Sting: How I started writing songs again
Sting: Tôi đã có lại cảm hứng để viết bài ca
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 ♪
sẽ hạ thủy con tàu ♪
Lord Himself resurrect me? ♪
mà ta sẽ sống lại? ♪
trong thời gian ngắn,
weeks, and weeks to months,
and all the classes in between,
và tất cả các loại tàu khác
though they're old and curled ♪
dầu cũ kỹ và đã sờn quăn ♪
and you think that you're a tree ♪
con cứ tưởng rằng con cứng cáp ♪
though they're old and curled ♪
dẫu cũ sờn và mép quăn queo ♪
know their way down the hill ♪
nó thuộc đường đi xuống sườn đồi ♪
and they probably will ♪
đường nó đi chẳng bận đến tôi ♪
tôi có nhiều đường khác ♪
in these dead man's boots ♪
đôi ủng này của những người đã chết ♪
know their way down the hill ♪
nó thuộc đường đi xuống sườn đồi ♪
and they probably will ♪
và có thể nó sẽ đi ♪
‘cause I'm off the other way ♪
vì tôi đã rẽ sang con đường khác ♪
when your whole life is through ♪
trắng tay ở cuối cuộc đời ♪
there'll be no more disputes ♪
thôi tranh luận giữa hai ta ♪
me in your dead man's boots ♪
con lên đường bằng đôi ủng ông cha ♪
but we still got very excited.
nhưng chúng tôi vẫn náo nức làm sao.
me up in my Sunday best.
bộ đi lễ ngày Chủ nhật.
a taxi herself to the station ♪
by her lack of royal baggage ♪
thấy hành lý hoàng gia quá sơ sài ♪
to the rear of the carriage ♪
đi về phía sau toa hàng ♪
with all Europe's nobility ♪
toàn giới quý tộc Châu Âu ♪
famous for their compatibility ♪
về năng lực mình hơn người ♪
so get back in your place!" ♪
đây là chỗ của tôi ♪
and they daren't be late ♪
và không dám trễ ♪
on the Tyne at high tide ♪
ở tại Tyne lúc triều lên ♪
from far and from wide" ♪
gần cũng như xa xôi ♪
there's nay bugger home ♪
toàn nơi quyền quý cao sang ♪
and the loyal Prince of Wales ♪
và Hoàng tử xứ Wales ♪
in his top hat and tails ♪
sao trông họ tàn tạ thế kia ♪
and one simply has to prevail ♪
đến mình ai nấy cứ vào ♪
or we'll end up in jail! ♪
vào tù chứ còn đi đâu ♪
makes its way to the sea ♪
chuyển mình thẳng hướng đại dương ♪
in the name of the Son ♪
Nhân danh Con ♪
this life that you've spun ♪
bạn đã gắng sức trong đời ♪
makes its way to the sea ♪
chuyển mình thẳng hướng đại dương ♪
làm tan nát trái tim anh ♪
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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