Heroes — David Bowie：歌詞及意思

Heroes (1977) — David Bowie

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be Heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day

Heroes (1977) — David Bowie

歌曲Heroes，由著名歌手David Bowie 在1977年唱出。歌曲長達3分32秒，類型屬於Art Rock 藝術搖滾， 填詞作曲由 David Bowie 及 Brian Eno，歌曲被收錄於同名專輯《Heroes》。 在當時，雖然歌曲沒有在英美地區獲得商業上成功，但歌曲之後成為了 David Bowie 的經典作品之一。反而，在2016年 (即David Bowie 逝世的年份)英國單曲排行榜，歌曲排第十二名。歌曲獲得多項殊榮：分別被《滾石》雜誌列入500首最佳歌曲之一及被《NME》雜誌列入最佳歌曲。

歌曲的背景主要是當時德國柏林圍牆，故事講述一對情侶，一個在東德，另一個則在西德。David Bowie 在1987年西德表演歌曲，此舉被指是 柏林圍牆倒塌 的催化劑。

在David Bowie 離世的一年(2016)，德國政府向他致謝，感謝他令到圍牆倒塌，是位英雄。

歌詞方面

填詞作曲由 David Bowie 及 Brian Eno

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can beat them, just for one day
We can be heroes, just for one day

And you, you can be mean
And I, I’ll drink all the time
‘Cause we’re lovers, and that is a fact
Yes we’re lovers, and that is that
Though nothing will keep us together
We could steal time just for one day
We can be heroes for ever and ever
What d’you say?

I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, for ever and ever
Oh we can be Heroes, just for one day

I, I will be king
And you, you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be Heroes, just for one day
We can be us, just for one day

I, I can remember (I remember)
Standing, by the wall (by the wall)
And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads)
And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall)
And the shame, was on the other side
Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever
Then we could be Heroes, just for one day

We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
We can be Heroes
Just for one day
We can be Heroes

We’re nothing, and nothing will help us
Maybe we’re lying, then you better not stay
But we could be safer, just for one day

Oh-oh-oh-ohh, oh-oh-oh-ohh, just for one day

翻唱方面

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