美國重金屬樂團［毒藥］──華麗金屬／抒情搖滾──［Something to Believe In／值得相信的事］

 

Well I see him on the TV

Preachin bout the promised land

He tells me to believe in Jesus

And steals the money from my hand

Some say he was a good man

But Lord I think he sinned, yeah

 

Twenty-two years of mental tears

Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet

Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore

To find his country didnt want him back

Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon

Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets

In a time I dont remember

In a war he cant forget

He cried Forgive me for what Ive done there

Cause I never meant the things I did

 

And give me something to believe in

If theres a Lord above

And give me something to believe in

Oh, Lord arise

 

My best friend died a lonely man

In some Palm Springs hotel room

I got the call last Christmas Eve

And they told me the news

I tried all night not to break down and cry

As the tears rolled down my face

I felt so cold and empty

Like a lost soul out of place

And the mirror, mirror on the wall

Sees my smile it fades again

 

And give me something to believe in

If theres a Lord above

And give me something to believe in

Oh, Lord arise

 

Sometimes I wish to God I didnt know now

The things I didnt know then

 

I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street

Like bodies in an open grave

Underneath the broken old neon sign

That used to read Jesus saves

A mile away live the rich folks

And I see how theyre living it up

While the poor they eat from hand to mouth

The rich is drinkin from a golden cup

And it just makes me wonder

Why so many lose, so few win

 

And give me something to believe in

If theres a Lord above

And give me something to believe in

Oh, Lord arise

 

You take the high road

And Ill take the low road

 

Yes Sometimes I wish I didnt know now

The things I didnt know then

And give me something to believe in

 

 

 

 

１９９０年７月，美國華麗重金屬樂團毒藥（Poison）推出第三張大碟［Flesh & Blood／血肉之軀］（Enigma／Capitol唱片發行）

由Bruce Fairbairn＋Mike Fraser製作．

這張專輯是樂團嘗試確立更嚴肅的音樂風格，不再侷限於以往的華麗金屬派對風格．只是樂評褒貶不一．

儘管如此，［Flesh & Blood］登上美國告示牌專輯榜＃２，取得三白金唱片（３００萬張＋）（1990年榜#51）

英國＃３──金唱片（１０萬張＋）

澳洲＃２──白金唱片（７萬張＋）

加拿大＃４──４白金唱片（４０萬張＋）（1990年榜#21）

墨西哥──金唱片（１０萬張＋）

 

第二單曲是１９９０年６月推出的［Something to Believe In／值得相信的事］

C.C. DeVille，Bret Michaels，Bobby Dall，Rikki Rockett創作，

這首歌獻給James Kimo Maano，他是Bret Michaels的保安兼摯友，已於此前去世。歌詞也關注電視福音佈道、越南老兵和貧窮等主題。

Bruce Fairbairn將其製作成一首華麗金屬／抒情搖滾曲，

旋律動人，鋼琴彈奏優美，Bret Michaels低鬱的唱腔深沉感人．被廣泛認為是 Poison 樂團最優秀的歌曲之一。

 

［Something to Believe In／值得相信的事］登上美國告示牌單曲榜＃４，為毒藥第六首也是至今最後一首前十名熱門曲．

取得金唱片（５０萬張＋）（1991年榜#78）

分榜──主流搖滾榜＃５

英國＃３５

加拿大RPM單曲榜＃３（1990年榜#38）

澳洲＃４４　紐西蘭＃３８　

歐洲榜＃９８．

MV

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5uamDMoW4o

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xJkXl6sLCg

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEVKpc9B_TA