歷屆奧運會主題歌曲2004年第28屆雅典奧運會歌曲《A thousand year》

《A thousand year》收錄于《Unity －2004雅典奧運官方專輯》中，這首歌曲的演唱者Sting(斯汀)被當今樂壇冠以詩人歌手的美名，憑借那獨一無二的沙啞又不失細膩的嗓音，始終如自由不羈的云，蕩漾于緲緲的空中。Sting的獨唱事業(yè)開始于The Police解散前的1982年，1985年，Sting出版了首張個人專輯《藍海龜之夢》，相比之下，這張專輯的歌詞顯得比The Police時期的作品更富智慧。這張專輯中還有“愛他就給他自由”、“心的要塞”和“俄國人”等多首歌暢銷一時。從80年代末開始，Sting經(jīng)常涉足政界，用進行巡回演出的款項來資助印第安人爭取生活的自由。進入90年代以來，Sting多次獲得葛萊美大獎，成為全球最有影響的藝人之一。

《A thousand year》歌詞欣賞：

A thousand years, a thousand more,
A thousand times a million doors to eternity
I may have lived a thousand lives, a thousand times
An endless turning stairway climbs
To a tower of souls
If it takes another thousand years, a thousand wars,
The towers rise to numberless floors in space
I could shed another million tears, a million breaths,
A million names but only one truth to face

A million roads, a million fears
A million suns, ten million years of uncertainty
I could speak a million lies, a million songs,
A million rights, a million wrongs in this balance of time
But if there was a single truth, a single light
A single thought, a singular touch of grace
Then following this single point , this single flame,
The single haunted memory of your face

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head

I may be numberless, I may be innocent
I may know many things, I may be ignorant
Or I could ride with kings and conquer many lands
Or win this world at cards and let it slip my hands
I could be cannon food, destroyed a thousand times
Reborn as fortune's child to judge another's crimes
Or wear this pilgrim's cloak, or be a common thief
I've kept this single faith, I have but one belief

I still love you
I still want you
A thousand times the mysteries unfold themselves
Like galaxies in my head

On and on the mysteries unwind themselves
Eternities still unsaid
Till you love me