樂隊簡介
Devotion成立於1997年,是由五個來自美國加州橘子郡的小伙子在1997年組建的樂隊,樂隊在2000年2月推出了第一張專輯《Image Of Devotion》,歌曲My prayer就是出自這張專輯。而其中的單曲When I與Talking 2 U在美國的亞裔市場取得了轟動的效應,使得Devotion樂隊成功晉身為美國三大亞裔樂隊之一(另外兩支為Kai與One Voice)。
成員
(均為菲律賓裔)
John-Paul Riturban
Richmond Andal
Eric Cruz
Rodney Hidalgo
Ian Pesigan
專輯簡介
When I單曲的銷售量在北卡地區登頂。之後,他們進行了一次“Image of Devotion”之旅,在聖地亞哥、洛杉磯、舊金山、西雅圖、多倫多、芝加哥、紐約、休斯敦和拉斯維加斯等地巡迴演出。之後,在2002年Devotion與菲律賓唱片公司Viva簽約,在2003年7月,他們推出了另一張專輯《Devotion》,這張專輯共收錄14首歌,其中有12首由他們自己創作。其中,單曲“So Wonderful”在電台播出後反響非常強烈,被收錄進菲律賓電影《Walang Kapalit》做電影音樂。期間,他們在MTV Asia上亮過相,2004年,Devotion重新回到美國加入jE唱片公司開始新的歌曲創作。
我想告訴大家的是,Image Of Devotion中不只是只有My Prayer一首好歌,Devotion5位成員都相當有實力,歌曲無論從配樂到和聲的處理,從歌詞到旋律都十分精緻,完美,這張完美的專輯為何未造成很大的反響,實在讓人不解。聽聽吧,以Devotion的話說,他們的音樂是Soul Music——觸及靈魂的歌曲,來自Devotion的演唱。
專輯目錄
1 another day
2 dying heart
3 from heaven
4 girl its you
5 I need you
6 more than words
7 my prayer
8 sunshine
9 talkin 2 u
10 the only one
11 when I
12 you are not alone
歌詞及譯文
My Prayer(我的祈禱)
一個痴情地用一生等待著真愛的男子,為了自己和愛的人向上帝的祈禱,沒有比這首歌更浪漫的表白曲了。
“Dear god:
敬愛的神:
I know that she's out there...
the one I’m suppose to share my whole life with.
她,那個我想要與她共度一生的人, 雖然不在這裡……
And in time...you'll show her to me.
但是我相信,某個時候, 你將會讓我見到她。
Will you take care of her,
能不能好好照顧她,
comfort her,
讓她過得舒適,
and protect her...
還要佑護她……
until that day we meet.
直到我們見面的那一天
And let her know...
還有,讓她知道……
my heart...is beating with hers
我的心……為她而存
In a dream I hold you close
在夢裡我常常夢到把你緊緊抱住
Embracing you with my hands
用手將你擁入懷中
You gazed at me with eyes full of love
你用充滿愛意的眼神凝視我。
And made me understand
這讓我明白了
That I was meant to share it with you,My heart my mind my soul
我真的願意全心全意的和你分享一切,
Then I open my eyes
然而當我睜開眼睛,
And all I see reality shows I’m alone
看到的卻是我還是孤單一人。
But I know someday that you’ll be by my side
但我知道總有一天你會出現在我身邊,
Cause I know god’s just waiting till the time is right
因為上帝正在安排這個對的時間。
God will you keep her safe from the thunderstorm
上帝你能不能讓她平安,遠離風暴;
When the day’s cold will you keep her warm
當天氣寒冷,你能不能讓她溫暖。
When the darkness falls will you please shine her the way
當黑暗降臨,你能不能照亮她的路
God will you let her know that I love her so
上帝你能不能讓她知道我如此愛她;
When there's no one there that she’s not alone
讓她知道即使世界上沒有其他人,她也不會孤單;
Just close her eyes and let her know
讓她知道只要她閉上眼睛,
My heart is beating with hers
她就會知道我的心為她存在。
So I pray until that day (pray until that day)
我祈禱那天能出現,
When our hearts will beat as one
我們感受到彼此的心在同時跳動。
(when our hearts hearts will beat as one)
I will wait so patiently (patiently)
我會一直耐心的等待,
For that day to come (for that day to come)
只為這一天的來臨。
I know someday that you’ll be by my side
我知道總有一天你會出現在我身邊,
Cause I know god’s just waiting till the time is right
因為上帝正在安排這個對的時間。
God will you keep her safe from the thunderstorm
When the day’s cold will you keep her warm
when the darkness falls will you please shine her the way
(shine her the way)
God will you let her know that I love her so
When theres no one there that she’s’ not alone
Just close her eyes and let her know
My heart is beating with hers
Is beating with hers (ooo)
My heart is beating with hers (oooo)
It’s beating with hers
Oh~~~ it’s beating with hers
(it’s beating with hers)
我的心只為她存在,
一直為她存在...”
