Falling Slowly                          by Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova

I don't know you

But I want you

All the more for that

Words fall through me

And always fool me

And I can't react

And games that never amount

To more than they're meant

Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice

You've made it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me

And I can't go back

Moods that take me and erase¹ me

And I'm painted black

You have suffered enough

And warred with yourself

It's time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice

You've made it now

Take this sinking boat and point it home

We've still got time

Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice

You've made it now

Falling slowly sing your melody²

I'll sing along

歌曲介绍

这部88分钟的爱尔兰音乐小品讲述的不过最寻常的“青年男女的悲欢离合”，却以“视觉唱片”的独到概念，奉献了一出迥异好莱坞歌舞片的异色音乐剧，无差别地俘获从挑剔影评人到蜂拥粉丝的几乎所有观众的心。

电影的原声音乐是曾经活跃于爱尔兰摇滚乐队The Flames贝司手的John Carney(现在是导演)，男主角Glen Hansard（The Flames乐队主唱兼吉他手），女主角 Marketa Irglova（捷克钢琴家兼作曲家出身）合作完成的。

男女主人公在影片中弹着吉他和钢琴的歌声都收录在了电影同名专辑《曾经》中，主题曲《Falling Slowly》更是融入了Glen Hansard不插电吉他的美妙旋律和纯净的嗓音，还有Marketa Irglova的浪漫钢琴演奏和细腻的嗓音。

电影介绍

《曾经》是一部非常清新淡雅的爱情小品。它没有熟悉的明星面孔和花哨的摄影技巧，却以真挚的生活气息和生活感悟扣人心弦。如果你熟悉理查德•林克莱特的《日出之前》、《日落之前》两部大名鼎鼎的谈话爱情电影，应该会对导演约翰•卡尼对《曾经》采用的自然派表现方式并不陌生，它的独特气质就在于隐去所有电影技术方面的浮夸，让真实感十足的场景和对话本身自然凸显出来，加上犹如天籁般配乐的辅助，看片过程就像一次妙不可言的心灵旅程。两位主演虽然是第一次出演电影主角，但一点看不出表演稚嫩的痕迹，因为编导约翰•卡尼目的就是激发出他们最生活化的一面，所以在观者看来，他们演的就是自己，他们的情感故事，可能是发生在我们身边任何人身上的平凡爱情，因而越发能激起共鸣，打动人心…