순수한 비극과 갈망, 그리고 슬픔 연약한 감성으로 상처입은 영혼을 노래하는 이 시대 마지막 로맨티스트, 막시밀리안 헤커(Maximilian Hecker)가 전하는 단 하나의 베스트/커버곡 모음집. [Once I Was]
- 수많은 TV 광고와 시그널 음악으로 사용되면서 인기를 얻은 막시밀리안 헤커의 베스트 컬렉션. - 한국인의 서정적인 감성을 고스란히 짚어낸 아티스트 막시밀리안 헤커의 최초 베스트 앨범. - 라디오헤드(Radiohead), 킹스 오브 컨비니언스(Kings of Convenience), 밥 딜런(Bob Dylan), 팀 버클리(Tim Buckley)의 커버곡 모음집 수록 - 치명적인 아름다움과 서정미를 갖춘 고귀한 슬픔의 노래들 - 2007년 07월 13일 내한공연 확정(건국대 새천년관 대공연장)
이상하리만치 한국 사람들은 유독 슬픈 노래들을 좋아한다. 한국의 전통 민요들도 대부분 슬픈 감성을 품고 있고, 작금의 국내 가요 판을 보아도 슬픈 내용의 발라드들이 꾸준한 인기몰이를 하면서 많은 사람들에게 불려지고 있다. 한국에서 유독 인기 있는 외국 곡 들이 있다. 그리고 그 중 대부분은 발라드 트랙들이라 해도 지나친 말이 아닌데, 한국 사람들은 정에 약하고 슬픈 역사를 가진 민족이기 때문에 그럴 수도 있을 것 같다. 이야기를 이상하게 시작했는데, 지금 한국의 공중파와 케이블, 그리고 CF와 블로그를 장악한 독일 출신의 뮤지션 막시밀리안 헤커(Maximilian Hecker) 역시 한국에서 많은 사랑을 받고 있는 아티스트이다.
독일 출신의 청년 막시밀리안 헤커는 맨 처음 드러머로 음악을 시작했다. 여러 밴드의 드러머를 하는 와중 갑자기 자신의 음악을 하고 싶어진 그는 모든 밴드 활동을 중지하고 오로지 자신만의 음악을 만들기 시작한다. 진심을 담아 녹음한 그의 데모는 처음 30장만을 만들었는데, 그 30장 중 한 장을 듣고 막시밀리안 헤커의 상업성을 발견한 키티-요(Kitty-Yo) 레이블에서는 그의 곡[Cold Wind Blowing]을 영화 [알래스카(alaska.de, 2000)]의 사운드트랙에 수록하면서 그의 이름을 처음으로 공개한다-참고로 영화 [알래스카]는 현재 한국에 수입된 상태로 있으며 곧 공개될 예정이라고 한다-. 사운드트랙을 통해 막시밀리안 헤커는 주목을 받기 시작하며 그 당시 정규 앨범이 가장 기대되는 아티스트로 떠오르게 된다. .... ....
Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could have Maybe I didn't treat you Quite as good as I should have If I make you feel second best Girl I'm sorry I was blind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind Maybe I didn't hold you All those lonely lonely night I guess I never told you I'm so happy that you're mine Little things I should have said and done I just never took the time You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
tell me tell me that your sweet love hasn't died Give me give me one more chance To keep you satisfied You were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind You were always on my mind
The guilty undertaker sighs The lonesome organ grinder cries The silver saxophones say I should refuse you The cracked bells and washedout horns Blow into my face with scorn But it's not that way I wasn't born to lose you I want you I want you I want you so bad Honey I want you The drunken politician leaps Upon the street where mothers weep And the saviors who are fast asleep They wait for you And I wait for them to interrupt Me drinkin' from my broken cup And ask me to Open up the gate for you I want you I want you I want you so bad Honey I want you Now all my fathers they've gone down True love they've been without it But all their daughters put me down Cause I don't think about it Well I return to the Queen of Spades And talk with my chambermaid She knows that I'm not afraid To look at her She is good to me And there's nothing she doesn't see She knows where I'd like to be But it doesn't matter I want you I want you yes I want you so bad Honey I want you Now your dancing child with his Chinese suit He spoke to me I took his flute No I wasn't very cute to him Was I But I did it though because he lied Because he took you for a ride And because time was on his side And because I I want you I want you I want you so bad Honey I want you
I'll lose some sales and my boss won't be happy but I can't stop listening to the sound of two soft voices blended in perfection from the reels of this record that I've found Everyday there's a boy in the mirror asking me What are you doing here Finding all my previous motives growing increasingly unclear
I've traveled far and I've burned all the bridges I believed as soon as I hit land all the other options held before me would wither in the light of my plan So I'll lose some sales and my boss won't be happy but there's only one thing on my mind searching boxes underneath the counter on a chance that on a tape I'd find a song for someone who needs somewhere to long for
In the arc of a love affair Lies the point of no return First you lose your self respect Then you hide all the hurt
Well, I've been here thinkin' Long enough to figure out That a chance has got to come And it's all up to you
Be good or be gone Love me or leave me baby, leave me alone Cause I can be real bad baby, all by myself Umm, one day you're gonna find yourself, by yourself
You see the choice is so simple now Cause there really is no choice to make I not gonna let you treat me badly No, I won't be makin' that mistake And it's all up to you
Be good or be gone Love me or leave me baby, leave me alone Cause I can be real bad baby, all by myself Umm, one day you're gonna find yourself, by yourself
Make a decision, make up your mind Give me my proper respect and baby, don't ever forget That a real love is precious and rare But you've got to be ready to give, and ready to share It's all up to you
Be good or be gone Love me or leave me baby, leave me alone Cause I can be real bad baby, all by myself Umm, one day you're gonna find yourself, by yourself
When you were here before Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather in a beautiful world I wish i was special You're so fucking special But i'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am i doing here I don't belong here I don't care if it hurts I wanna have control I wanna perfect body I wanna perfect soul I want you to notice When i'm not around You're so fucking special I wish i was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doing here I don't belong here she's running out again she's running out she run run run run
run
Whatever makes you happy Whatever you want You're so fucking special I wish I was special But I'm a creep I'm a weirdo what the hell am I doing here
Touching flowers with your scream Meeting sweets She smiles like cream When your hair hides melting grace Worn out minds won't touch your face I am leaning far too far above the ice So I'll feed my hands with cheeks of other names I am lying under tons of porcine snow Polyester absorbs me
Fawn At last my parents cried About my green and my last white Now my darling goes to him She will dare her cross's skin I'm using gloves too far above the ice So I'll feed my hands with cheeks of other names I am lying under tons of porcine snow Polyester absorbs me
I'm using gloves I'm using gloves I'm using gloves I'm using gloves
I'm climbing up the walls of your Head over heels built up house I scream and I lean in vain tonight Remember the words that I said
거꾸로 지어진 네 집 담을 기어올라 오늘 밤 소리지르며 무기력하게 기대네 내가 한 말을 기억해
I keep on knocking at your door with my head As you're silly, Lily I keep on knocking at your door with my head As you're funny, bunny
네가 바보라서, 릴리 내 머리로 자꾸 네 문을 두드려 네가 우스워서, 버니 내 머리로 자꾸 네 문을 두드려
I'm craving for your leftover kiss Tasting like drops of cold rain I'll drink and I'll drown and ruin the whole world So think of the words that I said
찬 빗방울 맛이 나는 네 키스의 여운이 그리워 술에 취해 익사해 세상을 망칠 거야 그러니 내가 한 말들을 생각해
I keep on knocking at your door with my head As you're silly, Lily I keep on knocking at your door with my head As you're funny, bunny
