Sara Groves《Painting Pictures Of Egypt》
《Painting Pictures Of Egypt》
演唱：Sara Groves
I don't want to leave here
I don't want to stay
It feels like pinching to me
Either way
And the places I long for the most
Are the places where I've been
They are calling out to me
Like a long lost friend
It's not about losing faith
It's not about trust
It's all about comfortable
When you move so much
And the place I was wasn't perfect
But I had found a way to live
And it wasn't milk or honey
But then neither is this
I've been painting pictures of Egypt
Leaving out what it lacks
The future feels so hard
And I want to go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
Those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned
The past is so tangible
I know it by heart
Familiar things are never easy
To discard
And I was dying for some freedom
But now I hesitate to go
I am caught between the Promise
And the things I know
I've been painting pictures of Egypt
Leaving out what it lacks
The future feels so hard
And I want to go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
Those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned
I've been painting pictures of Egypt
Leaving out what it lacks
The future feels so hard
And I want to go back
But the places that used to fit me
Cannot hold the things I've learned
Those roads were closed off to me
Oh those roads were closed off to me
While my back was turned
Oh
If it comes to quick
I may not appreciate it
Is that the reason behind all this time in sand
If it comes to quick
I may not recognize it
Is that the reason behind all this time in sand
歌词大意：
我不想离开 也不愿留下
无论去留都让我伤感 我最想去的地方
是曾经路过的地方 它们呼唤我
仿若久违的朋友 与失信无关 与信任无涉
当你频繁旅行 如何才惬意
我曾驻足的地方 并非完美
但我找到了通往生命的一条路
那里没有牛奶 也没有蜂蜜
我在描绘一幅埃及的图画
省略了它所缺乏的
未来看上去很难 我想回到过去
但我所熟悉的过去 已经容不下我
当我转身时 过去的道路已封闭
我心明直到 过往是那样易碎
习惯了的事物是那样难以丢弃
我曾渴求自由 但现在我却迟疑
我被诺言缠住 被所知的事物羁绊
如果来得太快 我不会珍视
这就是一切时间和荒漠背后的缘由吗
如果来得太快 我都认不出来
这就是一切时间和荒漠背后的缘由吗
有人形容她的歌声是：灿烂如夏花，静美如秋叶。
音乐人Sara非常有才气，很多歌都是她自己作词作曲。她曾经当过高中老师，因为是福音歌手，所以歌词中包含了敬拜、赞美神的话，以及她对个人生活的思考。正如她自己所说：“作为作曲家，更容易从旁观者的视角去剖析自己生活中不美好的一面，我在写自己的生活。”
Painting Pictures of Egypt这首歌的灵感来源于圣经旧约的“出埃及记”。公元前1800年的时候，以色列人在埃及当奴隶，受尽苦难，他们的哀声上达到上帝的耳中。430年后，上帝差遣摩西将以色列人从埃及领出来，通往上帝所应许的迦南美地。然而，在旅程中以色列人经常因为没有蒜和肉吃，没有水喝，就大发怨言，总想要重回埃及。就像歌手在歌中唱到的：“未来看上去很难，我想要回到过去，习惯了的事物是那样难以丢弃，我曾渴求自由，但现在我却迟疑”。
插曲：《好大一颗树》《感谢有你老师》《祝福》