摘要：U2唱的经典，Silverwind赏析的更是经典。

高中时代同宿舍生活三年的一位同窗好友数年前去了美国，诸同学时有电邮来往。某日听之谈起音乐，顿令我有士别三日，当刮目相看之感。盖此君当年好读书，善雄辩，博通哲学，行事果决，素有远志，乃少见之干才。唯独少听音乐，于此不甚了了。未料到远渡重洋数年之后，居然好起此道。不过此事也不足为奇，音乐正是吾辈抒解情怀之一剂良药，且无苦口之虞，自然是多多益善。听好友谈起U2之音乐，实是于我心有戚戚焉。部分抄录如下：

I am so happy to see that you also like U2's songs!!! "U2 The Joshua Tree" is one of my favorite CDs. It's not the sweet music for pure and worry-free young boys and girls. You really have to be in some extreme situations to feel the meaning of the words in U2's songs.

I was once driving on the beach with someone. The background is the endless sea and a huge US aircraft carrier. The Sun was setting and spreading the red lights all over the sea. The song just rose:

I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
......

The other time is when I was driving in the desert in Arizona at over 200km per hour trying hard not to let my tears falling down and again, here is the U2 song:

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait ... without you

With or without you
With or without you
......

See? Life is not just happiness. Very different feelings enrich our lives and make us stronger.

好友提到的两首歌，都是出自U2乐队格莱美最佳专辑The Joshua Tree。其一为I Still Haven't Found What I Am Looking For，其二为With Or Without You，都是我非常喜爱的经典作品。尤其这首With Or Without You，是U2的歌里我最喜欢的。U2远非那些少男少女偶像乐队可比，他们音乐里的那种境界，只有用心细听才能有所领略。你会发现自己生活经历中那些挫折，那种曾经一度萦绕心头的失落，以及那些不愿为人所知的内心痛楚，都会与这样的音乐起了共鸣。我没有过在海滩或是沙漠上疯狂飙车，以宣泄自己感情的那种经历，但是好友的那种心情我是能体会到的。当一人独处旷野，或是夜不能寐，又或是午夜梦回，却发现梦中人从眼前消失，而耳边的随声听里传出这样的音乐，那又是怎样一种感觉啊，我实在无法用语言来形容。


With or Without You
U2

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you
Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait.... without you
看见你眼里坚硬的石块
看见你身边缠绕的荆棘
我等着你
造化弄人，命运交缠
她使我在钉床上等待
我等着...你不在

With or without you
With or without you
你在，或是不在
你在，或是不在

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you
穿过风暴我们到达岸边
你付出所有我想要更多
我正在等着你

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
你在，或是不在
你在，或是不在
我无法生存
你在，或是不在

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away
你放弃了自己
你放弃了自己
你放弃了
你放弃了
你放弃了自己

My hands are tied
My body bruised,
She's got me with
Nothing left to win
And nothing else to lose
我的双手被缚住
我的身体被擦伤
她使我一无所有
无所可得
无所可失

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
你在，或是不在
你在，或是不在
我无法生存
你在，或是不在