Rock & Girls：Melissa Etheridge

歌手：Melissa Etheridge
歌曲：I Run For Life
专辑：Greatest Hits: The Road Less Traveled
发行年代：2005
厂牌：Island

在我提到的这些Rock Girls中，Melissa Etheridge是最令我敬佩的一个。虽然他的音乐显然不是做的最好听的。她是一位公开的同性恋，她为同性恋所应该获取的权利而歌唱。她在2004年被诊断出了乳腺癌，她开始了与癌症顽强的斗争，并最终战胜了癌症。她是一个公开的娱乐人物，跟更是一个公开的政治人物，她是美国同性恋人群中的英雄，也是美国精神的代表。

好吧，我们不继续给她戴高帽子了，我们回到摇滚乐这件事儿上去。摇滚乐是一件牛逼的事儿，因为你无论从哪个方向去思考它（正面的，负面的，侧面的）你都不得不承认，无论他是否理智，他都代表了人类最有活力，最激情的一面，并且，它的感染力将这种活力传到了世界的许多年轻人耳中与心中；同时，因为它的影响力，摇滚乐也成了世界上最傻逼的一件事儿，像我妈这种不开化的老同志就坚持认为听这些聒噪的音乐是不利于促进社会主义建设的，的确，至少抽烟喝酒嗑药是有害于身体健康的，而这几样东西，没有一件能和摇滚乐撇清关系。

人们习惯把干净的东西和摇滚乐分开，说摇滚乐就是脏的。这种分法其实也不无道理，因为这种分法是听摇滚乐的人自己提倡的。不信你去问问那些小青年儿Melissa Etheridge是不是唱摇滚的，肯定有人跟我说，这人压根和摇滚乐没关系。

但其实有关系。你可能不知道，2005年，今天的主角Melissa Etheridge已经因为化疗已经掉光了头发，但她还是红光满面的出现在了2005年的格莱美颁奖典礼上。当今天我推荐的这首I Run For Life在乳腺癌患者耳边响起时，它鼓励了许多身患绝症的人咬紧牙关读过生命中的难关。她把她的信仰通过摇滚乐和歌声传达给了每一个在这个世界上需要爱与关心的人——而人文关怀，正是摇滚乐传达的终极讯息。

从这个角度来看，Melissa Etheridge是伟大的，是令人感动的。

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It’s been years since they told her about it
The darkness her body possessed
And the scars are still there in the mirror
Every day that she gets herself dressed
Though the pain is miles and miles behind her
And the fear is now a docile beast,
If you ask her why she is still running,
She’ll tell you it makes her complete

I run for hope, I run to feel
I run for the truth for all that is real
I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run life

It’s a blur since they told me about it
How the darkness had taken its toll
And they cut into my skin
And they cut into my body
But they will never get a piece of my soul

And now I’m still learning a lesson
To awake when I hear the call
And if you ask me why I am still running
I’ll tell you I run for her soul

I run for hope, I run to feel
I run for the truth for all that is real
I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run life

And someday if they tell you about it
If the darkness knocks on your door
Remember her, remember me
We will be running as we have before
Running for answers, running for more

I run for hope, I run to feel
I run for the truth, for all that is real
I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend

I run for hope, I run to feel
I run for the truth, for all that is real
I run for your mother, your sister, your daughter, your wife
For you and me my friend
I run for life

I run for your mother, your sister, your wife
I run for you and me my friend
I run for life