Damien Rice 来自爱尔兰，出生于七十年代早期，绘画与写歌是他青年时期的兴趣，也因此让他有了组团的念头，在"O"的专辑内页有些插画便是 Damien Rice 自己的作品。在 1997 年他组了一个名为 Juniper 的团，前后发行了三张 EP，"The World Is Dead" 和 "Weathermen" 这两首单曲也成为电台热门歌曲，但因为合约问题无法录制完整的专辑，于是在 99 年 Damien Rice 离开乐团前往 Tuscany，并从此在欧洲流浪了一年，之后又回到了都柏林，想办法筹钱录了一张 Demo，寄给了制作人兼电影配乐家的 David Arnold。
歌词：
Song：The Animals Were Gone
Artist：Damien Rice
Woke up and for the first time
the animals were gone
It's left this house empty now
not sure if I belong
Yesterday you asked me
to write you a pleasant song
I'll do my best now
but you've been gone for so long
The window's open now
and the winter settles in
We'll call it Christmas
when the adverts begin
I love your depression
and I love your double chin
I love 'most everything
that you bring to this offering
Oh I know that I left you
in places of despair
Oh I know that I love you
so please throw down your hair
At night I trip without you
and hope I don't wake up
'Cause waking up without you
is like drinking from an empty cup
Woke up and for the first time
the animals were gone
Our clocks are ticking now
so before our time is gone
We could get a house
and some boxes on the lawn
We could make babies
and accidental songs
I know I've been a liar
and I know I've been a fool
I hope we didn't break yet
but I'm glad we broke the rules
My cave is deep now
yet your light is shining through
I cover my eyes' still all I see is you
Oh I know that I left you
in places of despair
Oh I know that I love you
so please throw down your hair
At night I trip without you
and hope I don't wake up
'Cause waking up without you is
like drinking from an empty cup |