미국 시카고 출생. 5세 때부터 아버지의 상업광고에 등장해 17세까지 CM송을 노래했다. 1987년 데뷔앨범 《Richard Max》를 발표해 1988년 더블 프래티넘을 획득했다. 영화 《데킬라 선라이즈》의 주제곡 를 작곡했으며 여성 메탈그룹 빅슨·포코·에니모션 등에게 곡을 주어 능력을 인정받았다. 1989년 두 번째 앨범 《Repeat Offender》를 발표하였다. 앨범은 트리플 플래티넘을 획득했으며 1991년 세 번째 앨범《Rush Street》를 내놓고 내한하였다. .... ....
Locked up tight but holdin' the key Clock keeps tickin' like it's laughin' at me I wonder What spell I'm under Days go by in a pulseless haze Who's that person that's wearin' my face Denyin' What he's hidin'
I can't go on like this I won't let myself miss the rest of my life
When something's come and gone What good is holdin' on? Why waste tomorrow chasin' yesterday? I part my lips to speak But the words are out of reach I guess that really means There's nothin' left to say
I guess we could carry on livin' asleep Who is the fool who could choose to just keep pretendin' That this ain't endin'? I wish you all that I wish for myself To have that ache of emptiness behind us And not still inside us
It's time to take that dare There's still a world out there waitin' for me
When something's come and gone What good is holdin' on? Why waste tomorrow chasin' yesterday? I part my lips to speak But the words are out of reach I guess that really means There's nothin' left to say
We did the best we could Just like we thought we should But sometimes you've got to just let go
When something's come and gone What good is holdin' on? Why waste tomorrow chasin' yesterday? I part my lips to speak But the words are out of reach I guess that really means There's nothin' left to say
Well look at me the guy who's got it all Tryin' to read my own writing on the wall Not happy 'til the sadness comes To keep me company Oh but what becomes of fools who love like me Who's gonna dry my tears When I'm crying Who's gonna hold my hand When I'm dying Who's gonna set me right when Everything is wrong Who's gonna love me When you're gone
Sure as winter goes and comes around again I will be my own undoing in the end I'll find the answers I've been searching for In your goodbye kiss 'Cause I don't deserve you and you don't deserve this Who's gonna dry my tears When I'm crying And who's gonna hold my hand When I'm dying Who's gonna set me right when Everything is wrong who's gonna love me When you're gone
Never happy 'til the darkness comes And rains down on me Down on me And who's gonna dry my tears When I'm crying And who's gonna hold my hand When I'm dying Who's gonna set me right when Everything is wrong Who's gonna love me When you're gone Who's gonna love me when you're gone
My life is one big smile As I cross off the things on my list The splendor goes on for miles I don't know what could be left to wish
I'm just living the dream I do all right if you know what I mean
And I've closed the door And locked it tight And turned off every single light Another perfect day is all but through Now me getting over you Is the one thing left to do
Yeah, yeah, yeah
The whole world has gone insane The paper says so every day And I can always feel the rain Even when the sun's in the way
Yeah just living the dream I wish my eyes could forget what they've seen
I've closed the door And locked it tight And turned off every single light And walked away just like you asked me to Now me getting over you Is the one thing left to do
Yeah I know that it's me who's not well But there's no one but you I can tell
As I close the door And lock it tight And turn off every single light And walk away just like you asked me to But me getting over you Is the one thing left to do
Elusive happiness Can be like promises That rest so gently on our pillow We stood out on the ledge And leaned over the edge And nearly fell right through that window
There were those who had us done by now Baby, we've only just begun
The world may crash and burn Or suddenly just cease to turn But love goes on It may look out of reach And time may rob us like a thief But love goes on Our love goes on
No one may recognize What lives behind our eyes Sometimes the good times are the hardest And when my strength is gone It's you that I lean on A light at the end of all my darkness
And in the end if I know nothing else The answer is only in your arms
The world may crash and burn Or suddenly just cease to turn But love goes on It may look out of reach And time may rob us like a thief But love goes on
And in the end if I know nothing else The answer is right here in your arms It's always in your arms
The world may crash and burn Or suddenly just cease to turn But love goes on It may look out of reach And time may rob us like a thief But love goes on
Oh love goes on
It may look out of reach And time may rob us like a thief But love goes on
I've been trying to open the door To the secret of my destiny And every new road I think is the one Seems to lead right back to me
I've looked for a way to be wiser A way to be strong Now I see the answer was hiding In me all along
