no boundaries

第八季《美國偶像》的決賽在賽前大熱Adam Lambert和黑馬Kris Allen中展開。決賽共分三輪，第一輪是選手自選之前表演過的歌曲進行重新演繹，第二輪是由製作人Simon Fuller選擇歌曲，第三輪是演唱本季比賽冠軍單曲《No Boundaries》。

Kris Allen和Adam Lambert狀態神勇，前兩輪均表現良好，評委Simon判定前兩輪兩人各下一城。但在第三輪的比賽中，冠軍單曲的曲風及特點似乎並不適合兩名選手，兩名選手均表現欠佳。而Adam Lambert這首歌的錄音棚版本演繹的卻甚是精彩，讓人不得不懷疑Adam Lambert決賽當晚的表現受制於他之前只有兩個小時的短暫睡眠休息——此前因為不停的接受各路媒體的採訪以及其他的準備工作導致Adam Lambert決賽前夜幾乎沒有睡覺。賽后的許多評論人紛紛質疑這首冠軍單曲。同時，賽后，各大網站紛紛預測冠軍，其中絕大多數預測Adam Lambert將獲得本季冠軍。

在第二天的結果秀中，Kris和Keith Urban合唱了《Kiss a Girl》，表現流暢自然，兩人配合極其完美。Adam則與KISS樂隊合唱了KISS的組曲，從開始Adam獨唱的《Beth》到後面具有強烈搖滾風格的幾首歌，無不顯示了Adam的王者氣概，將場內外的氣氛帶到最高潮。

隨後主持人Ryan宣布結果，在近一億張投票后，獲得第八季《美國偶像》冠軍的是Kris Allen！黑馬一黑到底，完成了從路人到冠軍的夢。大熱的Adam Lambert屈居亞軍。這個結果讓許多的主流媒體和音樂人感到吃驚。當場就有觀眾以退場表示抗議，有一位女士喃喃自語：“我本來以為這是一場唱歌比賽。”“毒舌評委”Simon Cowell則以拒絕起立鼓掌的方式對比賽結果表示不滿。

No boundaries是一首很勵志的歌，給人向上的力量。

Adam Lambert的演唱較為激昂，以鋼琴為前奏，嗓音較為高亢華麗。而Kris Allen的聲音比較沙啞，以吉他的掃弦開頭，雖然這首歌的key對他來說高了一點，但可以說兩者各有閃光點有其閃光處。在歌曲的高潮部分兩人均使用了電吉他。Kris在決賽現場當場忘詞，而且Adam的調也比Kris的高了一些，相比之下略有劣勢。而Adam對這首歌的出色的改編和演繹博得了原創者Kara如下的評價：“我感謝你在最後一刻給我帶來如此美好的享受。”

賽果出來之後，《今日美國》做出了如下的評價：“Kris Allen的奪冠只是兩次證明了他無法駕馭這首歌。”

Adam和Kris二人都出了EP，Kris的版本在市場上沒有博得大眾的喜歡，大量的媒體都在批評這首歌如何的不是。相反，Adam的EP收到Billboard的正面評價：There's a slight hitch in his voice, but Lambert gets more comfortable as the rock-of-the-'80s orchestration builds to mind-boggling crescendos. Throwing caution to the wind, and maybe even leaving his cake out in the rain, Lambert shows on this towering if inelegant power ballad he can 'weather the hurricane.

英文歌詞

Seconds,hours,so many days

You know what you want but how long can you wait

Every moment lasts forever

When you feel you‘ve lost your way

What if my chances were already gone

I started believing that I could be wrong

But you gave me one good reason

To fight and never walk away

So here I am still holding on!

With every step you climb another mountain

Every breath, is harder to believe

You make it through the pain

Weather the hurricanes

To get to that one thing

Just when you think the road is going nowhere

Just when you almost gave up on your dreams

They take you by the hand

And show you that you can

There are no boundaries

There are no boundaries

I fought to the limit to stand on the edge

What if today is as good as it gets

Don't know where the future's heading

But nothing's gonna bring me down

I've jumped every bridge

And I've run every line

I've risked being saved

But I always knew why

I always knew why

So here I am still holding on!

With every step you climb another mountain

Every breath is harder to believe

You make it through the pain

Weather the hurricanes

To get to that one thing

Just when you think the road is going nowhere

Just when you almost gave up on your dreams

They take you by the hand

And show you that you can

You can go higher

You can go deeper

There are noboundaries

Above and beneath you

Break every rule

Cause there's nothing between you and your dreams

With every step you climb another mountain

Every breath is harder to believe

Yeah....

