Vanessa Carlton【Heroes＆Thieves】

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【專輯名稱】　Heroes＆Thieves　英雄與小偷
【歌手名稱】　Vanessa Carlton　凡妮莎
【專輯語言】　英語
【發行日期】　2007-11


【專輯介紹】

　　2003葛萊美「年度最佳唱片」、「年度最佳單曲」及「最佳器樂編曲伴奏」等三項大獎提名

　　轉至嘻哈教父Irv Gotti廠牌旗下發行全新大碟，請到老闆Irv Gotti(傑魯、亞香緹)、Linda Perry(紅粉佳人、克莉絲汀)及前男友Third Eye Blind主唱Stephan Jenkins齊力製作
首支單曲"Nolita Fairytale"快速挺入全美成人抒情榜TOP30

　　氣質出眾的讓人沉醉在她優雅彈琴風範中；耐人尋味的反覆聆賞在她細膩動聽的創作裡；甜美迷人之聲韻替每段音樂故事引出最契合之頻率。Vanessa Carlton內外兼具的鋼琴公主形象，曾獲滾石雜誌肯定推薦「年度最值得期待的十位藝人」之一，她沒有Tori Amos或Fiona Apple那般憤怒之情，反而多了小女生的嬌羞矜持。才情出眾的凡妮莎於2003年一連獲得葛萊美「年度最佳唱片」、「年度最佳單曲」以及「最佳器樂編曲伴奏」等三項大獎提名。

　　出生於賓州，從小在音樂環境中快樂成長，母親是古典鋼琴老師、父親則為Pink Floyd頭號歌迷，從莫札特到搖滾樂，都難不倒凡妮莎。8歲完成生平第一部作品，17歲開始在曼哈頓酒吧演出。2002年首張專輯『Be Not Nobody』全球累積兩千三百萬張銷售量，第一支單曲"A Thousand Miles"直襲流行榜Top5，踢下凱莉米洛火紅曲"Can’t Get You Out Of My Head"，登上VH1的「Big In 2002」大獎，連製作金童肯伊威斯特都公開表示：會讓黑人樂迷愛不釋手的白人作品，同樣感動Fabolous、Ja Rule等饒舌悍將，喜劇電影「小姐好白」更是讓演員們為之瘋狂。2003年受到珊卓布拉克與休葛蘭主演電影「貼身情人」邀約，與Counting Crows齊力翻唱Joni Mitchell之"Big Yellow Taxi"成為大戲主題曲。2004年『Harmonium』出版，依舊提高凡妮莎聲勢，同時展開全球大型巡迴演出。

　　相距三年轉至嘻哈教父級人物Irv Gotti開設音樂廠牌The Inc. Records旗下發行全新大碟【Heroes & Thieves】，站上流行榜Top44，請到老闆Irv Gotti(Ashanti、Ja Rule)、Linda Perry(紅粉佳人、克莉絲汀)以及前男友Third Eye Blind主唱Stephan Jenkins齊力製作。首支單曲"Nolita Fairytale"運用鼓與大提琴等節奏樂器烘托更為跳躍式律動，敘述她在Nolita居住地這幾年發生的種種，分享心情寫照，已快速挺入全美成人抒情榜前30名中；相當令凡妮莎難過的小品"Home"，交融鋼琴與弦樂的碎心堆疊，是首描寫與前男友也是工作好伙伴Stephan Jenkins的分手作，入選第二波預備主打；動聽依舊的鋼琴抒情曲"The One"，請來連續三年一起巡迴，在她低潮時給予最大鼓勵的前輩Stevie Nicks合唱；光芒四射的用她精湛鋼琴演奏技巧將"Hands On Me"、"Heroes & Thieves"照耀的晶瑩剔透，同時引人入勝的傳達無比豐富之情感。 ...

