서 총 14개 트랙을 꺼내 전시한 결과가 바로 지금 만나는 [TRY TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING]이다. 라이브 트랙으로 실린 그녀의 대표곡 ‘DRIVE’와 ‘SWAY’ ‘BLUE BLUE HEARTS’ ‘GRAVITY’를 비롯해 그 유명한 스탠더드 ‘AUTUMN LEAVES’처럼 익숙한 노래도 있고, 첫 곡 ‘ALL FALL DOWN’ ‘GRACIE’ ‘A DAY LIKE TODAY’ ‘CLOSE THE DOOR, PUT OUT THE LIGHT‘처럼 싱글의 기록을 샅샅이 기억하는 자에게 반가울 비사이드도 있고, ‘EVERYONE MUST LOVE’처럼 앨범을 위해 마련된 신곡도 있다. 익숙함과 낯섦을 적당히 안배한 앨범 구성 안에서 변함없이 유지되는 것은 나이를 짐작할 수 없는 신비로운 목소리. 영롱한 눈으로 세상을 바라보는 풋풋한 소녀의 인상으로, 세상의 때를 조금도 알지 못하는 순수한 영혼의 울림으로 그녀는 노래한다. 그리고 맑고 투명한 목소리를 담아 전달한 아름다운 그녀의 편지는 듣는이에게 편안한 안식과 순수한 감동을 안겨다 둘 것이다. .... ....
Daylight let it stir you Let it Kiss the sleep out from your eyes Feel this weight now lift into the sky On and on and on On and on and on Cradle so deeply So sleeply when I close my eyes Sprinkle morning all over you and I On and on and on On and on and on Sleep tonight Drains into the morning Let it feel alright It beckons like a warning Trace it embrace it See it crashing through this pretty light And yes you know me and how this thing of ours goes On and on and on On and on and on Sleep tonight Drains into the morning Let it feel alright It beckons like a warning Sleep tonight Drains into the morning Let it feel alright It beckons like a warning when we touch the ground We all fall down
Minute you wake from a bad day dream, alone, as the bird play dawn. A little chink from a reverie, it pulls at my blue, blue heart.
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Ooh la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la-la-la
So you said you were leaving but I don't feel a thing at all, Til the ghost of your memory beats drums down every hall
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Find us down on memory street. How long since you've been gone? (Already gone) Like some forgotten dream, pinned to my blue, blue heart (Already gone).
Something quite extraordinary - I don't feel a thing at all. People come for miles to see the girl with the blue, blue heart.
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Find us down on memory street. How long since you've been gone? (Already gone) Like some forgotten dream, pinned to my blue, blue heart (Already gone). If I loved you endlessly how could we be wrong? Where did we go wrong?
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Something quite extraordinary - my soul jumped to a start. Blood to the extremeties runs cold from my blue, blue heart.
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(Already gone)
(Already gone)
If I loved you endlessly how could we be wrong? Where did we go wrong?
Gracie takes the bottles from the porch where you had left them There are age-old drinks of wine you never shared. Drivin' down the motorway, with all the best intentions, She a picture of perfection with her cut and coloured hair.
But it's you she thinks of in the hours while she's awake She takes her lipstick from her case to make a smile You she thinks of when she thinks of her mistakes regrets an open road that streches out for miles.
Coffee pots, and bottle tops and all of this disorder she soaks the plates in the dishwater till it's cold Her reflection in the window of the stars around the corner walk beside her as she's stridin' down the road
But it's you she thinks of in the hours while she's awake She takes her lipstick from her case to make a smile You she thinks of when she thinks of her mistakes regrets an open road that streches out for mi-i-i-i-iles la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
you she thinks of in the hours while she's awake She takes her lipstick from her case to make a smile You she thinks of when she thinks of her mistakes regrets an open road that streches out for miles
There's nothing like a cool autumn breeze Sending the past up with the leaves Watching all the clothes on the line In a sidestepping dance With the neighbouring trees
Lala lala-la Lala lala-la Lala lala-la
There's nothing like an echoing hole A headrush of sky A knock at the door A message on your voicemail tonight The answering-machine taking the calls
It's an honest mistake Falling in love At any given time We could get carried away It could've happen to anyone
On a day like today A Day like today On a day like today Day like today
Day like today On a day like today A day like today
There's nothing like a cool autumn breeze Sending the past up with the leaves Watching all the clothes on the line In a sidestepping dance With the neighbouring trees
It's an honest mistake Falling in love At any given time We could get carried away It could've happen to anyone
On a day like today A Day like today On a day like today Day like today
The autumn leaves.. drift by the window The autumn leaves.. of red and gold I see your lips, the summer kisses The sun-burned hands.. I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winters song But I miss you most of all my darling When autumn leaves start to fall Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winters song But I miss you most of all my darling When autumn leaves start to fall
