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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結婚隨父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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