歌詞
I'll be the roundabout
The words will makeYou out an' out
You spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the southIn an' out the valley
The music dance and sing
They make the children really ring
I spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the southIn an' out the valley
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be back and laughing too
Twenty four before my love you'll seeI'll be there with you
I will remember you
Your silhouette willCharge the view
Of distant atmosphere
Call it morning driving through the south even in the valley
In and around the lake woh
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be back and laughing too oh oh
Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you
Along the drifting cloud the eagle searching down on the land
Catching the swirling wind, the sailor sees the rim of the land
The eagles dancing wings create as weather spins out of hand
Go closer hold the land feel partly no more than grains of sand
We stand to lose all time, athousand answers by in our hand
Next to your deeper fears we stand surrounded by a million years
Ill be the roundabout
The words will make you out an out
Ill be the roundabout
The words will make you out an out
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there
Twenty four before my loveI'll be there
(Feels like)
I'll be the roundabout
The words will make you out an' out
You spend the day your way
Call it morning driving through the south in and out the valley
In and around the lake
Mountains come out of the sky ,and they stand there
One mile over we'll be there and we'll see you
Ten true summers we'll be back and laughing too
Twenty four before my love you'll see I'll be there with you
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創作背景
歌詞的靈感來自於樂隊成員從阿伯丁經格拉斯哥前往倫敦路上的所見所感。英倫三島多以環島替代十字路口,所以他們得以在路上遇見許多環島(roundabout)。一路上雲層籠罩的山巒如同直指天空,形成了“山峰從天空降臨”[Mountains come out of the sky, and they stand there]的靈感,“繞過湖岸”[In and around the lake]的靈感來自於格拉斯哥沿途的一個湖。
經過24小時的長途乘車旅行,樂隊抵達倫敦,主場Jon Anderson得以與妻子團聚,這是“經過二十四小時我就要與你相見”[Twenty four before my love you'll see I be there with you]的靈感。
網路模因
2012年,《Roundabout》被選為《Jojo的奇妙冒險》動畫的片尾曲。歌曲的吉他前奏通常插入在故事最為引人入勝的地方,並在懸念之處將畫面轉為泛黃,並插入“To Be Continued”標誌。
這類編輯後來被廣泛效仿,通常在發生重大失誤或事故之前插入,以達到發噱的效果。
遊戲《俠盜獵車手5》的“洛聖都電台”收錄了該曲目。