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  1.  Nolita Fairytale   

I know you know
we don't see
and so our truths wait patiently

I walk the streets with a song in my head
we ebb and we flow so
got my toes on my pup at the foot of my bed
my heart always seems to know
take the glitz back I want the soul instead
cause I've found some kind of fairytale

I used to hover outside my truth
always worried bout what I'd lose
Take away my record deal
go on I don't need it
spent the last two years getting to what's real
and now I can see so clear
I hope you feel just like I feel
cause i found some kind of fairytale

Want a garden by the ocean tide
cause I lose my way searching for stage lights
but Stevie knows and I thank her so
cause it's your seeds I sow
and now I know Nolita flat on rent control
that's the life I choose
can't drag me to a fashion show
the poses that I see through
Ruby's in the afternoon

cause I found some kind of fairytale
(HEY!)
Nolita Fairytale (Ba da da da da da, Ba da da da da da)
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Nolita fairytale
Nolita fairytale
Nolita Fairytale...

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  2.  Hands On Me   

I first saw you at the video exchange,
I know my heart and it will never change,
This temp-work would be alright if you's call me, you's call me,
I lie awake at night for you, and I pray.

We crossed the deepest oceans,
Cargo across the sea,
And if you don't believe me,
Just put your hands on me,
And all the constellations,
Shine down for us to see,
And if you don't believe me,
Just put your hands on me.

The subway radiates with heat,
We barely met, and still I cross the street, to your door.

We crossed the deepest oceans,
Cargo across the sea,
And if you don't believe me,
Just put your hands on me,
And all the constellations,
Shine down for us to see,
And if you don't believe me,
Just put your hands on me.

Someday when our stories are told,
They'll tell of a love like this,
When our descendents are all growing old,
A thousand years we'll be singing.

Na na na na na na na na na.

We climbed tibetan moutains,
Where we can barely breathe,
I see the Dalai Lama,
I feel him blessing me,
And all the constellations,
Shine down for us to see,
And if you don't believe me,
Just put your hands on me.

[Hands on me]
Na na na na na na na.
[Hands on me]
Your hands on me.
[Hands on me]
Na na na na na na na.
[Hands on me]

I first saw you at the video exchange....

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  3.  Spring Street   

Na na na na na na na (x4)

I was headin down to Spring Street
With a suitcase in my hand
I'm feelin love and life and grand dilusions

I'd knew you understand
And I left you by the stairwell
And your eyes were wet with tears
Now you knew you had to let me go
Even after all these years

And we sing na na na na na na na
she said na na na na na na na
walk on na na na na na na na
you're alright na na na na na na na

And I found myself a new life
And I've been living with some friends
And We hold on to dreams and live like kings,
Like the days will never end

And I left him by the statue
And his eyes were filled with tears
Lover you knew you had to let me go
Even after all these years

And we sing na na na na na na na
And he said na na na na na na na
walk on na na na na na na na
you're alright na na na na na na na

Everything changes
Friends become strangers
What we hold so dear slips away
The past keeps on fading,
but I'll never forget you
It's hard to see that you're apart of me
even when we have to say

Na na na na na na na
Walk on na na na na na na na
And we sing na na na na na na na
well alright na na na na na na na

And I moved out of the city
To start a family of my own
When I look into my daughter's eyes,
I don't feel so alone

And as I walk her down to Spring Street
She holds on to my hand
Mother you knew my eyes would be wet with tears
And now I understand

Na na na na na na na na na na
And I said, na na na na na na na
Walk on na na na na na na na
Thank you na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na na
Walk on na na na na na na na
You're alright na na na na na na na
Can't hold on na na na na na na na...

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  4.  My Best   

Mmmmmmmmm
We scream and shout and try to make it last
Though it didn't work out,
I don't love you any less
My lover or friends,
I won't ever tell
Our secrets safe
An unspoken citadel

And in these broken times, well,
It's so easy to forget
So I sing to remind
Upon my shoulder you can rest
Cause I'll always give you my best

A sidewalk's path leads me to you
Though we don't look back,
We hold on to a truth

And in these broken times
I promise I will not forget
Though you're not mine
Upon your shoulder I can rest
Cause you always give me your best

Like a promise kept
It's like you never left
It's like you never left

And though it's been so long,
I can't ever seem to forget
All it takes is a song
And I could swear I hear your steps
Down the hall echoes a past
That leaves an ache,
It's never left
Cause I gave you my best

It's like you never left
It's like you never left
We scream and shout and try to make it last...

