Matt Costa，在12歲的時候獲贈生平第一把吉他；不過很快的，另一項更刺激的活動吸引了他--滑板。雖然比一般滑板選手還晚接觸這項運動，但是加倍勤練的Matt Costa迅速展現了過人的天賦和技巧，甚至差一點點就轉為職業選手。不過三年前練習時的一場嚴重意外讓Matt Costa摔斷了腿，不僅得花18個月治療和復健，也從此改變了他的命運。在那一段人生中的低潮時光，他重拾吉他投入全副精力練習彈奏和創作，並開始用簡單的錄音器材灌錄自己的唱作。
Matt CostaMatt Costa有一副天生的好嗓子，清冽明亮，也許是在加州長大的緣故，他的歌聲陽光明媚，沒有任何陰鬱與頹廢，即便是“Cold December”這樣看起來冷冷的歌，在有如寒風一般的吉他聲刮過之後，留在在你耳邊的還是暖暖的陽光。
這是一張可以從頭到尾微笑著聽完的專輯，Matt Costa很善於在配器和演唱的細節處營造一些小趣味，象標題歌“Songs We Sing”開頭和過場俏皮的口琴，“Sweet Rose”里的小顫音、“Whiskey And Wine”里那聲“Oh！”，小小的精緻的幽默感恰到好處又不會有賣弄的感覺，讓你聽著聽著不時嘴角就會泛起一絲微笑。
Matt Costa的作品旋律極為清新明快，整張專輯裡隱隱約約閃現著鄉村音樂、搖滾樂、爵士樂、古典音樂以及60年代流行樂的味道，充滿了信手拈來自成一派的妙趣，專注的嗓音加上嫻熟的吉他彈奏，眼前不禁就會浮現出一個青蔥少年的形象，後來上網一搜他的照片，還真就是一副校園歌手的模樣，可見樂由心聲還真是有這么回事。
“Whiskey And Wine”屬於聽過一耳就忍不住要翻來覆去聽的曲子，老派的爵士曲風在Matt Costa妙手調教下，變得如此靈動妙趣，即興重複的片段韻味十足；“Oh Dear”、“Desire's Only Fling”應是向老式英倫搖滾致敬之作，而“Behind The Moon”則是帶有踢踏舞曲節拍的懷舊小品；“Sweet Rose”則又是一幅加州鄉村風光，輕鬆、跳躍的甜蜜玫瑰；“Sunshine”，開唱前用來替代架子鼓鼓槌敲擊聲的“1、2、3”加上那句“sha la la”，越聽越象是校園歌手，污濁的唱片工業總算有點清新空氣了；壓軸的“Wash Away”是專輯裡我非常喜愛的一首，詩一般的歌詞配上Matt Costa深情的吟唱，Matt Costa的才氣真是讓人妒忌.
專輯
2010 9月21日 Mobile Chateau
2008 Unfamiliar Faces
2006 Songs We Sing
EP專輯
2003: Matt Costa EP
2005: The Elasmosaurus EP
單曲
2006: "Cold December"
2006: "Sweet Thursday"
2006: "Sunshine"
2008: "Mr. Pitiful"
2010: "The Season"
專輯歌曲列表
Unfamiliar Faces
1. Mr. Pitiful
2. Lilacs
3. Never Looking Back
4. Emergency Call
5. Vienna
6. Unfamiliar Faces
7. Cigarette Eyes
8. Downfall
9. Trying To Lose My Mind
10. Bound
11. Heart Of Stone
12. Miss Magnolia
Songs We Sing
01. Yellow Taxi
02. Astair
03. Oh Dear
04. Cold December
05. Desire's Only Fling
06. Sweet Rose
07. Songs We Sing
08. Sunshine
09. Whiskey And Wine
10. Shimmering Fields
11. Behind The Moon
12. Wash Away
Unfamiliar Faces歌詞
Mr. Pitiful
oh mr. pit
oh mr. pit
mr. pitiful
who let you down?
who let you down?
who let you down?
you still don't believe
you don't believe
you don't believe
that greed's for a show
your soap box unfolds
but, please come down from that cloud
you see at all i don't expect you to admit that you were wrong
just wanna know how you've been
don't make me feel bad that we're still friends
started it all over in my bed
i hope that you see through your picket
i hope that you see through your big yard and white picket fence
to make amends, to still be friends, to still be my friend
so where did you go?
