克羅綺琇麗: 【那些】Whitney Houston

2010-02-10

【那些】Whitney Houston - Miracle

How could I throw away a miracle?
How could I face another day?
It's all of my doing, I made a choice
And today, I pay
My heart is full of pain

How could you understand, the way I feel?
How could you relate to so much pain?
Seems as though nothing can comfort me
So today, I pray
That someone should listen, for...

(Chorus)
Nothing should matter
Not when love grows inside you
The choice is yours
There's a miracle in store...
Nothing should matter
Not when love grows inside you
A voice of love is crying out
Don't throw love away
There's a miracle in store...

How could I let go of a miracle?
Nothing could ever take its place
Thought I was looking, out for myself
Now it seems the pain
Is all that I have gained
I wonder if I could be your miracle
I wonder if I could spare you pain
Seems as though nothing will comfort me
Lord, less today, I pray
That you should come listen

(chorus)

Don't ever throw away your miracle
Don't let it slip away
Nothing should matter

(chorus)

〈Miracle〉收錄於是Whitney Houston第三張個人專輯《I'm Your Baby Tonight》，是該專輯的第三首單曲。

由於前兩首單曲〈I'm Your Baby Tonight〉和〈All The Man That I Need〉，先後在單曲榜上取得桂冠，依據當時（90年代前後）Billboard的統計方式，想當然耳的，〈Miracle〉很難像Whitney Houston前兩張專輯那般，以持續有效的衝擊力道攻上單曲榜首位。

當初會注意到這首歌有其緣故，比起前兩張堪稱經典的黑人專輯，那個時候的人們普遍覺得《I'm Your Baby Tonight》無論內容或成績盡是疲軟。這現象果真延燒到〈Miracle〉，記得這首單曲很快衝到排行榜前端，但它最好的位置也就停在第九名。

以這張專輯來說，〈Miracle〉確實是我最有印象最有喜歡的歌曲。

第一、這首歌是Babyface和L.A. Reid譜寫與製作的，光是這點就讓當年追隨「金字招牌」的我產生先入為主的偏好。

第二、《I'm Your Baby Tonight》裡有少數歌曲讓我好生卻步，比如〈My Name Is Not Susan〉；這張專輯最後並未成為我的收藏之一，而且那個時候有沒有強大的網際網路，在堅持不購買的頑固心態下，〈Miracle〉始終是我「失落的歌單」。

第三、這首歌的後段吸引了年少的我，每聽一次就是結實的感動一次，可惜在無法達到更佳名次的情形下，容易被淹沒在Whitney Houston本身眾多強勁單曲之中，而這樣的好歌，我認為才是低調的美麗......