創作背景
《007:幽靈黨》片方選定薩姆·史密斯為電影演唱主題曲,希望薩姆·史密斯的音樂能夠為電影注入新鮮元素。
歌曲由薩姆·史密斯創作,薩姆·史密斯想為電影中的邦德英勇的背後增添一絲脆弱而創作了這首歌,只花了20分鐘的時間便創作完成。
歌名《Writing’s on the Wall》出自《但以理書第五章》,書中寫到“伯沙撒王為他的一千大臣設擺盛筵,有人的指頭顯出,在王宮與燈台相對的粉牆上寫字。王看見寫字的指頭,就變了臉色,心意驚惶。”這個詞組在英文裡暗指將有不好的事情發生。
歌曲歌詞
英文版
I've been here before
But always hit the floor
I've spent a lifetime running
And I always get away
But with you I'm feeling something
That makes me want to stay
I'm prepared for this
I never shoot to miss
But I feel like a storm is coming
If I'm gonna make it through the day
Then there's no more use in running
This is something I gotta face
If I'll risk it all
Could you break my fall
How do I live how do I breathe
When you're not here I'm suffocating
I want to feel love run through my blood
Tell me is this where I give it all up
For you I have to risk it all
Cause the writing's on the wall
A million shards of glass
That haunt me from my past
As the stars begin to gather
And the light begins to fade
When all hope begins to shatter
Know that I won't be afraid