Angel From Above(降臨於我的天使)
I'd give anything for love
我願為愛付出一切
just to be with you
只求與你相伴
and girl i swear i'll never change the way you are
女孩,我發誓我對你的心永遠不變
cuz i will be there
因為我會出現在那兒
i will be there for you
為你出現在那兒
forever more
直到永遠
wanna share my life
渴望與你分享我的一切
its only right that you'll be mine
你是我存在的理由
cuz you are my angel from above girl
因為女孩,你是上天賜與我的天使
angel from above
降臨於我的天使
and you make a world go round with love girl
女孩,是你讓我的世界為愛而轉動
you are my angel from above
你是降臨於我的天使
and everytime i close my eyes
每當我閉上雙眼
i thank the lord that i've got you
我感謝上帝,因為我擁有了你
and girl i swear i'll never changed
女孩,我發誓我對你的心永遠不變
you're my dream come true
你是我現實中的夢境
cuz i will be there
我會出現在那兒
i will be there for you
為你出現在那兒
forever more
直到永遠
wanna share my life
渴望與你分享我的一切
its only right that you'll be mine
你是我存在的理由
cuz you are my angel from above girl
因為女孩,你是上天賜與我的天使
angel from above
降臨於我的天使
and you make a world go round with love girl
女孩,是你讓我的世界為愛而轉動
you are my angel from above
你是降臨於我的天使
Another Day(另一天)
Only hours have gone by
時間悄悄地走過
And yet a flood of tears
帶走得卻是無盡的淚水
I've cried struggling with fear
我痛哭著,被恐懼縈繞
And now i'm losing you
知道,我正在失去你
I'm torn inside
內心支離破碎,因為
And i've been so blind
從前被假象蒙蔽的雙眼
Cause i never quite
卻終於看得清清楚楚
Believed that you would want to leave
你已經鐵了心要離開
Must we let this night an end
要不今晚就做個了結
With broken hearts unmend
不必在意已經破碎的心
From hurtful words, selfishly said
但是一些傷人的字句,我還想自私地提及:
Let's not go another day
我們別再糾纏到另一天
Having such burdens in our hearts
別讓我們的心背負這樣的傷痛
With these tears falling from our eyes
看著我們的眼淚不停地墜落
Can we just swallow our pride
為何擺脫不了那虛假的自尊
Let's not go another day
我們別再糾纏到另一天
And have the pain inside remain
別再把傷痛埋藏心底
Should the next morning sun arise
祈禱另一天的太陽升起的時候
I want you by my side
你出現在了我的身邊
Only silence filled the room day by day
一天又一天,只有沉默浸沒這房間
Living like strangers without words to say
我們像陌生人般,無話可言
We've gone on far too long to live like this
一錯再錯,越走越遠
Our lips are sealed in what we feel
將自己的感受埋葬
afraid of letting it go
因為害怕,害怕它一去而不復返
Pride wanting us to go
那自尊又在叫囂著讓我們分離
And walk straight out of that door
只是從那扇門徑直走出那么簡單
I want to know...i want to know
但是我想知道,我想知道
Do you love me any more
你還在不在意我
(重複高潮部分)
Why do we spend each night in pain and lonliness
每個晚上我們為何只剩痛苦與孤獨相伴
Please tell me why do we let this carry on
告訴我,為什麼要繼續堅持
Let's not go another day
(let's not go another day)
And have the pain inside remain
(can't let this be you mean the world to me)
不能順其下去,因為你是我的全部
Should the next morning sun arise
I want you by my side (i want you by my side)
(let's put it behind, all the hurting inside)
讓我們捨棄那受傷的靈魂吧
Let's not go another day
(let's not go another day)
Having such burdens in our hearts
(so why don't we try to stop the tears from our eyes)
讓我們止住那不停下墜的淚水吧
Falling from our eyes
(cause i want you by my side)
Swallow my pride
(swallow my pride, i'm dying inside)
我放下那虛假的自尊,為你不顧一切
Let's not go another day
(let's not go another day)
Have the pain inside remain
(Can't let this be you mean the world to me)
不能讓愛情死去,因為你是我的全部
Should the next morning sun arise
(cause i want you by my side)
I want you by my side
From Heaven(從天堂)
You left so soon
你走得那么匆忙
We didn’t have the chance to say goodbye
甚至沒有和我們道別
But that’s ok we know you didn’t want it to be that way
但這沒什麼,我們知道你並不想這樣
We stood by you when you fought so hard
當你與病魔搏鬥的時候,我們只能站在你的身旁
To come back into our lives
感覺到你是多么地想重回我們的身邊
So we all can be happy again
所以我們可以彼此欣慰