where did you go?
where did you go?
while i was out
while i was out
while i was out
well i don't believe
i don't believe
i don't believe
everything was seen
and if you don't like the movie then quit at me
but, please come down from that cloud
you see at all i don't expect you to admit that you were wrong
just wanna know how you've been
don?t make me feel bad that we're still friends
started it all over in my bed
i hope that you see through your picket
i hope that you see through your big yard and white picket fence
to make amends, still be friends, still be friends,
to still be my friend, still be my friend, still be my friend
Lilacs
you were right i was up all night
thinking about you
dreamed i choked on your kaleidoscope
now you still look deadly
my fatal flower how the tigers all laughed
as i ran along the well worn paths
sapphire eye looks down on my lilacs
down on my lilacs, down on my lilacs
down on me, down on me, down on
insincere as we rolled for years
in turning barrels
i washed my hands in the lake
as you blew it all away with roman candles
so take your fever let me wallow alone
the callus on your eyes have grown
sapphire eye looks down on my lilacs
down on my lilacs, down on my lilacs
down on me, down on me, down on
and your faults have me stoned
paying rent to your ghost
torn up by a frightened little girl
i thought that you were right
so i was up all night thinking about you
i thought that you were right, you were right
you were right, you were right
you were right and i was up all night thinking
about you
and i couldn't speak, covered with bees you flew
above me
figured it all out, i think you've had enough time
i've had long enough to change my mind
Never Looking Back
burnt trees on a snowy pass
all my friends are far behind
i'm stuck with you tonight
but i'd be better alone
so come on wheels take me far away
where i don't have debts to pay
i can't count on yesterday to find the way home
i know it happens all the time
but they don't have my back
so i'm never looking back
plumes of smoke rise high above
burned bridges lost in luck
i guess it's lost in luck
i guess it's all because
they're found on the fault
on sandy ground
foundations can't be found
and all the stones of change were thrown in my face
i know it happens all the time
i heard them talk behind my back
so i'm never looking back
never looking back
Emergency Call
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Vienna
vienna can you hear me lazing on the afternoon?
cathedral bells are ringing a sound
winter can't ignore her
spring'll bring her back with blossoms
summer bring her back to me now
bring her back to me
shoulder to shoulder, be back in a month i told her
wishing wells i wish her with me
vienna vas machs du
i'm running though the streets of zurich
calling all the trains in europe to bring her to me
anything i got to do now
anything i got to do to be...
back with happy mondays
sleeping in on sundays
just bring her to me bring her to me
Unfamiliar Faces
all of your truths masquerade around on hallow's eve
so i'll never know what you show to unfamiliar faces
this is the voice that's scared to hear those names
this is the void we'll leave a hole in space
i'll take it kindly if you'd blind me
holding inside the thoughts i have inquisitively wondering
i'll never know what you show to unfamiliar faces
but this is the voice that's scared to hear those names
this is the void we'll leave a hole in space
i'll never know what you show to unfamiliar faces
unfamiliar faces……
Cigarette Eyes
i've heard the story
i'm sure he held you down
forced you to do things while i'm not around
but you lies, you lied
but i've got cigarette eyes
feel uneasy i think of you less
my mind is so restless and i'm feeling depressed
oh my, oh my to see you with that spy
you lie, but i know cause i've got cigarette eyes
out in the country i'm sure no one could tell
you held a victim under your spell
so go hide, go hide
but i've got cigarette eyes
i feel uneasy, i think of you less
my mind is so restless and i'm feeling obsessed
oh my, oh my
to see you with that spy
you lied
but i know cause i've got cigarette eyes
so you've got yourself a bright young girl
one who lies with you in bed
when she tells you that she likes the weather
don't believe a word she says no more
Downfall
if i wait long enough, someone might come out
if i tried i could meet somebody else,
so i'll fol false prophets walking down my street
to keep keep me busy so soundly i'll sleep,
but it's all in the downfall of me
all in the downfall
don't bury my feet so i can run
i'll be your mother and else,
well i walked your steps and held my breath
until your words reached the end
then i lie with a poets face first in the street
when the world casts each shadow i became a she
but it's all in the downfall of me
all in the downfall