네가 바보라서, 릴리 내 머리로 자꾸 네 문을 두드려 네가 우스워서, 버니 내 머리로 자꾸 네 문을 두드려
I'm climbing up the walls of your Head over heels built up house I scream and I lean in vain tonight Remember the words that I said
거꾸로 지어진 네 집 담을 기어올라 오늘 밤 소리지르며 무기력하게 기대네 내가 한 말을 기억해
I keep on knocking at your door with my head As you're silly, Lily I keep on knocking at your door with my head As you're funny, bunny
네가 바보라서, 릴리 내 머리로 자꾸 네 문을 두드려 네가 우스워서, 버니 내 머리로 자꾸 네 문을 두드려
There is no ending to this life That I've to live with endless sighs Oh can't you see I'm falling now Oh could you hear these words somehow But I can see the sadness in your eyes And I can see the sadness in your smile Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me like you did
There is no ending to this life That I've to live with endless sighs And all I know is that my head is gone And I am falling now But I can see the sadness in your eyes And I can see the sadness in your smile Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me like you did Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me like you did Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me now Heal my wounds Hold me like you did
All that grief in my teeth Add all this running for love No, I can't stand anymore That your sweet eyes don't watch me And I believe in no gods But what leads me to you? And so I'll start to love your face And in the end I will love you So I'll play just this song And maybe I've been wrong So I'll play just this song But what if you are gone? So take me home So take me home So take me home take me home All that grief in my teeth Add all this running for love No, I can't stand anymore That your sweet eyes don't watch me And I believe in no gods But what leads me to you? And so I'll start to love your face And in the end I will love you So I'll play just this song And maybe I've been wrong So I'll play just this song But what if you are gone? So take me home So take me home So take me home take me home take me home
Magic bullet against your drought were Sumptuous rainfalls Dreary whispering of how you love Sunbaked objects It's a little strange how you walk
And I still hear your withered talk I am blooming I am blooming Without you
You've lost your tears vale of dust You're a wilted flower How could I now miss your face As I'm watered in a shower It's a little strange how you walk
And I still hear your withered talk I am blooming I am blooming Without you
It's a little strange how you walk
And I still hear your withered talk I am blooming I am blooming I am blooming I am blooming Without you
i can't cry when it hurts me so There's no light in my eyes
I can't leave when you take those pictures Of me with my pale and sad face Oh when will the light fill my eyes Will your hands touch my cheek And everything is white oh white white white white Oh when will the light fill my eyes Will your hands touch my cheek And everything is white white white white white I can't cry when it hurts me so There's no light in my eyes I can't leave when you take those pictures Of me with my pale and sad face Oh when will the light fill my eyes Will your hands touch my cheek And everything is white white white white white Oh when will the light fill my eyes Will your hands touch my cheek And everything is white white white white white
My life is swinging My life is endless It's endlessly falling down from heaven And you will be washed to my shore
so light, so bright Your face is shining above me
Heavy rainfalls and fragile guidance inside me Roses, oh I beg you to blind me with love
Come down, feed me with stars that you've stolen from heaven Waste me, kill me with one single glance into my eyess Roses, oh I beg you to blind me with love
so light, so bright Your face is shining above me Heavy rainfalls and fragile guidance inside me Roses, oh I beg you to blind me with love
My life is swinging My life is endless It's endlessly falling down from heaven And you will be washed to my shore Believe in goldmines Believe in crying Fear in your sweet hair reminds me of the silent days I don't fear death There's no place for me
Heal my soul Be my raincoat, Roses Heal my soul Be my raincoat, Roses Heal my soul Be my raincoat, Roses
I feel the sunlight's pouring rain And I don't feel like I am sane It keeps on running through my head Oh everything is ill I'm hiding under thunderclouds Neurosurgeon help me out I'm strung out falling to the ground Oh everything is ill Lightning in your eyes Sunlight in your hair How I love you today Hold me in your arms It's endlessly insane How I love you today How I love you today
I feel the sunlight's pouring rain And I don't feel like I am sane It keeps on running through my head Oh everything is ill Lightning in your eyes Sunlight in your hair How I love you today Hold me in your arms It's endlessly insane How I love you today How I love you today
You dreamed I was your lover And I lied in your arms You dreamed of all our children Playing in the sun I hope that you're alright I hope I hope that you're alright
Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White
You dreamed I was your lover And I lied in your arms You dreamed of all our children Playing in the sun I hope that you're alright I hope I hope that you're alright
Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White Sleep my Snow White
Lady Sleep please kiss me sweetly Throw me in a wad of cotton wool And close my eyes so i can see Will you breast feed with bewitching silence Treat me like I was your only son And love me like there was no morning
You unfaithful lover Careless mother Cheating angel Cause you always leave me after sometime So lustrously and disinfected I'll be diving into you When eventually will you stay forever