To hang on as long as you can
因為你竭盡全力地做出了堅持
And we will never forget you
而我們永遠也不會忘記你
If it means you have to leave us
如果命運迫使我們分離
To find your happiness
讓你獨自去尋找幸福
then take our love with you
那么請帶上我們對你的眷戀
Wherever you go and don’t you ever forget (oh yea)
不論你去往何處,但請不要忘記
To watch over us (we know that you’re there)
從那裡注視我們(我們知道你在那裡)
To watch over us (your love is everywhere)
從那裡注視我們(你的愛無所不在)
Just watch over us (ooooohhh)
悄悄地從那裡注視我們
From heaven (寫給逝去的朋友的歌,不知道其中的女聲是誰)
從天堂
We miss your smile that gave us joy and laughter in my life
我們想念你那充滿快樂與溫馨的笑容
We know one day we all will be together once again
我們知道有一天我們定會再次相聚
We stood by you when you fought so hard to come back into ourlives
當你與病魔搏鬥的時候,我們只能站在你的身旁,感覺到你是多么地想重回我們的身邊
Talking: There's so many of us
這裡有那么多人
That you left behind
被你留在身後
But we all know that someday soon there will come a time
但我們都知道在某天,那個時刻終將到來
A time
那個
When we will see each other again
我們能夠彼此相見的時刻
And we will be together
然後我們會重新回到一起
Up there in heaven
就在天堂
If it means you have to leave us
如果命運迫使我們分離
To find your happiness
讓你獨自去尋找幸福
then take our love with you
那么請帶上我們對你的眷戀
Wherever you go and don’t you ever forget (oh yea)
不論你去往何處,但請不要忘記
To watch over us (we know that you’re there)
從那裡注視我們(我們知道你在那裡)
To watch over us (your love is everywhere)
從那裡注視我們(你的愛無所不在)
Just watch over us (ooooohhh)
悄悄地從那裡注視我們
From heaven
從天堂
From heaven
從天堂
From heaven
從天堂~~
Girl Its You(女孩,就是你)
If you were right here with me
假使你就在我的身邊
I would want you to see (want you to see)
我會讓你知道:(讓你知道)
That without you girl,
如果沒有你
There would be no one else in this world
那整個世界對我不存在意義
If you would only take my hand
假使你願意牽起我的手
And try to understand (try and understand)
我會讓你了解(讓你了解)
That you’re the only one that,I would want to be my girl
你是我的唯一,唯一想要的女孩
And all I do is think of you
想你,成了我唯一做的事
Cuz the dreams I had are so true
因為我擁有的夢是那么得真切
Each day I wake when I can say that I love you
而每次都夢醒在我要對你說愛你的時候
Cuz girl it’s you
因為女孩,就是你
That I’ve been wanting all my life
我的一生都在等待的人
Girl, you know that it’s right
女孩,你知道那個人就是你
When I looked into your eyes,
當我觸及你的視線
I knew that I’d give my heart to you (give my heart to you)
我就立刻明白,我應該將我的一切交給你(都交給你)
Girl, it’s you
女孩,就是你
And oh girl, I thought about you endlessly (endlessly)
喔女孩,我無時無刻不在想你(無時無刻)
That’s the way it should always be (always be)
並且將會永遠下去(永遠下去)
Can’t you understand I wanna be your man for all time (for alltime, yeah…)
你感覺到了么,我想成為你一生的依靠(一生的)
Forever girl, I’ll be right here (forever girl)
女孩,我保證永遠都在這裡等你
My thoughts of you won’t ever disappear
我對你的思念永遠不會褪色
And always stay within my heart for all eternity
它將駐留在我的心間而永存
As fast as it may seem
也許是那么得唐突
I’m tired of hiding all my hopes and dreams
但我已經厭倦隱藏自己的希冀與幻想
Cuz there’s no other way
因為已經沒有其他的辦法
And I wait for the day that I can feel your lips
我已經等不及能與你相擁的那一天
Cuz girl it’s you
因為女孩,就是你
That I’ve been wanting all my life
我的一生都在等待的人
Girl, you know that it’s right
女孩,你知道那個人就是你
When I looked into your eyes,
當我觸及你的視線
I knew that I’d give my heart to you (give my heart to you)
我就立刻明白,我應該將我的一切交給你(都交給你)
Girl, it’s you
女孩,就是你
When I
(R.E. Doeve, J.P. Riturban, R. Hidalgo, E. Cruz, R. Andal, I. Pesigan)
Verse I:
I Sit and Think About You
Your Eyes Are Calling My Heart
I Wish I Can Give You My Love
But I Don’t Know Where to Start
All That I Ask...Is To Feel Your Touch
And Have Your Hand in Mine
To Feel Your Heart Beat Next To Mine
Would Make My Dreams Come True
Chorus:
When I'M Lost Will You Find My Way
