Goodbye Alice In Wonderland
It's four in the afternoon
I'm on a flight leaving L.A.
Trying to think about my life
My youth scattered along the highway
Hotel rooms and headlines
I've made a living with a song
Guitar as my companion
Wanting desperately to belong
Fame is filled with spoiled children
They grow fat on fantasy
I guess that's why I'm leaving
I crave reality
So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
I did not find paradise
It was only a reflection of my lonely mind wanting
For whats been missing in my life
I'm embarrassed to say the rest is a rock and roll cliche
I hit the bottom when I reached the top
But I never knew it was you who was breaking my heart
I thought you had to love me
But you did not
Yes, a heart can hallucinate
If it's completely starved for love
It can even turn monsters into
Angels from above
You forged my love just like a weapon
And turned it against me like a knife
You broke my last heartstring
But you opened up my eyes
So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
That was not love in your eyes
It was only a reflection of my lonely mind searching
For whats been missing in my life
And growing up is not an absence of dreaming
It's being able to understand the difference between
The ones you can hold and the ones that you've been sold
But dreaming is a good thing
Cause it brings new things to life
Pretending is an ending
That perpetuates a lie
Forgetting what you are
Seeing for what you've been told
Truth is stranger than fiction
And this is my chance to get it right
Life is much better without all of those pretty lies
So Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
You can keep your yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
These are not tears in my eyes
They are only a reflection of my lonely mind finding
They are only a reflection of my lonely mind finding
I've found whats missing in my life
song by Jewel
1974년 유타주 태생인 "주얼(본명 Jewel Kilcher)"은
스위스 출신의 뮤지션이었던 부모를 따라 알라스카로 이주하여
6살 때 이미 아버지와 함께 바와 호텔 라운지 등지에서
관광객을 상대로 요들송을 부르기 시작했다.
부모가 이혼을 하면서 힘든 시기를 거친 "주얼"은
작곡을 시작하면서 성장했고, 미시건의 Interlochen Fine Arts School에
장학생으로 입학하면서 오페라와 드라마, 조각등을 배웠다.
졸업 후 어머니를 찾아 San Diego로 옮긴 그녀는
웨이트레스 등의 잡일로 생계를 유지하면서 뮤지션의 꿈을 키웠는데,
Innerchange라는 카페의 싸구려 가수로 활동하면서
수려한 외모와 감성이 풍부한 수정 같은 맑은 목소리가 부각되어
1995년 데뷔앨범 [Pieces of You]를 발표하며 본격적으로 등장했다.
이 앨범은 주목을 받지 못했지만,
꾸준한 음반사의 마케팅 전략과 500여회에 걸친 쇼 무대 출연과
프로모션 투어로 부각 되기 시작하면서 1년이 지난후에 주목받기 시작했다.
이 앨범에서 싱글 "Who Will Save Your Soul"은 빌보드 싱글 차트 11위,
"You Were Meant for Me"는 2위에 오르게 되었고,
결국 이 데뷔앨범 [Pieces of You]는 전세계 천만장의 음반 판매고를 기록했다.
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