And I'm ready to fly Over the sun Like a rocket to heaven And I'm ready to soar Right through the sky Never dreamed I'd find something to lift me so high I've always had wings But I wasn't ready to fly
Restless, hopeless, and misunderstood Like so many others I know So busy tryin' to keep holdin' on When I should've been letting go
I was given the gift to find it The spirit inside me But I never really imagined All I could be
And I'm ready to fly Over the sun Like a rocket to heaven And I'm ready to soar Right through the sky Never dreamed I'd find something to lift me so high I've always had wings But I wasn't ready to fly
The answer to all of my wonder Was right in my hands Now it's time for me to discover All that I am
And I'm ready to fly Over the sun Like a rocket to heaven And I'm ready to soar Right through the sky Never dreamed I'd find something to lift me so high I've always had wings But I wasn't ready to fly
I've always had wings Now I'm finally ready to fly
There's been no sunlight Since the day you said goodbye Since the moment that my life Turned into a masquerade
I can't even pretend to Paste a smile across my face All my dreams have been erased There's nothing left to save me
And you You're the only one can stop my sky from falling You're the only one who's name I keep on calling When everything is closing in And you You're the only one can stop this heart from aching You're the only one who can stop me from shaking And put me back together Again
What I'd give just to wake up And wipe your memory from my eyes But I can't wish for bluer skies I've never been quite so hopeless
And you You're the only one can stop my sky from falling You're the only one who's name I keep on calling When everything is closing in And you You're the only one can stop this heart from aching You're the only one who can stop me from shaking And put me back together Again
And if you stay away I fear it will all be too much And if you stay away I'll be a man who's lost his touch
This is what I should have said If I'd've been a man about it You might be in my arms by now Nothing ventured, nothing gained As I contemplate the losing The silence is up way too loud
I can't sleep anymore The words I never said keep turning over I can't dream like before And all I seem to be getting is colder
Just like the t-shirt that you wore You were divine and full of madness Not really like anyone In words too beautiful for words I constructed a soliloquy That never seemed to reach my tongue Yeah the air never even filled my lungs
I can't sleep anymore The words I never said keep turning over I can't dream like before And all I seem to be getting is colder
All I can think of is My name on your lips
I can't sleep anymore The words I never said keep turning over I can't dream like before And all I seem to be getting is All I seem to be getting is colder
Onward I always say These things happen everyday I should be able to smile by now But I don't remember how
With you went warmth in summer All of the stars in the sky With you went perfect sunsets Sleeping my way through the night Yeah with you went Everything good in this world
Desperate for your touch I haven't been needing much Why let the music play? I can't hear it anyway
Cause with you went The scent of flowers Don't they just die anyway? And with you went All the rainbows Now when it rains it's just gray Yeah, with you went Everything good in this world
And I thought of doing something rash In the hopes of making you feel bad But it seems that it's always me that ends up cryin'
With you went All the rainbows Now when it rains it's just gray Ah, with you went Everything good
Everyone, even those I love Say that I must move on It's time to pick the pieces up What's done is done What's gone is gone And I, I know they mean me well But I'm not buying what they sell
I can see your face In every shooting star Can you feel my pain From where you are? I really wanna know was it worth the ride? And will you be waitin' on the other side? The other side
I've been a soul adrift Without you here to steady me And I still listen for your voice Through the anger and insanity And I'm desperate for your help Oh I look for it in myself
I can see your face In every shooting star Can you feel my pain From where you are? And I really wanna know was it worth the ride? And will you be waitin' on the other side? The other side
And I, I'm desperate for your help Oh I, I find it in myself
I've lived life in a single room Hiding my scars from the moon I dream my dreams in the light
Rehearse the lines I already know Basking in the TV's glow And pray that tonight is the night
Ooh, there's gotta be more than this A future hanging on a stranger's kiss Could it be I'm not so alone
I'm someone special I'm just in disguise I may not be perfect In everyone's eyes It may not be tomorrow But I still believe There's someone special Waiting out there for me