When I Cry Will You Ease My Pain
When I Fall Will You Lift Me Up
When I Need Someone to Love
Verse Ii:
You Know the Times We Shared (Oooh)
We Can Never Be Compared (Oooh)
To The One we’d have...If You Were by My Side
I Vow From Now to Then
This Love Will Never End
The Feelings I Hold Inside
Will You Be the One to Fill This Emptiness?
I Know (I Know)
I Know...Oh
Could Never Take (Could Never Take)
Could Never Take Your Place
Whoa....Oh
Chorus:
When I'M Lost Will You Find My Way
When I Cry Will You Ease My Pain (Will You Wipe the Tears from My Face?)
When I Fall Will You Lift Me Up
When I Need Someone
Bridge Ⅰ:
Inside I'M crying
So Will You Open Up Your Arms
And I pray...That You’ll Be the One
You’ll be the One
You’re The Only One for Me
Bridge Ii:
When I'M Lost Oh Girl Will You Be There
When I Cry Oh Girl Will You Be There
When I Fall Girl Will You Be There
When I Need Someone Will You Be There
(When I'M Lost Oh Girl Will You Be There)
When I'M Lost Will You Find My Way
(When I Cry Oh Girl Will You Be There)
When I Cry Will You Ease My Pain
(When I Fall Girl Will You Be There)
When I Fall Will You Lift Me Up
(When I Need Someone Will You Be There)
When I Need Someone to Love
(When I'M Lost Oh Girl Will You Be There)
When I'M Lost Will You Find My Way
(When I Cry Oh Girl Will You Be There)
When I Cry Will You Ease My Pain
(When I Fall Girl Will You Be There)
When I Fall Will You Lift Me Up
(When I Need Someone Will You Be There)
When I Need Someone to Love
Whenever i wake up
the first thing i think of.. is you(oooh...ooooh)
i still cant imagine
that this really happened to me(no.. no...ya....)
i've never felt so alive(no i never..)
ever since you walked into my life(to my life)
somethings come over me
i love what you've done to me
i've fallen for you
and its all because...
you are so wonderful to me(so wonderful baby)
with the way that you love me(with the way that you)
cuz you are so wonderful to me(i love the way)
with the way that you love me
your love is so precious
that i'll never let this..
[01:37.00]have a goal(have a goal),
have a goal(have a goal) have a goal baby
girl, i cant remember a time when i was ever(a time when i was ever)
so in love (ya..)
words can never explain(never explain)
no no no
all the joy that you give me each day
i never thought love would be
the only thing i would need
i really think you are the one
and its all because..
you are so wonderful to me (so wonderful)
with the way that you love me(way love me baby)
yes you are so wonderful to me(i love you more)
with the way that you love me
when i'm with my friends
even when i'm all alone
i think of you baby, i think of you(think of you)
and when the radio
plays your favorite song
i think of you baby, i think of you(think of you)
i've never felt so alive(no i never..)
ever since you walked into my life(into my life)
somethings come over me
now look what you've done to me
i've fallen for you
and its all because...
you are so wonderful to me(so wonderful)
with the way that you love me
cuz you are so wonderful to me(you're so amazing)
with the way that you love me
you are so wonderful to me(i think of you baby i think you..)
with the way that you love me
yes you are so wonderful to me(i think of you baby i think you..)
with the way that you love me
you are so wonderful to me
with the way that you love me
cuz you are so wonderful to me
with the way that you love me