There are no boundaries

There are no boundaries

With every step you climb another mountain

Every breath is harder to believe

You make it through the pain

Weather the hurricanes

There are no boundaries

There are no boundaries

There are no boundaries

中文歌詞

分分秒秒，日復一日

你知道自己的目標，可你還能守候多久

每一刻都漫長到沒有盡頭

當你感到已經迷失方向

萬一我已無獲勝的機會，我該怎樣

我開始懷疑自己可能走錯了方向

可你給了我一個充足的理由

去奮力拚搏，決不退縮

所以我仍在這裡苦苦堅持

你一步一步艱難地越過又一座高山

每口呼吸都足以令你窒息

你一定能挺過所有痛苦的煎熬

經受住暴風雨的洗禮

去領取那無上的榮耀

就在你覺得前方無路可走的時候

就在你覺得夢想行將破滅的時候

他們卻將你手握緊

告訴你要相信自己

你的潛力無限

你的潛力無限

我拼盡全力才站在懸崖邊上

如果今天是最後的機會

真不知我的未來該通往何方

可什麼也別想將我阻擋

我跨越過每一道障礙

我突破過每一道封鎖

我拿自己的生命冒險

始終明白其義何在

始終明白其義何在

所以我仍在這裡苦苦堅持

你一步一步艱難地越過又一座高山

每口呼吸都足以令你窒息

你定能挺過所有痛苦的煎熬

經受住暴風雨的洗禮

去領取那無上的榮耀

就在你覺得前方無路可走的時候

就在你覺得夢想行將破滅的時候

他們卻將你手握緊

告訴你要相信自己

你可以飛得更高

你可以潛得更深

無論天上還是地下

都任由你自由馳騁

衝破每一條束縛

因為再沒有什麼能阻擋你去實現自己的夢想

你一步一步艱難地越過又一座高山

每口呼吸都足以令你窒息

你的潛力無限

你的潛力無限

你一步一步艱難地越過又一座高山

每口呼吸都足以令你窒息

你定能挺過所有痛苦的煎熬

經受住暴風雨的洗禮

你的潛力無限

你的潛力無限

你的潛力無限

中英文歌詞（Adam Lambert EP版本）

Seconds,hours,so many days/分分秒秒，日復一日

You know what you want but how long can you wait/你知道自己的目標，可你還能守候多久

Every moment lasts forever/每一刻都漫長到沒有盡頭

When you feel you've lost your way/當你感到已經迷失方向

What if my chances were already gone/萬一我已無獲勝的機會，我該怎樣

I started believing that I could be wrong/我開始懷疑自己可能走錯了方向

But you gave me one good reason/可你給了我一個充足的理由

To fight and never walk away/去奮力拚搏，決不退縮

So here I am still holding on!/所以我仍在這裡苦苦堅持

With every step you climb another mountain/你一步一步艱難地越過又一座高山

Every breath, is harder to believe/每口呼吸都更加難以繼續

You make it through the pain/你一定能挺過所有痛苦的煎熬

Weather the hurricanes/經受住暴風雨的洗禮

To get to that one thing/去領取那無上的榮耀

Just when you think the road is going nowhere/就在你覺得前方無路可走的時候

Just when you almost gave up on your dreams/就在你覺得夢想行將破滅的時候

They take you by the hand/他們卻將你手握緊

And show you that you can/告訴自己你可以

There are no boundaries/你可以超越一切

There are no boundaries/你可以超越一切

I fought to the limit to stand on the edge/我拼盡全力才站在懸崖邊上

What if today is as good as it gets/如果今天是最後的機會

Don't know where the future's heading/真不知我的未來該通往何方

But nothing's gonna bring me down/可什麼也別想將我阻擋

I've jumped every bridge/我跨越過每一道障礙

I've run every line/我突破過每一道封鎖

I've risked being saved/我拿自己的生命冒險

I always knew why/我始終明白其義何在

I always knew why/始終明白其義何在

So here I am still holding on!/所以我仍在這裡苦苦堅持

With every step you climb another mountain/你一步一步艱難地越過又一座高山

Every breath is harder to believe/每口呼吸都更加難以繼續

You make it through the pain/你一定能挺過所有痛苦的煎熬

Weather the hurricanes/經受住暴風雨的洗禮

To get to that one thing/去領取那無上的榮耀

Just when you think the road is going nowhere/就在你覺得前方無路可走的時候

Just when you almost gave up on your dreams/就在你覺得夢想行將破滅的時候

They take you by the hand/他們卻將你手握緊

And show you that you can/告訴你要相信自己

You can go higher/你可以飛得更高

You can go deeper/你可以潛得更深

There are noboundaries/無論天上還是地下

Above and beneath you/都任由你自由馳騁

Break every rule/衝破每一條束縛

Coz' there's nothing between you and your dreams/因為再沒有什麼能阻擋你去實現自己的夢想

With every step you climb another mountain/你一步一步艱難地越過又一座高山

Every breath is harder to believe/每口呼吸都令你更加難以堅持

You make it through the pain/你定能挺過所有痛苦的煎熬

Weather or the hurricanes/經受住暴風雨的洗禮

To get to that one thing/去領取那無上的榮耀

Just when you think the road is going nowhere/就在你覺得前方無路可走的時候

Just when you almost gave up everything/就在你就要放棄一切的時候

They take you by the hand/他們卻將你手握緊

And show you that you can/告訴你要相信自己

There are no boundaries/你可以超越一切

There are no boundaries/你可以超越一切

Yeah....

There are no boundaries/你可以超越一切

There are no boundaries/你可以超越一切

Yeah....

There are no boundaries/你可以超越一切