I guess the joke hasn't hit me yet Cause I'm still waiting on my Juliet She must be held up somewhere
Ooh, she will be the air I breathe She'll come for good and never want to leave And I'll love her only, I swear
People say there must be something wrong For me to be all alone so long And their words hit me like a stone
I'm someone special I'm just in disguise I may not be perfect In everyone's eyes It may not be tomorrow But I still believe There's someone special Waiting out there for me
Lying in bed in a cold, cold sweat Dreaming 'bout women I'll never get I won't always be sleeping alone
So many times I've asked myself the question Hiding in plain sight Is your love another self-propeller perception Burning in my mind You don't know where I've been I count too many sins To play de sad charade
Suspicion kisses you when I do Though I've never let you know I only wish you knew what I knew So we could both enjoy the show Here in the crucible
Or could there be another explanation I'm not aware of Or should I just ignore the situation Call me in care of I don't know where you've been Your lie's is paper thin I see the truth erased
Suspicion kisses you when I do Though I've never let you know I only wish you knew what I knew So we could both enjoy the show Here in the crucible
You don't know where I've been I count too many sins To play de sad charade
Suspicion kisses you when I do Though I've never let you know I only wish you knew what I knew So we could both enjoy the show Here in the crucible
I've got a secret That I think I'm ready to share It may bring us closer It may be a burden to bear It's precious and it's real And all that I can feel Is that I'm falling As deep as any ocean In ways that can't be spoken I am falling For the millionth and the first time Ever and eternally for you
You are a beacon Revealing the places I hide You've given freedom To so much that I kept inside And with one look in my eyes It can't be a surprise That I am falling As deep as any ocean In ways that can't be spoken I am falling For the millionth and the first time Ever and eternally for you
Now there's no darkness My truth laid open and bare It's in my flesh and bones Yeah it's everywhere That I am falling As deep as any ocean In ways that can't be spoken I am falling Like rays that come from heaven Bathed in your reflection I am falling For the millionth and the first time Ever and eternally for you
Seek and you shall find what you may already have. Sometimes it's your own shadow standing in your path. I have spent my life with a vision of myself, But I may have been somebody, somebody else. I feel a change in the tide As I hold my heart open wide.
Never Knew what I could be. I never felt the power inside of me. Now I stand in all the wonder That the mirror couldn't see. I have the power inside of me, yeah. I have the power inside of me.
Every time I held a rose, I only felt the thorns. I feel like today's the day I finally was born. Now that I see me through these eyes, I can do more than fantasize.
Never Knew what I could be. I never felt the power inside of me. Now I stand in all the wonder That the mirror couldn't see! I have the power inside of me, oh woah. Inside of me, Inside of me! Yeah.
We Were Strangers Starting Out On A Journey Never Dreaming What We'd Have To Go Through Now Here We Are And I'm Suddenly Standing At The Beginning With You
No One Told Me I Was Going To Find You Unexpected What You Did To My Heart When I Lost Hope You Were There To Remind Me This Is The Start
* Life Is A Road And I Want To Keep Going Love Is A River I Wanna Keep Flowing Life Is The Road Now And Forever Wonderful Journey I'll Be There When The World Stops Turning I'll Be There When The Storm Is Through In The End I Wanna Be Standing At The Beginning With You
We Were Strangers On A Crazy Adventure Never Dreaming How Our Dreams Would Come True Now Here We Stand Unafraid Of The Future And The Beginning With You
* Repeat
I Knew There Was Somebody Somewhere Like Me Alone In The Dark Now I Know My Dream Will Live On I've Been Waiting So Long Nothing's Gonna Tear Us Apart
* Repeat
Life Is A Road And I Wanna Keep Going Love Is A River I Wanna Keep Going On Starting Out On A Journey
Life Is A Road And I Wanna Keep Going Love Is A River I Wanna Keep Flowing In The End I Wanna Be Standing At The Beginning With You
Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you. Shall I stay? Would it be a sin? If I, I can't help falling in love with you. Like a river flows, surely to the sea, Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be. Take my hand, take my whole life too. For I, I can't help falling in love with you. Like a river flows, surely to the sea, Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be. Take my hand; take my whole life too. For I, I can't help falling in love with you. No I, I can't help falling in love with you.
