Dear Kevin Richardson,
First of all, we should say thank you to all of you, Backstreet Boys! It is you who make us fall in love with you. It is you who take us from darkness to light. It is you who dominate our emotion – we’re your 100%, loyal fans.
Kevin, there's something I should tell you - we all respect your decition. We don’t want your exhausted smiles – which hurt us the most.
But you do belong to BSB, don’t you?
We’re your firm fans, we swear we’ll persevere in supporting BSB forever! What kind of magical force can lead us to fall in love with you? That is your team spirit. While you can keep going for 13 years, standing at the top on entertainment, we’ve seen so many teams started much later than you but fallen apart. It made us firmly believe that you’re an exception. It made us believe in miracle! We couldn’t help following you, loving you. Whereas, it’s nobody but you, who stop the miracle.
You’re the author of “Never Gone” - which is regarded as a promise that you’ll be together ever after, in all your fans’ eyes. Why is it just like the lyrics of “10,000 Promises”: “ what a lie, all a lie…”! So, where’re your oaths, “ I’ll never break your heart”, “ I won’t say the words then take them back”?!
We can’t blame you for quitting the group, but we can’t forgive you, either! You not only broke the myth of BSB, but our hearts as well! Maybe after some time when we’re calmer, we would forgive you – that’s the time we don’t love you any more, that’s the time we don’t trust the group any more, that’s the time after eternity!
Because, you’re Kevin, a part of Backstreet, and we’re the fans, the loyal ones – we love you forevermore! If we could even let go of this endless love, we wouldn’t be so disappointed and, painful…
As you know, without you, Backstreet is not the real Backstreet. And without Backstreet, you’re also not the real Kevin. So, please…
Listen to your heart, instead of your head. We do know you need a rest, a year, two years… maybe ten years – it doesn’t matter at all, we can wait! We just couldn’t accept your “leaving”!
So please, think of the group, think of the other four boys, even think of your fans…give us a chance to prove how much we love you, and of course, you need the band…
Just LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, INSTEAD OF YOUR HEAD, and give everybody a chance…
Whatever happens, I’ll always believe in my faith and my idols, no matter they’re the ones I ever loved or I’m caring now. Because the people called “idols” are trying their best for their fans. They don’t even care any difficulties and never give up. Also because of the support of their fans, they can keep working, getting rid of all the suffering. As a supporter, I won’t give my idols up as long as they have ever made me happy, sent me the courage and brought me the wonderful time!
Back,KEVIN
尊敬的Kevin Richardson
首先，毫无疑问地，我们必须向你们致以最真诚的谢意，后街男孩。是你们，让我们这样不可自拔地爱上后街；是你们，一次又一次地带领我们的心灵从黑夜走向光明；是你们，主宰了我们一颗颗心跳动的频率——我们就是，忠实100%的厚铁。
Kevin，有些事我想我必须告诉你——我们完全尊重你的决定。我们心疼你为歌迷一直保持着的完美微笑下面那颗疲惫无比的心。但是你要记住，你只是累了而已，而你的厚铁们，则是心痛！
但是你是属于后街的，不是吗？！
我们是你最最坚实的粉丝，厚铁发誓会永远支持着后街。就算全世界都放弃了你们，我们也不会，因为我们是，厚铁…
是什么样的力量带领着我们，从那么多的欧美组合中选中你们，又发誓永远地支持你们呢，后街男孩？那就是你们的team spirit：看着那么多比你们晚成立的组合早早解散了，而你们却依然屹立于乐坛颠峰13年之久…这让我们相信你们是个例外；这让我们相信这世上真有神话的存在；这让我们不由自主地追随你们的脚步，无可自拔地爱上你们！而如今，nobody but you，是你，Kevin，是你亲手毁灭了这个神话！
《Never Gone》，你写的曲子。我们一直坚信着这支曲子，是你代表后街五个人对我们厚铁的承诺——一个你们会永远在一起的承诺！可是恍然间，它已经变得像《10，000 Promises》的歌词一样伤感了：“what a lie, all a lie!...”（本段改自CC的《致Kevin，<Never Gone>的作者never gone》）那么，你的誓言又在哪里：“I’ll never break your heart”，“I won’t say the words then take them back”？！
我们知道，我们不可以对你离队的行为横加指责，但是说我们会原谅你，那也是骗人的！你不仅覆灭了后街的神话，还打碎了我们的心。说不定过一段时间，当我们冷静下来，我们会原谅你——那是我们将不再爱你的时候；那是我们将不再相信后街的时候；那是永远之后的某个时候！
因为，你是Kevin，后街不可或缺的一部分。而我们是厚铁，后街最最忠实的拥护者——我们永远爱你！假使我们能够松开这样无尽的爱，我们不会如此地失望和痛苦…
正如你我所知，没有Kevin的后街，不能算后街；没有后街的Kevin，更加不再是Kevin。（本段摘自漠然逝的《NOBODY BUT YOU》）
所以，厚铁们郑重地请你……
听一听心里的声音，给它一个机会，跟随着它，做你真正想做的事情。
对于我的信仰，我的偶像，无论如何，我会相信他们。无论是曾经喜欢的，还是正在喜欢的。因为这些被叫作“偶像”的人，他们都在为了那些喜欢着自己的人，而一直继续咬牙努力着从来没有放弃过。只有我们的喜欢，才能带给他们用来抗衡痛恨的力量。如果他们曾经给我带来过快乐，带来过勇气，带来过生命里美好的时光，那么我就不会轻易地放弃他们。（本段选自小四《岛7》）
你需要休息，我们能够理解。一年、两年……甚至十年，没有关系，我们可以等！我们只是无法接受你的离去！
所以，厚铁们请你——为组合想一想，为其他的四个男孩想一想，甚至为你的厚铁们想一想，然后给我们一个机会，来证明我们对后街的爱。当然，也给你自己一个机会，来证明你需要这个乐队！
听一听心里的声音，给它一个机会，跟随着它，做你真正想做的事情……
回来吧，Kevin！
Faithfully,
AJocelyn
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