主唱Danny O’Donoghue 吉他手Mark Sheehan

The script

鼓手Glen Power

爱尔兰摇滚近年声势比较微弱，U2推出录音室专辑已是三年多前的事，TheCranberries也早于四年前解散，SineadO'connor则把音乐转向了静谧的神学，老一辈的音乐人似乎都在休养生息当中。不过最近几个月一支来自都柏林的新鲜血液———TheScript重新夺回了大家对爱尔兰摇滚的关注。The Script是一支三人摇滚乐队，成员包括主唱Danny O’Donoghue、光头吉他手Mark Sheehan、鼓手Glen Power。但颇令人迷惑的是，单从曲风上来说，TheScript的音乐听起来不太像爱尔兰摇滚，反而美国的味道更浓一些。原来TheScript三位成员的其中两位，Mark与Danny在青少年时期就在都柏林的詹姆士街区相识，两人均对美国黑人音乐情有独钟。而且DannyO’Donoghue和MarkSheehan在乐队还未成立之前，就由于他们在录音室出众的製作才能而被邀请到美国LA去和R%26amp;B的巨头如RodneyJerkins、DallasAustin等着名音乐人一起工作。

在这段经历之后，TheScript把R&B、Soul等黑人音乐调和到他们的音乐中，像来自LA的Maroon5那样迷上了节奏感十足、让人精神爽利的新灵魂流行摇滚，就连主唱Danny的唱腔、声线也跟Maroon5的主唱Adam有八分相似。音乐的外壳只是表象，TheScript与生俱来地继续了U2等老一辈爱尔兰音乐人的摇滚精神，把反战、反思批判社会弊端、宣扬人道主义、倡导爱与和平等作为音乐的内容主题，在爽朗流畅、易入耳的音乐外壳输送下，这些理念反而更轻易感染并影响乐迷，比起沉重的说教更有效果。融合Hip-Hop节拍的《We Cry》拉开序幕，叙述人世苦难的歌词在轻快畅达的节奏下像是连发子弹般击中听者的内心并令人动容；《Talk You Down》中Danny布满悲怆及人文关怀的演绎，听起来也有几分Bono的影子；清淡原音吉他相伴下的《I'm Yours》则缓缓渲染出深情悽美的意境。

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假如U2、TheFeeling、Keane和OneRepublic的成员被迫组成一支超级乐队，大概他们听起来就像是TheScript.———每日星报

才华出众，拥有做出漂亮音乐的好手艺，并且引人注目，TheScript将会是我们等待中的乐坛下一个霸主。———BBC电台（Callas）

Science and Faith

音乐风格: 流行 　发行时间: 2010年09月10日 　地区: 爱尔兰 　语言: 英语 　01. You Won't Feel A Thing 　02. For The First Time 　03. Nothing 　04. Science & Faith 　05. If You Ever Come Back 　06. Long Gone And Moved On 　07. Dead Man Walking 　08. This=Love 　09. Walk Away 　10. Exit Wounds

Science and Faith

Nothing :

Am I better off dead? 我应该死去比较好吗[1]

Am I better off a quitter?做个半途而废的人更好吗

They say I’m better off now 他们说我现在这样更明智

Then I ever was with her 曾经的我和她

As they take me to my local down the street 也像他们这样沿着街一直下去带我回老家

I’m smiling but I’m dying trying not to drag my feet 我在笑着却拚命的不想拖住自己的步伐

They say a few drinks will help me to forget her 他们说一点酒精能帮我忘了她

But after one too many I know that I’m never 喝了一杯又一杯我知道我永远做不到

Only they can see where this is gonna end 只有他们清楚知道事情会变怎样

But they all think I’m crazy but to me it’s perfect sense 他们都以为我疯了但其实对我而言这是最棒的感觉

And my mates are all there trying to calm me down 我的同伴都试着让我冷静

‘Cause I’m shouting your name all over the town 因为我在整个镇子上喊你的名字

I’m swearing if I go there now 我发誓如果现在我能去那里

I can change your mind turn it all around 就能彻底改变你的想法

I know that I’m drunk but I see the worst 我知道我醉了还有更糟的

If she’ll listen this time even though this lust 如果她能听到即使这欲望

I’ll dial her number and confess to her 我也要打电话说服她

I’m still in love but all I heard was nothing 我还深陷爱情但我却什幺也听不到

So I stumble there, along the railings and the fences 所以我在那里被绊倒了，沿着栏桿和篱笆

I know I’m with her face to face, that she’ll come to her senses 我知道跟她面对面，这样她就能恢复神志

Every drunk stand by tend leads me to her door 喝过的每杯酒都趋使我走向她的家门

If she sees how much I’m hurting, she’ll take me back for sure 如果她看到我伤得多深，她肯定会回心转意

And my mates are all there trying to calm me down 我的同伴都试着让我冷静

‘Cause I’m shouting your name all over the town 因为我在整个镇子上喊你的名字

I’m swearing if I go there now 我发誓如果现在我能去那里

I can change your mind turn it all around 就能彻底改变你的想法

I know that I’m drunk but I see the worst 我知道我醉了还有更糟的

If she’ll listen this time even though this lust 如果她能听到即使这欲望

I’ll dial her number and confess to her 我也要打电话说服她

I’m still in love but all I heard was nothing 我还深陷爱情但我却什幺也听不到

She said nothing 她什幺也没说

Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing 我只想要只字片语但什幺也没听到

Oh, I got nothing 我什幺也没得到

Oh, I got nothing 我什幺也没得到

Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing 我只要只字片语却什幺也没听到

Ohh, sometimes love’s intoxicating 喔 爱情有时让人陶醉

Ohh, you’re coming down your hands are shaking 喔 你走过来挥着手

When you realize there’s no one waiting 当你发现没有人在那等你

Am I better off dead? 我应该死去比较好吗

Am I better off a quitter?做个半途而废的人更好吗

They say I’m better off now 他们说我现在这样更明智

Then I ever was with her 曾经的我和她

And my mates are all there trying to calm me down 我的同伴都试着让我冷静

‘Cause I’m shouting your name all over the town 因为我在整个镇子上喊你的名字

I’m swearing if I go there now 我发誓如果现在我能去那里

I can change your mind turn it all around 就能彻底改变你的想法

I know that I’m drunk but I see the worst 我知道我醉了还有更糟的

If she’ll listen this time even though this lust 如果她能听到即使这欲望

I’ll dial her number and confess to her 我也要打电话说服她

I’m still in love but all I heard was nothing 我还深陷爱情但我却什幺也听不到

She said nothing 她什幺也没说

Oh, I wanted words but all I heard was nothing

我只要只字片语却什幺也没听到

Oh, I got nothing 我什幺也没得到

I got nothing 我什幺也没得到

I wanted words but all I heard was nothing

我只要只字片语却什幺也没听到

Ohh I got nothing 我什幺也没得到

I got nothing 我什幺也没得到

[1]（意译better off 愿意是比较富裕比较明智）