orange days

這是眾多迪士尼歌曲中最喜歡的曲子之一
來自電影"鐘樓怪人"Notre Dame de Paris
才發現恰好也改編自Victor Hugo的作品
(我也是Les Miserables的Fans)
想來兩者共同點頗多，
對於人性和當代社會皆有非常寫實的刻劃，
然卻又不失悲憫的情懷

這首曲子亦貼切表達此內涵
尤其歌詞的部分，
真的觸碰到心靈深處那種希望與失望的掙扎
每當心情沮喪時，最能感受到激勵
雖是流行樂，對我來說卻是勵志歌曲呢!!

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有兩個版本，
一是片中女主角的獨白
另一是邀請貝蒂蜜勒Bette Midler來唱主題曲
歌詞內容略有不同，
曲風和情境也各有特色囉~

女主角獨白版

God Help The Outcasts
Disney Movie: Hunchback of Notre Dame

Esmeralda:
I don't know if you can hear me, or if you're even there
I don't know if you would listen to a gypsy's prayer
Yes, I know I'm just an outcast, I shouldn't speak to you
Still I see your face and wonder: were you once an outcast too?
God help the outcasts
Hungry from birth
Show them the mercy they don't find on earth
God help my people, we look to you still
God help the outcasts, or nobody will

Parishioners:
I ask for wealth
I ask for fame
I ask for glory to shine on my name
I ask for love I can possess
I ask for God and his angels to bless me

Esmeralda:
ask for nothing, I can get by
But I know so many less lucky then I
Please help my people, the porr and downtrod
I thought we all were the children of God
God help the outcasts
Children of God



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貝蒂蜜勒版

God Help The Outcasts(鐘樓怪人片尾曲)

Lyrics:Stephen Schwartz Music:Alan Menken

'I don't know if You can hear me or if You're even there.
I don't know if You will listen to a humble prayer.
They tell me I am just an outcast, I shouldn't speak to You.
Still I see Your face and wonder, were You once an outcast too?

God help the outcasts, hungry from birth.
Show them the mercy they don't find on earth.
The lost and forgotten, they look to You still.
God help the outcasts or nobody will.

I ask for nothing, I can get by.
But I know so many less lucky than I.
God help the outcasts, the poor and downtrod
I thought we all were the children of God.

I don't know if there's a reason why some are blessed, some not.
Why the few You seem to favor
They fear us, flee us, try not to see us.

God help the outcasts, the tattered, the torn
Seeking an answer to why they were born.
Winds of misfortune have blown them about.
You made the outcasts, don't cast them out.
The poor and unlucky, the weak and the odd,
I thought we all were the children of God.'