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  5.  Come Undone   

I’ve seen myself in a thousand faces
Strung out on life’s path
I would add up what you mean to me
But I cannot do the math
And this fashionista’s garden party
Well I had enough of that

’Cause the only one I come undone for is you
Yes the only one I come undone

But I'm a special lover sometimes
But you only touch a ghost
I’m a sycophantic courtier with an elegant repose
And needless to say you’re the one that I need the most

’Cause the only one I come undone for is you
Yes the only one I come undone for is you
Well the only one I come undone for is you

I know I’m done (I)

And now I see the truth
I know I’m done (I)
Come undone for you
And you’ve been gone for so long
Waiting here for you
You’ve been gone for so long
Come undone for you

There are people in this lifetime that we should never meet
'Cause to be here now without you
Well, my life’s so incomplete
I’ll tell you what you mean to me and maybe then you’ll see
Ahhh
Ahhh, nahh

'Cause the only one I come undone for is you
Yes the only one I come undone for is you
Oh the only one I come undone for is you

No, no…...

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  6.  The One - with Stevie Nicks   

Holiday, and I come home,
I hope to see this boy I know, I,
Can't wait for us to be alone.
Flippin' through the radio,
We sing along to the Indie Show,
The songs they play mean more than I can say.

And the tape I made you,
Hope you think of me when it plays through,
I'm kind of sad now that it's done,
And you think our times were free,
And all the ways you say to me,
Sweet versions of 'Lets wait and see'.

But your always a golden boy, and,
I'm the girl that you enjoy,
My parents say isn't he a gifted son.
Time has always passed me by,
And still I have to wonder why,
You can't come to tell me, that I'm the one.

Summer goes and we have grown,
We have our friends, live on our own, still,
I'm not the girl you want me to be.

So gravity can bend time,
For me I always liked your mind,
But this whole thing is crushing me.

But your always a golden boy, and,
In this girls heart that you destroyed,
You smile at me and then you, have your fun.
Time is always passing by,
Still I give you another try,
And hope that you will see, that I'm the one.

Say your scared, get to close,
Come lets see, how it goes,
I see you now, at the show,
7th in the 7th row.
Now when you look at me,
I see what I've known for so long,
Sad that you could be so lovely and, so wrong.

Come to say, that I moved,
I see your face, You don't aprove,
I guess you could say that I'm already gone.

But you'll always be my golden boy, I'm,
The summer girl that you enjoyed,
Some melodies are best left undone,
I feel the times pass away,
But in my songs you'll, always stay,
I don't need for you to tell me, that I'm the one.

You never know that I was the one....

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7.  Heroes ＆ Thieves  

Well, disaster it strikes on a daily basis
I'm looking for wisdom in all the wrong places
But still want to laugh in disappointed faces
But you can't help me
I'm blinded by these

Heroes and Thieves at my door
I can't seem to tell them apart anymore
Just when I’ve figured it out
Well darlin' it's you I’m without.

Well I'm stubborn and wrong
But at least I know it
I keep moving along and hope I can get through this
But maybe this song is the best I can do it
So I'm patiently waiting on these

Heroes and Thieves at my door
I can't seem to tell them apart anymore
Just when I've figured it out
Well darlin' it's you
Darlin' it's you oh,
Darlin' it's you I’m…

Without your comforting logic

Like these days are the ones I'll miss
And I seek a solitude that I can't find without you.
Ah ah, ah
Da da dum

It seems like I'm getting closer somehow
A flicker of peace that I've finally found
Thank you for believing in me now
'Cause I do need it

Well give me a year or two
And I'll mend my ways and see these mistakes and
When I see the truth
Well, darlin' trust me
When I can't see
I’ll be coming back; I'll be coming back cause there are

Heroes and Thieves at my door
I can't seem to tell them apart anymore
Just when I’ve figured it out
Well, darlin' it’s you
Darlin' it’s you
Oh, darling it’s you I’m without
Da, da, dum...