Blades of grass That shiver as I pass The world's asleep but I'm awake I'm walking home home again Morning stars Left my shoes back at the bar Didn't know my house was quite so far So far from anywhere Strange how the ground Seems up-side down And morning - it starts without me Did I let you down Should I come around Would that make things better baby You and I We get along just fine But oh, we both want to be right It's just not possible Change your mind Or maybe I'll change mine But either way we won't arrive At something plausible I'll see you 'round When you're in town And you can pretend to hate me All trace of love Has turned to dust Which I've been collecting lately
I know it's late now I know I Ought to go Ride in your car now But please don't drop me home My head's so heavy Could This be all a dream Promise me Maybes and say things You don't mean Rain fall from concrete colored skies No boy don't speak now You just drive Drive Drive Take me through make me feel alive Alive When I ride with you Keep my heart turning on Axles around you Keep our love burning just Like it used to do Now just for us They could Play our favourite tune Let's not discuss All these Things we can't undo Let rain fall from concrete coloured skies No boy don't speak now You just drive Drive Drive Speed me through Make me feel alive Alive When I ride with you Rain fall from concrete coloured skies No boy don't speak now You just drive
When there is fear Here in your heart Gone is the summer sun Everyone must love someone When you're at sea Long is the night How can the moon be real Everyone must love Yeah sometimes there's only pain and sorrow And the stars are dead and gone Yes you'll find There's always be tomorrow And everyone must love someone Yes everyone must love someone
If gravity let us go We would all go flying And I'll meet you somewhere in the milky night Away past the satellites
The breeze is dressed so lightly And it breathes onto this fire escape Where all our secrets melt like ice Leaving only water
Night will close us down And change the view And I'll promise you what I can I forget myself when I'm with you Please remind me who I am
Dancing like a landslide Swinging round the living room We fall like sudden rain from sullen skies Singing to the radio's tune
Say my name aloud And make it new And I'll promise you what I can I forget myself when I'm with you Please remind me who I am
Day so soon, hear all the traffic move The sirens all fill this room till we both have to shout From the road, watching the stars explode You and I breathe so slow How strange the sound
Don't stray Don't ever go away I should be much too smart for this You know it gets the better Of me Sometimes When you and I collide I fall into an ocean of you Pull me out in time Don't let me drown Let me down I say it's all because of you And here I Go Losing my Control I'm practising your name So I can say it To your face it doesn't Seem right To look you in the eye And let all the things You mean to me Come tumbling out my mouth Indeed it's time Tell you why I say it's Infinitely true Say you'll stay Don't come and go Like you do Sway my way Yeah I need to know All about you And there's no cure And no way to be sure Why everythings turned inside out Instilling so much doubt It makes me so tired I feel so uninspired My head is battling with my heart My logic has been torn apart And now It all turns sour Come sweeten Every afternoon Say you'll stay Don't come and go Like you do Sway my way Yeah I need to know All about you Say you'll Stay Don't come and go Like you do Sway my way Yeah I need to know All about you Its all because of you Its all because of you Now it all turns sour Come sweeten Every afternoon It's time Tell you why I say it's Infinitely true Say you'll stay
Close the door, put out the light Come sleep till tomorrow comes creeping Talk some more, till I grow tired Don't leave till you know that I'm sleeping Don't say goodbye, just slide away into the dark And take with you my heart Close the door, put out the light Come sleep till tomorrow comes creeping Down the hall they're talking lies Don't speak of the troubles you're keeping Don't fall behind, just know that everything is fine Knowing that you're mine Close the door, put out the light This day leaves me tired and heavy Waking hours will always fall away When you feel you're ready Don't say goodbye, just slide away into the dark And take with you my heart
Sink with the tide Rescue me if you like I'll be leaving it all up to you Think how we tried It's o.k. to be lied to As long as it's only by you
People say to me it's best that we've parted 'Cause you know I'm better alone Don't explain to me how you're so broken hearted I'm too busy mending my own
Ending each night with such honest goodbyes Such honest goodbyes for the last time Honest goodbyes only work once or twice They work once or twice Then the rest must be lies
Late ever night the colours fade from the sky And the music is gone from the moon Standing in line for what used to be mine What use is the rhyme with no tune
People say to me it's best that we've parted And nothing is carved out in stone It's such a shame how we're back where we started It's late now and time that we go
Ending each night with such honest goodbyes Such honest goodbyes for the last time Honest goodbyes only work once or twice They work once or twice Then the rest must be lies The rest must be lies The rest must be lies The rest must be lies The rest must be lies The rest must be lies The rest must be lies The rest must be lies