可曾觉得过近在身边之人之事，却如此之远。
看来很多人都有同感。搜索出来知名不知名的音乐家，以此为名的专辑就有无数张，也有名为《So
Near yet So Far》的，倒没见反过来——似远实近什么的。
爵士老头Joe
Henderson，93年出了一张叫这个名字的专辑，副题是“和Miles同奏”。此张专辑再奏他和Mile
Davis1967年合写的10支曲子，Miles既已斯人鹤去，召来彼时老搭档吉他John
Scofield,贝司Dave Holland和鼓手Al
Foster出场助阵，拿下那年的格莱美奖，想必相当之牛。怎奈无论如何也下载不下来，设法买来听好了。
10年前，加班到深夜时，常趁无人之际，在部门电脑里大声放Sinead
O'connor的盗版CD。如果不是我的记忆出了错，就是碟商胡乱拼凑。明明记得这碟叫《So
far》,里边最喜欢的曲子是“Thank you for hearing
me”，一边反反复复地放，一边跟着唱。可在歌词网站怎么也查不到。搜来搜去，原来是另一张专辑《Universal
Mother》里的。You
Tube上有Sinead演唱这支歌的现场录影，不知是什么时候录的，她留着恬美短卷发，白色通花蕾丝长裙，不复当年光头女朋克之酷，惟歌声一如既往地穿云裂帛……
Thank you for hearing me
Thank you for hearing me
Thank you for hearing me
Thank you for hearing me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for loving me
Thank you for seeing me
Thank you for seeing me
Thank you for seeing me
Thank you for seeing me
And for not leaving me
And for not leaving me
And for not leaving me
And for not leaving me
Thank you for staying with me
Thank you for staying with me
Thank you for staying with me
Thank you for staying with me
Thanks for not hurting me
Thanks for not hurting me
Thanks for not hurting me
Thanks for not hurting me
You are gentle with me
You are gentle with me
You are gentle with me
You are gentle with me
Thanks for silence with me
Thanks for silence with me
Thanks for silence with me
Thanks for silence with me
Thank you for holding me
And saying "I could be"
Thank you for saying "Baby"
Thank you for holding me
Thank you for helping me
Thank you for helping me
Thank you for helping me
Thank you, thank you for helping me
Thank you for breaking my heart
Thank you for tearing me apart
Now I've a strong, strong heart
Thank you for breaking my heart
喜欢歌词和旋律的简单与铺陈，和列侬的“Love”颇为相似。尤其是最后一段，倾听、眷恋、拥抱、温存、凝视、静默……当这些词语逐渐消散，心碎或仍不可避免，而以感激之心面对，难道不是成长的必经之路？
