皐月の朔日
今日から５月・・・「皐月」です。
明日から５連休もしくは明後日から４連休という方も、はたまた暦とは関係なく仕事や勉学に精を出される方も、こんな曲で今月をスタートしてみては如何でしょう。
いや、別段５月に関係のある曲という訳じゃないのですけれども、唄ってギターを弾いてるのが Brian May なので何となく・・・。
比較的言葉数が多くて情熱的な歌詞と、対照的にシンプルで美しいメロディが秀逸ですよね。１９９３年６月１５日ロンドンのザ・ブリクストン・アカデミーに於けるライヴ・ヴァージョンでどうぞ。
"Too Much Love Will Kill You"
I'm just the pieces of the man I used to be
Too many bitter tears are raining down on me
I'm far away from home
And I've been facing this alone for much too long
Oh, I feel like no-one ever told the truth to me
About growing up and what a struggle it would be
In my tangled state of mind
I've been looking back to find where I went wrong
Too much love will kill you
If you can't make up your mind
Torn between the lover and the love you leave behind
You're headed for disaster 'cos you never read the signs
Too much love will kill you every time
I'm just the shadow of the man I used to be
And it seems like there's no way out of this for me
I used to bring you sunshine
Now all I ever do is bring you down, oooh
How would it be if you were standing in my shoes
Can't you see that it's impossible to choose
No there's no making sense of it
Every way I go I'm bound to lose, oh yeah
Too much love will kill you
Just as sure as none at all
It'll drain the power that's in you
Make you plead and scream and crawl
And the pain will make you crazy
You're the victim of your crime
Too much love will kill you every time
Yeah too much love will kill you
It'll make your life a lie
Yes too much love will kill you
And you won't understand why
You'd give your life you'd sell your soul
But here it comes again
Too much love will kill you
In the end...in the end
(Song & Lyrics Written by Brian May, Frank Musker & Elizabeth Lamers)
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