Luke Sital-Singh: "Afterneath" / "Killing Me"
Luke Sital-Singh: “从此以后”/"让我痛苦的“
Luke Sital-Singh plumbs emotional depths to write tender, tuneful songs. Full bio
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from our golden night
You are alive
Afterneath
一点也不压抑了。
that they're not really depressing at all.
important songs we have.
I just never tire of hearing
part of being human
生为人类最真实的部分
where it lingers and rots.
these hard emotions,
that we're not alone in darkness.
我们并非在黑暗中孤身一人。
known as "mono no aware,"
as "the bittersweet poignancy of things,"
sadness as things pass by in life,
产生的一种轻柔而又短暂的忧伤,
softly lingering sadness
in lots of life stories and moments
很多生活故事和瞬间
就是对樱花的歌颂。
is the celebration of the cherry blossom.
is no more impressive
其他东西的是它的短暂。
within a single week --
on the gentlest breeze --
more beautiful.
than this, and --
of my songwriting for years,
in music, in song --
in poetry and painting,
我们在黑暗中都不是孤身一人。
none of us alone in darkness.
that I call "Killing Me,"
所有事情都做了很好的例证。
I've been talking about.
from the perspective of somebody else,
my late grandfather,
new things in her life --
her soul mate.
would you wake up today?
今天会起床吗?
how I've grown in this place
When the winter comes to stay
生活总会变得更艰难
那些我从未说过的话
all the words I never said
That you're not here with me
因为你不在我的身边
The wonders I can see
我可以看到很多奇迹
and time rushes away
时光匆匆流逝
就像我们年轻时一样
like we did when we were young
when we were young
就像我们年轻时那样
that you're not here with me
因为你不在我的身边
The wonders I can see
那些我能看到的奇迹
The wonders I can see
那些我看到的奇迹
The wonders I can see
我所看到的奇迹
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Luke Sital-Singh - Singer-songwriterLuke Sital-Singh plumbs emotional depths to write tender, tuneful songs.
Why you should listen
Luke Sital-Singh is an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter from the UK. In 2012 he released his debut single "Fail For You," which first introduced to the world his deft ability to craft songs with a mesmerizing piercing emotional quality. The song went on to be featured in numerous TV shows including Grey’s Anatomy. At the end of 2013, Sital-Singh was featured in the BBC's Sound of 2014 list and signed to Parlophone records, who released his debut record The Fire Inside later that year.
After a couple of years touring the world and opening for artist such as Villagers, The Staves, Martha Wainwright and Kodaline, in 2017 Sital-Singh released his sophomore record Time Is A Riddle, which featured the stand out song "Killing Me." His songs are rich and somber and have the tendency to stop you in your tracks. Of his songwriting, Sital-Singh says: "I like writing about the heavy things. There’s a lot of shallow stuff out there and that’s fine for certain contexts. My fun is diving as deep as I can. Inside myself and, if I can, inside others and writing songs that are as honest as I can make them. Honest to the struggles we all face, the sadness but more importantly, the hope."
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