White As Snow / U2

听U2大概有十几年了，那时看郑钧的博客，知道了U2。一听便喜欢上了主唱那略带沙哑的嗓音，喜欢他们的《Elevation》《Stand Up Comedy》《Vertigo》这些快节奏的歌，无论从旋律到编曲，或是力道准确的鼓点和假声都喜欢的不得了，但这曲《White As Snow》是偏爱更入心的一首。这首歌收录于2009年的专辑《No Line On The Horizon》。U2的音乐在这里变得温柔，Bono的声音不再是高亢，而是很低，很沉，吟唱着一种渴望和祈愿。
白雪是圣洁的，带着污迹的脸是黑色的。当眼中所见的，不再是记忆力原有的那种清澈，还有什么能去抚平绝望和失落。

《White As Snow》

Where I grew up there were no hills at all
The land was flat, the highway straight and wide
My brother and I, wed drive for hours, like wed years instead of days
Our faces as pale as the dirty snow

Once I knew there was a love divine
Then came a time I thought it knew me not
Who can forgive forgiveness when forgiveness is not?
Only the land as white as snow

And the water it was icy
As it washed over me
And the moon shined above me

Now this dry ground it bears no fruit at all
Only under a crescent moon

The road refuses strangers
The land, the seeds we sew
Where might we find a land as white as snow?

As boys we would go hunting in the wood
To sleep, the night shun out the stars
Now the wolves are every passing stranger
Every face we cannot know
For only a heart could be as white as snow
For only a heart could be as white as snow