so i'll follow false prophets walking down my street
to keep keep me busy so soundly i'll sleep
so i'll lie with a poets face-first in these streets
when the world casts it's shadow i became a she
but it's all in the downfall
it's all in the downfall,
it's all in the downfall of me
all in the downfall
Trying To Lose My Mind
i talk with my friend over the phone,
i'm scared to say things i don't know and be wrong,
and words always sound much better coming out of someone else
but put it in a song and know that we can get along
i'm trying to lose, lose my mind
when it's gone i'll tell you where it went
about the extent of it's stay
strum a few chords and use my voice
and make this song with the hopes that you'd play along, along
-whistling-
and look at the ones before me
some say i waste my time
but normal life seems so boring,
so trying to lose my mind
well i met a girl,
she didnt like my song
she told me that old songs are better
she played me her favorite records
this is how i repayed her
i said it's okay to some but i hope that you can sing alone alone
and look at the ones before me
some say i waste my time
but normal life seems so boring so im trying to lose my mind
Bound
behind the mountains where the cuckoo sings
they tried to mine a miner for his golden veins
but a guy gets lonely and a guy gets sick
evil woman you're bound to make a mess of it
your bound^^
she laid me down in her golden sheets
lord save me, lord i was knee deep
well a hundred soldiers and a thousand men
couldn't drag me down but i'm back on my knees again
cause bound londle bound……
wanna leave, wanna go
that woman is a devil yes i know
but i know more than you think i do
you got a hole in your face where i can see through you
well holy me, you've got devils in your sleeves
with the bull in your court you're bound
to make a mess of me
wanna leave, wanna go
that woman is a devil yes i know
Heart Of Stone
i must confess this blood in my chest
i've made a great mistake so cruel
one, two, three there's an owl on me
i'm searching for the way it used to be
why dont you give yourself to me,i
i've got a deal for you
but ph yes i've a lot to confess,
drowning far away from home
tied to a heart of stone
darling my days are so bleak
pretending that you're still alive,
lonely nights, this mariner cries
he's drowning in desperate tides, because
this solitary mindset has left me cursed in fame
but oh death i woudl give my last breath
drowning far away from home
my sinking heart of stone
oh death can i breathe my last breath
yes yes i'd like to confess
because this solitary mindset has left me cursed with fate
but oh death
can't breathe my last breath
drowning far away from home
stuck with my heart of stone
Miss Magnolia
well miss magnolia
you just can't keep, keep me to yourself
you know i've been here way to long
you had me working all day long
no i'm not cut out and i won't be found to make a man for you,
no, no
la na na na
la na na na ……
(continues for a total of 11 times)
well if you see her, make sure you tell, tell her that i'm gone
to find a land beyond where i'll be free
the riverboat and me
a rolling stone, but by and by i'll find me home
la na na na
la na na na
(total of 6 times)
i wrote a letter in the mail it said:
"a steed don't need a mare dearest magnolia"
well put flowers on the grave, and may the headstone read:
"we could get along but we never did belong"
well miss magnolia
you just can't keep, keep me to yourself
you know i've been here way to long
you had me working all day long
no i'm not cut out and i won't be found to make a man for you
no, no
la na na na……
Songs We Sing歌詞
Yellow Taxi
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Astair
Astair your glare is killing me
Astair in skies of blue
The signs you wear are making me
So confused
But the mountains and the trees
Are they just what you need
Or are they less than what
You'd expect to see
And if you're leaving well come
Give me reason why I let you down
Before you turn around now now
Before you turn around
Astair you're there and I'm still here
I swear I'm so confused
The signs you wear are making me
Feel like I'm the one to lose
But the canyons and the seas
Are they just what you need
Or are they less than what
You'd expect to see
And if you're leaving well come
Give me reason why I let you down
Before you turn around now, now
Before you turn around
But the mountains and the trees
Are they what you perceive
Or are they less than what
You'd expect to see
And if you're leaving well come
Give me reason why I let you down
Before you turn around now, now
Before you turn around
Before you turn around
Oh Dear
Early in the morning clouds are dropping on my head
Remind me the things last night I should have left unsaid
So please forgive the words I use, my mind it tends to run
Away with the small ideas, I know I'm not the only one
So dear, oh dear
