歌里的白衣身影先打开窗,记得每个房间的名字,在需要温柔和坚定的时候各自站稳。歌词提到九十年代的北京,却没有给出可核实的具体人物;介绍把它作为歌曲中的时空,不补造医院、职业履历或真实纪念对象。
公开gospel-pop方向以温暖钢琴、柔和铺底与渐展管弦弦乐,从亲密女声主歌走向完整合唱。副歌的抬升把赞美交给反复做的普通事情;它赞颂照顾,不承诺音乐或任何人物能提供治疗结果。
展开歌词
[intro]
The bell has rung, the last page turned
one corner of the calendar still shakes
the wish inside her pocket folded to a boat
drifting off along the rain of last night
[Verse 1]
The corridor is not yet light
she has opened the first window
her white coat is quick as wind
her step ahead of time
she knows every name in every room
the weight of every breath
no miracle came falling down
she was the one who stayed
[Chorus]
Oh, angel in white standing in the light
laying every panic down in line
her two hands are more than quick
they are the proof that love is real
Oh, angel in white, she tells no legend
she makes the plain days beautiful
in the Beijing of the nineties
she is the light, and what light means
[Verse 2]
The rush never shows on her face
one sentence and the fear lets go
her hands are sure, her eyes are steady
her grace comes from the duty itself
she knows the hour to be gentle
and the hour she must be hard
on the edge of life and pain
she lights the order up again
[Chorus]
Oh, angel in white standing in the light
turning the fear to something quiet
not an oath written on paper
but every single day, given whole
Oh, angel in white, so beautiful
not because somebody saw
but when the world was at its thinnest
she chose to stand in front
[Bridge]
When the night runs deep
when hope is very light
who was it did not leave
who was it stayed awake
not for any applause
not for any name
she knows what this road is
it is called duty, and mercy
[Chorus]
Oh, angel in white
the light of the nineties
warm, and faithful
written into her face
Oh, angel in white
not for any glory
but where the need was greatest
she was always there
[Outro]
She does not need our praise
she does not need this song