2008年的夏天，OneRepublic的主唱Ryan Tedder因为跟腱手术正在洛杉矶的家中休养，他的好友兼音乐制作人Evan Kidd Bogart前去探望。Tedder告诉Bogart，他希望能和Bogart共同创作一首歌曲。考虑到Tedder正在养伤，开始Bogart并不同意。但在Tedder的坚持下，两个人还是走进了Tedder的录音室。在创作过程中，Bogart说他很想为Beyoncé和她的丈夫Jay-Z写一首歌曲，歌曲的灵感来自于美国创作型歌手Ray LaMontagne的歌曲Shelter。在Tedder弹出“天使”般的和弦之后，两人在三小时之内一挥而就，创作出了后来在各大排行榜势不可挡的歌曲《光环》(Halo)。这首为Beyoncé量身定做的歌曲也成为其日后的代表作之一。
Halo以Beyoncé和Jay-Z的情感关系为背景，以一个女性的视角，讲述了对爱情从抗拒到接纳，并在爱中得到滋养和成长的历程。从歌曲的第一句“remember those walls I built”可以看出，歌者一开始心门紧闭。然而，当男主角出现，她所有的心理防线和预设规则瞬时土崩瓦解，甚至没有put up a fight，也没有make a sound。面对扑面而来的情感洪流，歌者感受到的不仅仅是情投意合的愉悦，更是久睡的灵魂被唤醒，枯萎的生命中迎来了天使，无边黑暗中照进温暖的光芒。
这就是romance，这就是intimacy。美好的爱情会让你放下规则，打破藩篱，获得救赎，充满力量。即使对未来有所疑惑也会奋不顾身，即使在无人处也不会感到孤独，于阴霾中也能感到光明的方向。然而，世间的爱不仅仅是男女之间的情愫，爱情只是爱的一种。世间的爱推动人类的进步，促进社会的包容，让我们的人生更加美好。爱是我们变得伟大的基石和原因。
我们试图通过卑微之力尽可能让读者看到世界的万千之美，同时我们也在读者的支持和爱护下感受到了爱的光环和不断进步的动力。我们以这首《光环》感谢各位读者十多年的厚爱与陪伴，并祝愿各位读者无论何时都有爱眷顾，敢于去爱。
Halo
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Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they’re tumbling down
And they didn’t even put up a fight
They didn’t even make up a sound
I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
It’s like I’ve been awakened
Every rule I had you breaking
It’s the risk that I’m taking
I ain’t never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace
You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away
★ I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo ★
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You’re the only one that I want
Think I’m addicted to your light
I swore I’d never fall again
But this don’t even feel like falling
Gravity can’t forget
To pull me back to the ground again
Feels like I’ve been awakened
Every rule I had you breaking
The risk that I’m taking
I’m never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace
You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away
(Refrain ★)
(Refrain ★)
Halo, halo
Everywhere I’m looking now
I’m surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you’re my saving grace
You’re everything I need and more
It’s written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won’t fade away
(Refrain ★)
(Refrain ★)
