【A Thousand Suns】終章。
Wisdom, justice, and love
Dr. Martin Luther King(馬丁.路德.金恩)：
“I come to this
magnificent house of worship tonight
because my conscience leaves me no other choice...
A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and
say of war, 'This way of settling differences is not just.'
This business of burning human beings with napalm,
of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows,
of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples
normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody
battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged,
cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love..”
because my conscience leaves me no other choice...
A true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and
say of war, 'This way of settling differences is not just.'
This business of burning human beings with napalm,
of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows,
of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples
normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody
battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged,
cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love..”
「今晚，我之所以會跨入這間宏偉的教堂，是因為我的良心讓我別無選擇...一個真正有價值的革命，將會改變世界的秩序並訴諸於戰爭，然而用這種解決分歧的方式是不公平的：用燃燒汽油彈攻擊人類、讓我們的家園充斥著孤兒和寡婦、將仇恨毒藥注射到通常是仁慈人民的血脈裡、將男人們由黑暗及血淋淋的戰場上遣回，卻讓他們帶著滿身的傷殘及心理失常…這些種種行為都無法被視為智慧、正義和愛…」(節錄)
其實，我並不知道這段演說出自何處。雖只有短短幾句，但你聽他充滿感性與理性的至真聲音，肯定會被感動。
第一次注意到Wisdom, justice, and love(智慧、正義和愛)是Linkin Park 2011年在莫斯科紅場的演唱會。
剛開始我還傻傻的納悶：為何台下的歌迷每人手中一紙，寫著Wisdom,
justice, and love。
當下未曾細究(主要也是因為根本還沒細聽專輯)，只留下一個大大的問號。
直到真的認真聽了，才知道是怎麼回事。
在他們唱完In the end，緊接在後的就是Wisdom, justice, and love- Dr. Martin Luther King的一段演講。原來台下的歌迷回應的是Dr.
Martin Luther King。(除非是看整場live，否則看不到完整的那一幕..)
我想，箇中緣由大概只有身為俄羅斯人才真正的懂。
事後，團員們接受訪問是也紛紛表示，他們非常意外也很感動歌迷們的舉動，那是前所未見的。(其實，單看他們在台上表演時就知道他們既感動又感激...)
21世紀的今天，這個世界依然充斥著莫須有的戰爭、種族間的歧視、無名的仇恨…Linkin Park卻得透過Dr. Martin Luther King來提醒世人：這個世界需要【智慧、正義和愛】。
Dr. Martin Luther King相當著名的演說-I have a dream.有興趣的人可以找來看看。
你會發現一個人之所以偉大，為後人所緬懷甚至這個國家還訂了一個紀念他的日子，你會知道真正的影響力不是煽動的言詞、暴力，而是一顆「真切無私的心」。
Iridescent 、The catalyst and the messenger為這張專輯做了一個完美的ending。
Iridescent雖是電影【變形金剛】的主題曲，但歌詞仍然提醒著：戰爭的無情、毀滅性武器的可怕及應該懷抱的希望。(每次看變形金剛時，只要聽到這首
The catalyst可說是貫穿整張專輯的主題曲。
從歌詞、曲子完全呼應了序曲的The Requiem(安魂曲)及專輯中三個人物所要傳達的意念，透過簡單卻充滿力量的歌詞，一再的說著：
God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun
We're a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun
…
God save us everyone
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hands
The sins of our tongues
The sins of our fathers
The sins of our young
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hands
The sins of our tongues
The sins of our fathers
The sins of our young
….
我特別喜歡一開始的節奏處理，整首歌明快有力，難怪一推出便立刻空降在世界各國的排行榜冠軍。
我特別喜歡一開始的節奏處理，整首歌明快有力，難怪一推出便立刻空降在世界各國的排行榜冠軍。
The messenger則是一首經典小品。
如果你感到迷失、困惑、失落，不妨聽聽這首歌：
When you feel you're alone
Cut off from this cruel world
Your instincts telling you to run
Listen to your heart
Those angel voices
They'll sing to you
They'll be your guide back home
Cut off from this cruel world
Your instincts telling you to run
Listen to your heart
Those angel voices
They'll sing to you
They'll be your guide back home
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
It keeps us kind
Love keeps us kind
It keeps us kind
When you've suffered enough
And your spirit is breaking
You're growing desperate from the fight
Remember you're loved
And you always will be
This melody will bring you right back home
And your spirit is breaking
You're growing desperate from the fight
Remember you're loved
And you always will be
This melody will bring you right back home
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
Love keeps us kind
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
對我來說，Linkin Park (更確切的說，應該是Chester)根本就是angel voices。
強力推薦這張A Thousand Suns及MTV world stage 2011 莫斯科紅場演唱會
該如何評價這張專輯？
Linkin Park雖然只是一個搖滾團體，但他們盡自己能力所及，藉著音樂無國界的滲透力發揮影響，只是希望這個世界可以越來越好。身為一個歌迷還能要求甚麼？
