Rhymes and Reasons
Music/Text: John Denver
So you speak to me of sadness
And the coming of the winter
Fear that is within you now
It seems to never end
And the dreams that have escaped you
And the hope that youve forgotten
You tell me that you need me now
You want to be my friend
And you wonder where were going
Wheres the rhyme and wheres the reason
And its you cannot accept
It is here we must begin
To seek the wisdom of the children
And the graceful way of flowers in the wind
For the children and the flowers
Are my sisters and my brothers
Their laughter and their loveliness
Could clear a cloudy day
Like the music of the mountains
And the colours of the rainbow
Theyre a promise of the future
And a blessing for today
Though the cities start to crumble
And the towers fall around us
The sun is slowly fading
And its colder than the sea
It is written from the desert
To the mountains they shall lead us
By the hand and by the heart
They will comfort you and me
In their innocence and trusting
They will teach us to be free
For the children and the flowers
Are my sisters and my brothers
Their laughter and their loveliness
Could clear a cloudy day
And the song that I am singing
Is a prayer to non believers
Come and stand beside us
We can find a better way
Rhymes and Reasons - John Denver
John Denver의 1969년 첫 앨범 "Rhymes & Reasons"에 수록된 곡이다.
사족: 노래 타이틀, "Rhymes and Reasons"에 관하여
영어에 "no rhyme or reason"이라는 숙어가 있다.
사리에 맞지 않는 혹은 비논리적인 것을 일컫는 표현으로
16세기 영국 시인 Edmund Spenser, 혹은 Shakespeare에서
찾을 수 있단다.
John Denver가 시의 제목을 "Rhymes and Reasons"로 쓴 이유는
확실하지는 않으나 그의 시의 마지막,
And the song that I am singing
Is a prayer to non believers
Come and stand beside us
We can find a better way
에서 추측컨데 아마 Denver는 그의 노래에 어떤 의미를
주고 싶었던게 아닐까 싶다:
즉 그의 노래는 "믿지 않는 자들에게 보내는 기도"이며
"rhymes and reasons", 혹은 그가 노래하는 이유와 까닭이다.
Come and stand beside us, we can find a better way.
우리 함께 세상의 무게를 이겨낼 더 좋은 길을 찾아보자.