micostone - 2004/7/7 10:37:00
Vienna Teng是一位来自旧金山、受过古典钢琴训练且备受欢迎的唱作人.在没有学音乐压力的情况下，她在五岁的时候要求上钢琴课，正当她完全地研究巴哈和萧邦的古典音乐作品之际，就已经沉醉在即兴演奏裡，同时表达浮现在自己脑海中的想像。六岁时写了自己的第一首歌，16岁时就拥有一张器乐演奏的作曲专辑，即使学院生活裡的挑战并不多，在她仍在史丹佛大学时期发行了一张4首歌的EP，在她毕业前还完成第一张专辑所有曲子的录音,Vienna Teng从小就和钢琴结下不解之缘，小时候总是喜欢在别人家的钢琴上敲敲琴键，於是就开始了长达12年的学习。总是会在正式表演的时候紧张，但是仍然获得听者的一致讚誉；曾经在大学的宿舍裡不经意地弹奏，引来许多人的驻足聆听，靦腆的Vienna认為这样的表演是她觉得最美好的表演方式之一。
The Tower
words and music by Vienna Teng
the one who survives by making the lives
of others worthwhile
she's coming apart
right before my eyes
the one who depends on the services she renders
to those who come knocking
she's seeing too clearly what she can't be
what understanding defies
she says I need not to need
or else a love with intuition
someone who reaches out to my weakness and won't let go
I need not to need
I've always been the tower
but now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
she turns out the light anticipating night falling
tenderly around her
and watches the dusk
the words won't come
she carries the act so convincingly the fact is
sometimes she believes it
that she can be happy the way things are
be happy with the things she's done
reach out
but hold back
where is safety
reach out
and hold back
where is the one who can change me
where is the one
the one
the one
reach out
but hold back
where is safety
reach out
and hold back
where is the one who can save me
where is the one
the one
the one
[mp3]http://www.pastemusic.com/radio/mp3/ViennaTeng-TheTower.mp3[/mp3]