[00:00.00] 作曲 : Neil Hannon[00:06.57]I saw a man this morning[00:11.49]Standing on a foreign shore[00:17.07]From his eyes tears were falling[00:22.50]As he made ready for war[00:27.90]He shouted out a warning;[00:33.18]You slew my sweetest friend[00:38.46]And as sure as day is dawning[00:43.92]His death will be avenged[00:48.18]Was it so hard to die, Achilles[00:53.55]So very hard to die?[00:59.01]You know and I know not, Achilles[01:04.20]So much the happier I[01:09.66]You breached the walls of Troy, Achilles[01:14.85]Slaughtered a thousand men[01:21.09]Patroclus is destroyed, Achilles[01:26.07]And can't come back again[01:45.24]I saw a man this morning[01:50.22]Trudging through a muddy field[01:55.80]From the sky a shell was falling[02:01.11]With his name scratched in the steel[02:06.60]Lend him your shield, Achilles[02:11.67]Ask the gods to be his guide[02:17.10]All he has is A Shropshire Lad[02:22.32]With this poem scrawled inside[02:25.53]Was it so hard to die, Achilles[02:32.28]So very hard to die?[02:37.56]You know and I know not, Achilles[02:42.90]So much the happier I[02:49.23]Look to the starry skies, Achilles[02:53.64]Look to the silver seas[02:58.95]They do not live or die, Achilles[03:05.40]And neither do we[03:08.55]I saw a man this morning[03:12.96]He was turning fifty-three[03:18.51]And his pampered mind was turning[03:23.55]To thoughts of mortality[03:29.25]One day I will be nothing[03:34.23]Think how funny that will feel[03:40.56]For we, the living[03:44.82]Death is the Achilles Heel