沪江音乐讯：Jewel Kilcher，六岁时，她就开始歌唱生涯，她经常跟随父母在所居住的爱斯基摩村落里演出，并倍受当地村民喜爱。直到她考上了密歇根州的Interlochen美术学院。在学院的学习过程中她还参与了戏剧的表演，在学期末的会演节目《Spoon River Anthology》中担任主演。这首歌通过清新励志的歌词，告诉我们每个事物的存在都有自己的价值，我们要争取做最好的自己。

Song:What You Are
Artist:Jewel

I'm driving around town
我开车在小镇周围闲逛
Kinda bored with the windows rolled down 、
有些无聊，摇下了车窗
See a girl on the bus stop bench
看见一个女孩坐在公交车站的长椅上
Dressed to draw attention
穿得很闪闪亮亮
Hoping everyone will stare
希望让大家都能够盯着她望
If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear
她想，如果她不够醒目的话，她就会隐没在人海之中
Wish I could hold her, tell her, show her
我多想陪在她身边，告诉她，给她讲
What she wants is already there
她梦想着要实现的其实已经实现了
A star is a star
因为星星就是星星
It doesn't have to try to shine
它并不需要努力去闪闪发亮
Water will fall
水自然会向下流
A bird just knows how to fly
一只小鸟就自然会知道它该怎样展翅飞翔
You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom
其实你不需要告诉一朵花怎样盛开
Or light how to fill up a room
或者告诉光明该怎样把整个屋子点亮
You already are what you are
因为你，已经是你自己了
And what you are is beautiful
而且你自己，是美丽的
Heard a story the other day
那天听了一个故事
Took place at the local VA
它就发生在弗吉尼亚州
A father talking to his dying son
一个父亲对着自己临死的儿子哭诉
This was his conversation
这是他们的谈话
"It's not supposed to be like this
怎么会是这样呀
You can't go first I can't handle it"
你怎能提前离我而去呢，我无法承受这一切
The boy said "Dad now don't you cry,
孩子却说：“爸爸，现在不必为我哭泣”
Remember when I was a child what you used to tell me when I'd ask why?
" 您可曾记得我童年时，我问为什么的时候，您是如何回答的吗？”
(You'd say) Gravity is gravity
您告诉我说：地心引力，就是地心引力
It doesn't try to pull you down
它并不想拉你下来
Stone is stone
石头就只是石头
It can't help but hold its ground
它看起来没什么用，但是却支撑起了整块陆地
The wind just blows, though you can't see
风其实一直在吹，尽管我们看不见
It's everywhere like I'll always be
风其实无处不在，就像我们要永远作好我们自己一样永恒
You already are what you are
因为你，已经是你自己了
And what you are is strong enough
而且，你自己，是很坚强的
Look in the mirror
望着镜中的自己
Now that's another story to tell
我又有一个故事要讲述了
I give love to others
我把爱奉献给大家
But I give myself hell
但却对自己如同地狱般苛刻
I'd have to tell myself
我必须告诉自己
"In every scene there's a perfect plan"
任何情况下都有着一个完美的策略
Everything I hoped to be
每一件事，我都希望
I already am
我能够做好我自己
A flower is a flower
花儿就是花儿
It doesn't have to try to bloom
其实它并不需要努力盛开
And light is light
光明就是光明
Just knows how to fill a room
就会知道如何把整个屋子点亮
And dark is dark
黑暗就是黑暗
So the stars have a place to shine
所以，星星才会显得闪闪发亮
The tide goes out
海水涨潮
So it can come back another time
是因为只有这样，它们才能在另一刻退潮
Goodbye makes a love so sweet
分手了，爱情才如此甜蜜
And love is love so it can teach us
其实，爱情就是爱情，所以，它能够让我们懂得
We already are what we are
我们，其实已经是我们自己了
And what we are is beautiful
而且，我们自己，是美丽的
And strong enough
是很坚强的
And good enough
是很好的
And bright enough
是很闪亮的
Thank you
感谢这一切