My mother came to hazard when I was just seven Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes That boy's not right Three years ago when I came to know Mary First time that someone looked beyond the rumers and the lies And saw the man inside
We used to walk down by the river She loved to watch the sun go down We used to walk along the river And dream our way out of this town
No one understood what I felt for Mary No one cared until the night she went out walking alone And never came home Man with a badge came knocking next morning Here was I surrounded by a thousand fingers suddenly Pointed right at me
I swear I felt her by the river I swear I felt her safe and sound I need to make it to the river And leave this old Nebraska town
I think about my life gone by And how it's done me wrong There's no escape for me this time All of my rescues are gone, long gone
I swear I felt her by the river I swear I felt her safe and sound I need to make it to the river And leave this old Nebraska town
Summer came And left without a warning All at once I looked and you were gone And how you're looking back at me Searching for a way that we can be like we were before
Now I'm back to what I knew before you Somehow the city doesn't look the same I'd give my life for one more night of having you here to hold me tight Oh, please take me there again
And I remember how you loved me Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye I remember every moment of those endless summer nights
I still recall the walks along the beaches And the way your hair would glisten in the sun Rising in the afternoon Making love to you under the moon
Do you remember all the nights we spent in silence Every single breath you took was mine We can have it all again Say that you'll be with me when the sun brings you heart to mine
And I remember how you loved me Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye I remember every moment of those endless summer nights
There's only so much I can say So please don't run away from what we have together It's only you and me tonight So let's stay lost in flight Oh, won't you please surrender
And I remember how you loved me Time was all we had until the day we said goodbye I remember every moment of those endless summer nights
-해석- 여름은 왔다가 아무 말도 없이 가버렸어요 문득 바라보니 당신이 떠났더군요 우리가 사이가 예전으로 돌아갈 수 있는 길을 찾으며 뒤돌아 나를 바라 보던 당신의 모습
이제 난 당신을 만나기 전으로 돌아왔어요 어찌된 일인지 도시의 모습은 예전같지 않아요 나를 꼬옥 안아 줄 당신과의 하룻밤을 위해서라면 목숨도 버리겠어요 제발, 날 다시 그 때로 데려가 주세요
당신이 날 어떻게 사랑했는지 알아요 우리가 이별을 고하기 전까지 우리에는 주어진 건 시간뿐이었어요 그 오랜 여름날 밤을 난 순간순간 기억해요
해변을 따라 걸었던 산책, 햇살에 반짝이던 당신의 머릿결, 오후에 일어나 달님아래 나누던 사랑을 난 아직도 기억해요
아무 말없이 지샜던 그 모든 밤을 기억하나요 당신의 숨결 하나하나에 난 매료됐었죠 우린 다시 돌아갈 수 있어요 태양에 당신의 마음이 내게 끌리면 나와 함께 있어주겠다고 말해 줘요
당신이 날 어떻게 사랑했는지 알아요 우리가 이별을 고하기 전까지 우리에는 주어진 건 시간뿐이었어요 그 오랜 여름날 밤을 난 순간순간 기억해요
내겐 할 말이 너무도 많아요 제발 우리 함께 했던 날들을 버리고 떠나지 말아요 오늘밤은 당신과 나 뿐인걸요 하늘을 날 듯 빠져 보는 거에요 내 사랑을 받아 주지 않을래요
