晚安,夜鶯女士,謝謝你的歌曲
削瘦她以一次的甄選,一首自創歌曲,讓我淚不止的流。
那首歌,是她在人生低潮時寫的,那時以為已經是最低,但之後的人生卻只有往更低走。
她愛唱歌,也寫歌,大學時就已經展開表演生涯,之後也是嫁給一個音樂家。
Jane Marczewski生於1990年美國俄亥俄州。家裡有三個兄弟姊妹,她六歲便開始寫歌,身為一名虔誠基督教徒,她參與各種教會活動,2009年也畢業於教會學院,之後上了Liberty大學學習傳播,取得行銷學位。在大學展開了她的演唱生涯,2012年發行了一張只有三首歌的EP,以原音吉他為編曲基底。2013年在Kickstarter的資助下,再發行了一張六首歌的EP。
2014年搬回俄亥俄州,2015結婚隨夫婿搬至納許維爾想要展開歌手生涯,同年她參與一支紀錄片的配樂工作。2017年她被診斷出乳腺癌,2018年再檢查後醫生說癌症已經移除。2019年她的癌症再度復發,這一年她以全新的藝名,推出一首新單曲。2021年由於癌細胞已經擴散至肺部、脊椎和肝臟,醫生宣布她僅剩3-6個月的壽命,此時她正準備參加《美國達人秀》的甄選。那年六月她站上舞台,削瘦的她有著燦爛笑容,在主持人訪談間,她侃侃而談自己的病情,在眾人的不捨和驚嘆中,她開始唱自己的創作曲,一首非常自我激勵、無比撫慰人心的歌曲,很多人溼了眼眶,我看了那段影片也跟著哭,音樂是有力量的,人生在行低之時,即使感覺全世界都不幫忙自己,也要輕輕地對自己說:It`s Ok。
這段甄選演出,除了那首歌曲感動人心,她在其中說了一句:「你不能等到日子變好,才決定要快樂。」也就是因此,讓素有毒舌機車評審之稱的賽門, 激動泛淚給了她直通半決賽現場演出的金按鈕。雖然到了八月的比賽到來之前,她因為病情惡化退賽,但這首歌曲在iTunes上是第一名,這段影片在YouTube上也是第二名。
當時正是台灣疫情嚴重升至三級警戒的時刻,心情非常低落。但這首平鋪直述的歌曲,成為支持我心靈的一個鋪墊,我們每個人都既堅強又脆弱,也只有自己最清楚自己的心所嚮往,正如她總是夢到夜晚窗外有隻鳥兒在歌唱,於是她決定給自己一個全新名字---Nightbirde/夜鶯。
Nightbirde,非常詩意的名字,她給了全世界一首撫慰人心的歌曲,在任何時刻支持著每個人,看清現實接受現實雖然痛苦,但她也說了:2%(醫生說她的存活機率)不是沒有希望,比0%還多了些,2%是有意義的。她給出了一個範本,即使不斷行低的人生,接受並且樂觀以對。Nightbirde於2022年2月19日病逝,真正成為夜空裡揚聲歌唱的夜鶯。
附上《It`s Ok》的歌詞:
I moved to California in the summer time
I changed my name thinking that it would change my mind
I thought that all my problems they would stay behind
I was a stick of dynamite and it was just a matter of time, yeah
All day, all night, now I can't hide
Said I knew myself but I guess I lied
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
If you're lost, we're all a little lost and it's alright
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
If you're lost, we're all a little lost and it's alright
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
I wrote a hundred pages but I burned them all
(Yeah, I burned them all)
I drove through yellow lights and don't look back at all
I don't look back at all
Yeah, you can call me reckless, I'm a cannonball (uh, I'm a cannonball)
Don't know why I take the tightrope and cry when I fall
All day, all night, now I can't hide
Said I knew what I wanted but I guess I lied
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
If you're lost, we're all a little lost and it's alright
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
If you're lost, we're all a little lost and it's alright
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Oh-oh-oh-oh, it's alright
Oh-oh-oh-oh, it's alright
Oh-oh-oh-oh, it's alright
Oh-oh-oh-oh, it's alright
To be lost sometimes
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
If you're lost, we're all a little lost and it's alright
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay, it's okay
If you're lost, we're all a little lost and it's alright
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