Anna Domino - Bonds of love

오래 전에 영어학원 다닐 때, 미국인 여선생님이 노래 가사로 공부하자고 틀어주고 설명해 준 곡이 이 곡이었음.
그 때 이 곡을 처음 들었기도 했고, 그래서 기억에 남음. 여자치고는 저음의 보이스인데, 곡의 분위기와 잘 맞고 곡 자체가 좋다. 가사는 전형적인 실연에 관한 연가이고, 끝나가는 관계를 부여잡으려는 노력을 그린 곡. 여자의 눈으로 본 상황과 감정을 섬세하게 묘사한 가사도 좋고. 

참고로 이 곡 가사.

We were on the best of terms
Only spoke when we were spoken to
But in some language without words
I thought I heard him say, we were through

 

I tried to find it in his eyes
I looked for clues in books and poetry
I searched for days between the lines
Till he caught me crying and said to me

 

Oh take me in your arms and hold me
Where is it that I’ve been running to?
These chains that bind me now are only
bonds of a love, so strong and true

Once he saw me with a friend
Someone I like a lot and used to know
He talked as if it were the end
But I was bored and I told him so

I left for nowhere in a car
Having picked a fight and slammed the door
It didn’t take me very far
Till I realised my love wouldn’t stand much more

Oh take me in your arms and hold me
Where is it that I’ve been running to?
These chains that bind me now are only
bonds of a love, so strong and true

Straining at the bonds of love
Straining at the bonds of love
Straining at the bonds of love
Straining at the bonds of love

Oh take me in your arms and hold me
Where is it that I’ve been running to?
These chains that bind me now are only
bonds of a love, so strong and true

 

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