My head it tends to stray away sometimes I cant see clear
Oh dear, oh dear
In spite of all the things I said, I always want you near
Sometimes it rains, sometimes it pours
Sometimes I'm not that sure
But anytime you look at me
Your thoughts I cant ignore
The second hand would pass us by
Should one of us had blinked
But in a minute realize that true love always waits
My dear, oh dear
My head it tends to stray away, sometimes I cant see clear
Oh dear, oh dear
In spite of all the things I said, I always want you near
Early in the morning clouds are dropping on my head
Remind me the things last night I should have left unsaid
So please forgive the words I use my mind it tends to run
Away with the small ideas I know I'm not the only one
Cold December
I've been waiting, pacing along the halls ever since you left here
I've been cleaning, scrubbing the plates and weeding out the garden dear
I can't fall asleep to your mystery slowly blowing from the shore
I have not failed to be what you'd expect of me
Swallowing glass just to stay pure
All the birds are heading down south but you're staying up north you say
I've got jackets blankets and sheets, its going to be a cold december
It could be warm you see, a statue next to me
Swimming away from the ice and snow
Could I have failed to see the signs in front of me
Warning and flashing symbols, subtle and simple I couldn't see
I couldnt see
If only time could slow down, maybe I could come up
It's such a cold december
It's such a cold december
Its so cold
I cant fall asleep to your mystery slowly blowing from the shore
I have not failed to be what you'd expect of me
Swallowing glass just to stay pure
Summers come and summer has gone
Your christmas cards cant comfort me
You've found new friends and tied all the ends
It's freezing in the loneliest winter
It could be warm you see, a statue next to me
Swimming away from the ice and snow
Could I have failed to see the signs in front of me
Warning and flashing symbols, subtle and simple I couldnt see
I couldnt see
If only time could slow down, then maybe I could come up
It's such a cold december
It's such a cold december
It's so cold
Desire's Only Fling
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Sweet Rose
My sweet rose
AS the two of us grow
I want you to know that nothing's quite as bad
As it seems when you're so sad
So remember my rose, remember my rose
My sweet rose
I'd like to say
I'd like to say no one always gets their way
And no one always thinks the same
My rose, remember my rose
When the seasons change
And the sky turns grey
When the leaves turn brown
I'll be around
My sweet rose
As the two of us change
I want you to know that nothing stays the same
But you and I, we will remain
My rose, remember my rose
When the seasons change
And the sky turns grey
When the leaves turn brown
I'll be around
I want you to know that nothing stays the same
But you and I, we will remain
My rose, remember my rose
My sweet rose
I`ll want to be
I`ll want to be the one to hold U time
Have faith with me
i`ll be your mind
My rose, remember my rose
When the seasons change
And the sky turns grey
When the leaves turn brown
I'll be around
I want you to know that nothing stays the same
But you and I, we will remain
My rose, remember my rose
I want you to know that nothing stays the same
But you and I, we will remain
My rose, remember my rose
Songs We Sing
We have got no dough at all
Got a jar full of pennies
That dont amount to any
Thing thing thing
These are the melodies
With simple harmonies we sing
We sing of the hardship life brings
It brings it brings it brings it brings
These are the songs that we sing
We sing
These are the songs that I sing
We sing
These are the songs that we sing
We sing
These are the songs that I sing
To make the day better
And we have got no home at all
Travel like the gypsies living off of any
Thing thing thing
These are the melodies
With simple harmonies we sing
We sing of the hardship life brings
It brings it brings it brings it brings
These are the songs that we sing
We sing
These are the songs that I sing
We sing
These are the songs that we sing
We sing
These are the songs that I sing
To make the day better
We sing we sing we sing we sing
These are the songs that we sing
We sing
These are the songs that I sing
We sing
These are the songs that we sing
We sing
These are the songs that I sing
To make the day better
Sunshine
Sunshine
I'd really like to tell you
Oh my sunshine
Even though your skies are blue
You're drying up my bed
How can I get any rest now?
Sha la la la la la la la
Someday
You will get the best of me
Oh someday
Probably when I'm old and grey
I'm lying in my bed
And I will soon be put to rest now
Sha la la la la la la la
Sunshine
I'd really like to tell you
Oh my sunshine
Even though your skies are blue
You're drying up my bed
How can I get any rest now?
