I don't know you
But I want you
All the more for that
Words fall through me
And always fool me
And I can't react
And games that never amount
To more than they're meant
Will play themselves out

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you have a choice
You've made it now

Falling slowly, eyes that know me
And I can't go back
Moods that take me and erase me
And I'm painted black
You have suffered enough
And warred with yourself
It's time that you won

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly sing your melody
I'll sing along
【网摘】

在关于摇滚乐的片段中，我们最经常见到的便是酒精、古柯碱，还有女人。左小祖咒曾说，中国摇滚乐为什么一直未能熬出个头来，就是因为演出完了之后没有性。我知道他这句话醉翁之意不在酒，针对的并非骨肉皮而是骨肉皮之后的摇滚乐被纳入全民娱乐体系中的商业化，但我也曾就这句话本身问过舞台上狂野粗放舞台下文质彬彬的谢天笑。他表示，我们不应该受太多西方的摇滚乐文化全盘的影响，比如说电影之类的（如《大门》），音乐其实可以和性没有太多的联系，可以更纯粹一些。而《Once》在这方面很纯粹，纯粹得可列入教科书中的范例。即使男主人公曾一度流露出性暗示，但话一到嘴边，连他也觉得自己是怎样的下流、无耻、无地自容。如果说吉姆·莫里森代表的诗人、艺术家身上一切与摇滚乐有关的副产品，是上世纪六十年代垮掉派围拢下的旧金山的缩影，那《Once》代表的则是理想、自由无产阶级战士在当下处女有罪ONS万岁的物欲时代中硕果仅存的一股浪漫主义气息。为何此片受到如此热捧，这种失落已久的革命情感功不可没。