歷屆奧運(yùn)會(huì)主題歌曲2004年第28屆雅典奧運(yùn)會(huì)歌曲《A thousand year》

《A thousand year》收錄于《Unity －2004雅典奧運(yùn)官方專輯》中，這首歌曲的演唱者Sting(斯汀)被當(dāng)今樂(lè)壇冠以詩(shī)人歌手的美名，憑借那獨(dú)一無(wú)二的沙啞又不失細(xì)膩的嗓音，始終如自由不羈的云，蕩漾于緲緲的空中。Sting的獨(dú)唱事業(yè)開(kāi)始于The Police解散前的1982年，1985年，Sting出版了首張個(gè)人專輯《藍(lán)海龜之夢(mèng)》，相比之下，這張專輯的歌詞顯得比The Police時(shí)期的作品更富智慧。這張專輯中還有“愛(ài)他就給他自由”、“心的要塞”和“俄國(guó)人”等多首歌暢銷(xiāo)一時(shí)。從80年代末開(kāi)始，Sting經(jīng)常涉足政界，用進(jìn)行巡回演出的款項(xiàng)來(lái)資助印第安人爭(zhēng)取生活的自由。進(jìn)入90年代以來(lái)，Sting多次獲得葛萊美大獎(jiǎng)，成為全球最有影響的藝人之一。

《A thousand year》歌詞欣賞：

A thousand years, a thousand more,
A thousand times a million doors to eternity
I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
An endless turning stairway climbs
To a tower of souls
If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,
The towers rise to numberless floors in space
I could shed another million tears, a million breaths,
A million names but only one truth to face

A million roads, a million fears
A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty
I could speak a million lies, a million songs,
A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time
But if there was a single truth, a single light
A single thought, a singular touch of grace
Then following this single point , this single flame,
The single haunted memory of your face

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head

I may be numberless, I may be innocent
I may know many things, I may be ignorant
Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands
Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands
I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's crimes
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief
I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head

On and on the mysteries unwind themselves
Eternities still unsaid
Till you love me