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  8.  This Time   

It's 4 a.m. and I'm wide awake
Waiting for my thoughts to fade
A flickering of all of my mistakes
And as the light starts creeping in
I slowly feel
The day I'm missing
But I wouldn't even know where to begin

Do I push to hard?
Or fall to fast?
The moment never seems to last
Will I stop long enough to know

Everybody burns
And when it starts to hurt,
I cry
I feel it in my veins
I just can't walk away,
This time

Your words circle in my head
Weigh so heavy on my chest
And I'm crushed by your expectation
I only want to do some good
Too dumb to know if I could
And I just wanna feel the days I'm in

Do I go to far,
Not far enough?
Why can't I keep my big mouth shut?
And do we lead the life that we should?

Everybody burns
And when it starts to hurt,
I cry
I feel it in my veins
I just can't walk away,
This time

Did I say to much again?
I'm just a girl in a panic
If I tell you my truth
Am I getting through?
It just seems I should confess
Who am I to pretend
This is more than I can carry

Everybody burns
And when it starts to hurt,
I cry
I hold my head up high
I know I'll be alright
This time
I feel it in my veins
I just can't walk away
This time
This time,
This time
This time,
This time

It's 4 am and I'm wide awake
Waiting for my thoughts to fade
It's times like these I see your face...

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  9.  Fools Like Me   

Beware the danger it lurks for those who get swept away,
The dreamers get punished most by the truth they say,
Its all in the little ways one reveals,
Their loves gone away, loves gone away.
And when my hand was in you hand my heart was pure now,
I see your different and re-written memories,
The dogs run down the beach and all i'm left with,
Is sand in my shoes, sand in my shoes.

Fools like me,
Oh we love blindly,
And the cracks don't count,
It's gotta break for me to see.

And now I recall a time at the cafe,
A thunderstorm outside, words you could never say,
They hold the loudest tones, you say your right but,
It's ink on the page, just ink on the page.

Fools like me,
Oh we love blindly,
And the cracks don't count,
It's gotta break in front of me.

Tick-tock the time,
Distant look grows in your eyes,
Cos fools never ask,
Afraid what lurks in your mind.
Always knew, somehow I always knew,
I always knew the truth.

Fools like me,
Oh we never see,
And the cracks don't count,
It's gotta break in front of me.
And it's breaking,
It's breaking,
It's gotta break for me to see.

At least I can say,
I was not afraid,
I loved you all the way,
I'd pick the fool anyday....

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  10.  Home   

Some people live in a house on a hill
And they wish they were some place else
There's nobody there when the evening is still
Secrets with no one to tell

And some I have known
Have a ship where they sleep
With sounds of rocks on the coast
They sail over oceans five fathoms deep
They can't find what they want the most

And even now
When I'm alone
I've always known
With you
I am home

And some live in towns
Cardboard shack on concrete
All blustered, and bustling life
They search for the color
You can never quite see
Cause it's all white on white

And even now
When I'm alone
I've always known
With you
I am home

And even now
When I'm alone
I've always known
With you
I am home

For me it's a glimpse
And a smile on your face
A touch of your hands
An honest embrace

For where I lay, it's you I keep
This changing world
And fall asleep
With you all I know is
I'm coming home
Coming home...

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11.  More Than This

Cradling stones hold fire bright
as crickets call out to the moonlight
As you lean in to steal a kiss
I'll never need more than this

We all share the pain of our histories
but the ache goes away if you could see
This night under stars,
well, I call it peace If you say,
I'll never need more than this

The trees grow so thick
you can barely see through
But the forest bestows the simplest of truths
You think you'll be happy
if granted one more wish
But the truth is you'll never need more,
you'll never need more
you'll never need more than this

Want so much in this life,
there's so much to be
We sail through our youth so impatiently
until we see
That the years move along
And soldiers and heroes come home
And they carry a song,
Don't live in forgotten times
May this always remind you of the sea
under the skies blue looking glass

Let's make this our story,
Let's live in the glory
Time, it fades away,
precious as a song cause someday we'll be gone

Cradling stones hold fire bright
as we watch the glow of the morning light
Someday our bones here they will lie,
and so we sing as the years move along
and soldiers and heroes come home
and they carry a song

Let's make this our story,
Let's love in the glory
Time, it fades away,
precious as a song cause someday we'll be gone...

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