歌曲背景
八仙塵爆事件造成重大傷害已逾兩個多月,公共電視為鼓勵傷患面對後續漫長復健路,邀請Selina重新演唱英文老歌《The Rose》,並拍攝公益短片,鼓勵傷患面對艱辛復健路。
Selina接獲邀約第一時間就馬上回應,特別排出檔期配合錄音與拍攝,希望自己過去經驗能對塵爆傷患有鼓舞作用。談到重新詮釋《The Rose》,Selina表示,對歌詞傳達的力量,覺得非常感動,就像歌詞最後寫到“無論多寒冷嚴酷的冬天雪地下,會有一顆種子,你只能等待,自然會開出一朵花”(音譯)。
拍攝短片時,Selina回憶起復健時期,她說“我認為我是一個很樂觀、思考正面的人,但我稱那個時期為地獄時期的我,我變成了另外一個人,變得很黑暗、很負面,甚至也變得很悲觀”。Selina表示,傷患就是會面對這樣的自己,但不要害怕,也不要擔心,她也經歷過,要有信心可撐過,並鼓勵傷患要努力、認真復健,只有自己能幫自己。
歌詞
Selina(任家萱) - The Rose
Some say love it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love it is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
And you , its only seed
It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live
When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snows
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring becomes the rose