당신이 날 어떻게 사랑했는지 알아요 우리가 이별을 고하기 전까지 우리에는 주어진 건 시간뿐이었어요 그 오랜 여름날 밤을 난 순간순간 기억해요
Whenever I'm weary from the battles that rage in my head 내 머리에서 솟구쳐 일어나는 고뇌로 내가 지칠때에도 You make sense of madness when my sanity hangs by a thread 당신은 내가 위기에 처했을때의 괴로운 심정을 이해해 주었지 I lose my way but still you seem to understand 내가 갈길을 잃어도 당신은 나를 여전히 이해하는 듯 하지요 Now and forever I will be your man 난 언제나 영원히 당신의 남자야
Sometimes I just hold you Too caught up in me to see 때때로 내게 너무도 흠뻑 빠져 아무것도 보지 못하게 당신을 붙잡아 두기도 하지요. I'm holding a fortune that heaven has given to me 저는 하늘이 나에게 준 복을 안고 있는거지요. I'll try to show you each and every way I can 나는 할 수 있는 각각의 그리고 모든 방법을 보여드릴려고 노력할께요 Now and forever I will be your man 지금 그리고 영원히 내가 당신의 남자가 될거야
Now I can rest my worries and always be sure 나의 지친 맘을 달래주는 당신 That I won't be alone anymore 이제 더 이상 외롭지 않을거라 생각해요 If I'd only known you were there all the time 내가 오직 원하는 당신만이 언제나 곁에 있어준다면. All this time 이생 내내
Until the day the ocean doesn't touch the sand 바다가 모래를 적시지 않는 날이 올때까지 Now and forever I will be your man 난 언제나 영원히 당신의 사람인거야 Now and forever I will be your man 난 언제나 영원히 당신의 남자가 될께
Oceans apart day after day And I slowly go insane 바다를 사이에 두고 헤어져 하루하루를 보내며 나는 조금씩 미쳐갑니다 I hear your voice on the line But it doesn't stop the pain 전화로 그대 목소리를 듣지만 고통은 멈추지 않네요 If I see you next to never How can we say forever 그대를 볼 수 없다면 어떻게 영원이란 말을 할 수 있을까요
Wherever you go Whatever you do 그대 어디로 가든 그대 무엇을 하든 I will be right here waiting for you 나는 바로 여기서 그대를 기다릴께요 Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks 어떤 대가를 치르더라도 내 마음이 찢어진다해도 I will be right here waiting for you 나는 바로 이 자리에서 그대를 기다릴께요
I took for granted all the times 난 그대와의 시간들을 당연한 거라 여겼죠 That I thought would last somehow 우리 사랑은 영원할 거라 생각했어요 I hear the laughter, I taste the tears 그대 웃음소리가 내 귓가에 맴돌고 난 눈물이 흘러내려요 But I can't get near you now 하지만 지금은 그대 곁으로 다가갈 수 없군요 Oh, can't you see it, baby 아, 그대 모르시나요 You've got me going crazy 그대를 미칠 듯이 사랑해요
Wherever you go Whatever you do 그대 어디로 가든 그대 무엇을 하든 I will be right here waiting for you 나는 바로 여기서 그대를 기다릴께요 Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks 어떤 대가를 치르더라도 내 마음이 찢어진다해도 I will be right here waiting for you 나는 바로 이 자리에서 그대를 기다릴께요
I wonder how we can survive this romance 어떻게 이 사랑을 이어갈 수 있을까 고민하지만 But in the end if I'm with you 끝까지 그대와 함께 할 수 있다면 I'll take the chance 모든 걸 걸어보겠어요
Oh, can't you see it, baby 아, 그대 모르시나요 You've got me going crazy 그대를 미칠 듯이 사랑해요
Wherever you go Whatever you do 그대 어디로 가든 그대 무엇을 하든 I will be right here waiting for you 나는 바로 여기서 그대를 기다릴께요 Whatever it takes Or how my heart breaks 어떤 대가를 치르더라도 내 마음이 찢어진다해도 I will be right here waiting for you 나는 바로 이 자리에서 그대를 기다릴께요 Waiting for you 그대를 기다릴께요
나에게 리처드 막스는 바로 이 곡이다. Now and forever도 아니고
Right here waiting도 아니고 바로 Slipping away.
이 노래를 아주아주 예전에 무슨 컴필레이션 음반에서 첨 들었는데
그냥 이유없이 너무너무 좋았다.
나중에 이 노래를 또 듣고 싶어서 앨범을 사기 위해 온갖 씨디몰을 다 뒤졌건만
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