Sting: How I started writing songs again
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He’s sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting continues to surprise. His fourteenth solo album, The Last Ship, features songs from his Broadway-bound musical of the same name. Full bio
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on the morrow at noon ♪
Lord Himself resurrect me? ♪
الشمالي الشرقي لإنجلترا.
ينزلون من ذلك التل
أخرى في المدينة،
weeks, and weeks to months,
لا أغاني تُذكر.
عن قائمة من الأسماء
and all the classes in between,
وكل ما بين ذلك،
في حوض بناء السفن ♪
في حوض بناء السفن ♪
"أحذية الرجل الميت"،
الأب يمكن أن يساء فهمه
though they're old and curled ♪
أنها قديمة ومجعدة ♪
ومكان في هذا العالم ♪
بجذوره في الأرض ♪
أحذية الرجل العجوز ♪
and you think that you're a tree ♪
though they're old and curled ♪
رغم إنها قديمة ومجعدة ♪
ومكان في هذا العالم ♪
بجذوره في الأرض ♪
أحذية الرجل العجوز ♪
know their way down the hill ♪
طريقها جيدا أسفل التل ♪
and they probably will ♪
وقد تفعل ♪
in these dead man's boots ♪
الرجل الميت هذه ♪
know their way down the hill ♪
طريقها جيدا أسفل التل ♪
and they probably will ♪
وقد تفعل ♪
‘cause I'm off the other way ♪
الصليب على الجدار ♪
شيئا على الإطلاق ♪
when your whole life is through ♪
عندما تكون حياتك كلها هكذا ♪
there'll be no more disputes ♪
سوف لن يكون هناك المزيد من الخلافات ♪
me in your dead man's boots ♪
أرتدي أحذية رجلك الميت ♪
المرضى من بين الحشود
but we still got very excited.
ولكن ما زلنا نشعر بالإثارة.
me up in my Sunday best.
في حوض بناء السفن.
a taxi herself to the station ♪
بنفسها إلى المحطة ♪
by her lack of royal baggage ♪
تواضع متاعها الملكي ♪
to the rear of the carriage ♪
إلى مؤخرة العربة ♪
with all Europe's nobility ♪
famous for their compatibility ♪
so get back in your place!" ♪
and they daren't be late ♪
والويل لهم إن تأخروا ♪
on the Tyne at high tide ♪
عند ارتفاع المد ♪
from far and from wide" ♪
there's nay bugger home ♪
and the loyal Prince of Wales ♪
in his top hat and tails ♪
مرتديا قبعته وذيله ♪
and one simply has to prevail ♪
or we'll end up in jail! ♪
أو ينتهي بنا الأمر في السجن ♪
makes its way to the sea ♪
in the name of the Son ♪
this life that you've spun ♪
الحياة التي نسجت ♪
makes its way to the sea ♪
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sting - Composer, singer, author, actor, activistHe’s sold more than 100 million albums and earned 16 Grammy Awards, yet Sting continues to surprise. His fourteenth solo album, The Last Ship, features songs from his Broadway-bound musical of the same name.
Why you should listen
Premiering in 2014, The Last Ship—with direction by Joe Mantello, music and lyrics by Sting and book by John Logan and Brian Yorkey—is inspired by Sting's memories of the English seafaring community of Wallsend where he was born and raised. The story is set against the demise of the local shipbuilding industry and is anchored by a group of unemployed workers who take back the shipyard to build one last ship.
The constant throughout Sting's enduring career has been his propensity to evolve. From his tenure as lead singer and bassist with The Police, producing classic hits like "Every Breath You Take" and "Message In A Bottle," to his acclaimed ventures as a solo artist, Sting is one of the world's most renowned and distinctive musicians.
An actor, composer, author and committed activist, Sting, along with wife Trudie Styler, founded the Rainforest Fund in 1989 to protect the world's rainforests and the indigenous people living there. This year, the organization celebrates its 25th anniversary.
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