Katie Melua - Nine Million Bicycle

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這首歌詞遭到《衛報》的作者兼科學家賽門·辛的批評。歌詞中寫到：

“        我們距離宇宙的邊緣有120億光年。這是個猜測－沒有人能夠證實。但我知道，我將永遠陪在你身邊。        ”
這段歌詞被賽門認為是對宇宙學家的抨擊，引起了一連串《衛報》讀者的投書，表達對於這觀點正反兩面的想法。後來凱特與賽門出現在BBC的《Today programme》節目中，凱特發表了採納賽門開玩笑的意見後的新歌詞：

“        我們距離我們可觀察到的宇宙邊緣有137億光年。這是在有著明確定義的誤差長條圖下的估計－科學家說這是真的，不過還沒非常準確。但在這些資訊下我預測，我將永遠陪在你身邊。        ”
"We are 13.7 billion light-years from
the edge of the observable universe,
That's a good estimate with
well-defined error bars,
Scientists say it's true, but
acknowledge that it may be refined,
And with the available information, I predict that I will always be
with you"

雙方都同意新的歌詞無法獲得商業上的成功，在過程中他們還討論到了科學正確性與藝術破格之間的問題   <= 我真懷疑修正的歌詞她有辦法唱出來

There are nine-million bicycles in Beijing.
That's a fact,
It's a thing we can't deny,
Like the fact that I will love you 'til I die.
We are twelve-billion light years from the edge.
That's a guess,
No one can ever say it's true,
But I know that I will always be with you.
I'm warmed by the fire of your love every day.
So don't call me a liar,
Just believe everything that I say...
There are six-billion people in the world.
More or less,
And it makes me feel quite small,
But you're the one I love the most of all.
We're high on a wire with the world in our sight,
And I'll never tire,
Of the love that you give me every night.
There are nine-million bicycles in Beijing.
That's a fact,
It's a thing we can't deny,
Like that fact that I will love you 'til I die.
And there are nine-million bicycles in Beijing,
And I know that I will love you 'til I die