Sha la la la la la la la
Someday
You will get the best of me
Oh someday
Probably when I'm old and grey
I'm lying in my bed
And I will soon be put to rest now
I'm lying in my bed
And I will soon be put to rest now (Ooh ooh) [x2]
Sha la la la la la la la
Whiskey And Wine
Bottles of reasons I kept in the freezer
Now they wont leave me, why won't they leave me alone?
And with these old reasons are bottled up feelings
I wont be leaving no, won't be leaving alone
What is in it? What is in it?
To pour myself some more
What is in it? What is in it?
I'm always back for more
Oh whiskey and wine
You've messed up my mind
Whiskey and wine
You've got me this time
Bottles of reasons have now reached the ceiling
It's hard to hide it, I'll hide behind it for now
My big mouth said too much, I'm shaking at your touch
All the bottles came crashing down to the floor
What is in it? What is in it?
It couldn't be so bad
What is in it? What is in it?
That's driving me so mad
Oh whiskey and wine
You've messed up my mind
Whiskey and wine
You've got me this time
Bottles of reasons I've kept in the freezer
Now they won't leave me, why won't they leave me alone?
And with these old reasons are bottled up feelings
I won't be leaving, so won't you leave me alone
What is in it? What is in it?
To pour myself some more
What is in it? What is in it?
I'm always back for more
Oh whiskey and wine
You've messed up my mind
Whiskey and wine
You've got me this time
I used to be fine 'till whiskey arrived
Now whiskey and wine stays on my mind
Shimmering Fields
Flowers are nice, flowers are pretty
So I took a ride away from the city
Stories I'd heard of mystery and magic
Traveling caravans left me enchanted
With rivers of sun glow just beyond the plateau
I followed them down to the well
There are your wishes there are your dreams
In shimmering fields of gold
A mystical mistress in the forest of night
Knew that I'd come from city lights
Shimmering fields but of course my dear
Shimmering fields of gold
Many have followed the footsteps you're on
Good to know I'm not alone
la da da da da da
la da da da da da
Shimmering straight ahead I see
Shimmering fields of gold
All you could wish for and all you could dream
Shimmering fields of gold
Behind The Moon
I would shine just like a million suns if you'd just love me baby
I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
Back where we begin
And let me hold you like the way
I used to do
All the stars point me to you and lately they just drive me crazy
A universe can be so cruel so baby, baby be my lady
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
Back where we begin
And let me hold you like the way
I used to do
I would shine just like a million suns if you'd just love me baby
I'll be in your life again so baby, baby just say maybe
Now here I come
To dance around the sun
I've been oh so blue
Stuck behind the moon
Now let me in
Back where we begin
And let me hold you like the way
Now let me hold you like the way...
Now let me hold you like the way...
Now let me hold you like the way...
I used to do
I used to do
I used to do
I used to do
Wash Away
Float down stream, rivers of dreams
Float down stream, catch your wings
Heavens high, so you fly
Catch your dreams in the sky
But the glaciers have frozen your feet
I can't wait for eternity
And so you watched me wash away
But maybe we'll catch up someday
Maybe well catch up someday
Sun sinks out of view
Stars they shine changing hue
But bright lights have blinded your sights
They cant adjust when day turns to night
And so you watched me wash away
But maybe well catch up someday
The castles we built were so tall
They only left us further to fall
And still I see them far away
But maybe we'll come back someday
Maybe we'll come back someday
Float down stream, rivers of dreams
Float down stream, catch your wings
The castles we built were so tall
They only left us further to fall
And still I see them far away
Maybe well come back someday
The castles we built were so tall
They only left us further to fall
And still I see them far away
As I watch them wash away
Wash away...
Wash away...
Wash away...
心中的Matt Costa
Matt Costa有一副天生的好嗓子，
清冽明亮，他的歌聲陽光明媚，
沒有任何陰鬱與頹廢，即便是看起來冷冷的歌，
在有如寒風一般的吉他聲刮過之後，
留在在你耳邊的還是暖暖的陽光。
Matt Costa很善於在配器和演唱的細節處營造一些小趣味，
小小的精緻的幽默感讓你在燥熱的夏天聽著也會泛起一絲微笑。
