听歌学英语：Quarter Past Midnight-Bastille

It's a quarter past midnight

时钟敲过零点分针指向一刻

As we cut through the city

当我们穿越这座城市

Yeah, yeah, yeah, the streets are getting restless¹

大街小巷开始躁动起来

Good times bad decisions

大好时光正适合做些错误决定

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a quarter past midnight

时钟敲过零点分针指向一刻

And the sirens² are mending some hearts

而赛壬的歌声治愈着那些心灵

But we're the losers on the back seats

我们就是一帮挤在汽车后座的小混混

Singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart"

一面高歌着“爱情终将把你我分离”

It's a quarter past midnight

时钟敲过零点分针指向一刻

Still avoiding tomorrow

依然抵触回避着明天的降临

It's a quarter past midnight

时钟敲过零点分针指向一刻

But we're just getting going

但我们正要出发

We keep on running

我们继续前行

Running through a red light

闯过红灯的路口

Like we're trying to burn the night away

仿佛我们要将这夜晚燃烧殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

This is my favorite part oh

这是我最为珍视的一段记忆

Help me piece it all together darling

请帮我将它拼凑完整亲爱的

Before it falls apart oh

在它化为齑粉之前

Help me piece it all together

帮我把它拼凑起来吧

It's a quarter past midnight

时钟敲过零点分针指向一刻

And the speakers are blowing

扬声器在震荡着耳膜

Yeah, yeah, We want the bodies on the billboards³

我们要放的是B榜上的热门曲

Not the lives underneath⁴ them

才不要那些上不了榜的东西

Yeah, yeah, yeah, and now we're crawling⁵ up the walls again

而现在我们再次攀上了高墙

And its a quarter past the world

世界已经褪去了一刻夜色

And you said we'd leave this place in dust

而你说我们该与此地作别了

And fall from heaven straight through hell⁶

于是就从天堂一瞬堕入地狱

We never know what we have

我们从来不知道自己拥有些什么

We never knew what we had

我们也从来都不明白失去了什么

We keep on running

我们继续前行

Running through a red light

闯过红灯的路口

Like we're trying to burn the night away

仿佛我们要将这夜晚燃烧殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Why are we always chasing⁷ after something

为什么我们一直都在追逐着某些东西

Why are we always chasing after something

为什么我们一直都在追逐着某些东西

Like we trying to throw our lives away?

就好像要将一生都浪费于此？

Like we trying to throw our lives away?

就好像要将一生都浪费于此？

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

This is my favorite part oh

这是我最为珍视的一段记忆

Help me piece it all together darling

请帮我将它拼凑完整亲爱的

Before it falls apart oh

在它化为齑粉之前

Help me piece it all together

帮我把它拼凑起来吧

(I can't remember, I can't remember

（我已无法记起我已无法记起

I can't remember, I can't remember)

我已无法记起我已无法记起）

It's a quarter past midnight

时钟敲过零点分针指向一刻

And the secrets are flowing

秘密开始悄然涌动

Our lips are getting looser

我们不再守口如瓶

I don't know what I'm saying

我也不知道自己在说什么

We never knew what we had

我们从来都不明白自己失去了什么

I never know what I've had

我从来都不知道自己曾拥有过什么

We keep on running

我们继续前行

Running through a red light

闯过红灯的路口

Like we're trying to burn the night away

仿佛我们要将这夜晚燃烧殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Why are we always chasing after something

为什么我们一直都在追逐着某些东西

Like we trying to throw our lives away?

就好像要将一生都浪费于此？

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

Away-way, oh, away-way, oh

殆尽喔殆尽

This is my favorite part so

这是我最为珍视的一段记忆

Help me piece it all together darling

所以请帮我将它拼凑完整亲爱的

Before it falls apart

在它彻底消散之前

Help me piece it all together

帮我把它拼凑起来吧


We keep on running

我们继续前行

Keep on继续雇用； 继续前进； 继续穿着； 重复

例句：

A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell, Baseball Player

靠过去完成的无法让人保有成功，必须在路上持续交出成绩。

They keep on muddying the waters by raising other political issues.

他们不停地提出其他政治问题，力图把水搅浑。

Ray will earn his keep on local farms while studying.

雷求学期间会在当地的农场干活赚取生活费。

Running through a red light

闯过红灯的路口

Like we're trying to burn the night away

仿佛我们要将这夜晚燃烧殆尽

Burn away v.继续燃烧，烧掉；

例句：

Level 1 - The Anti - Mage's attacks burn away 16 mana per hit.

一级-每次攻击消去目标16点的魔法.

Level 4 - The Anti - Mage's attacks burn away 64 mana per hit.

四级-每次攻击消去目标64点的魔法.

Level 2 - The Anti - Mage's attacks burn away 32 mana per hit.

二级-每次攻击消去目标32点的魔法.


Before it falls apart oh

在它化为齑粉之前

Fall apart散开，崩溃，破碎； 圮； 散架；

例句：

Sometimes things have to fall apart to make way for better things.

有时候要到达谷底，才会慢慢变好。

I'm trying to be more centred, and not fall apart when I go through difficult things.

在我经历艰难困苦之时，我努力让自己保持镇定自若，不要崩溃。

Many of these guys fall apart when they retire.

这些人有许多一退休身体就垮了.

1 restless   

adj.焦躁不安的；静不下来的，运动不止的

参考例句：

• He looks like a restless man.他看上去坐立不安。
• He has been very restless all day and he awoke nearly all last night.他一整天都心神不定，昨夜几乎一整夜没有合眼。

2 sirens   

n.汽笛( siren的名词复数 )；妖冶而危险的女人；危险的诱惑；塞壬（古希腊传说中半人半鸟的女海妖，惯以美妙的歌声引诱水手，使他们的船只或触礁或驶入危险水域）

参考例句：

• police cars with lights flashing and sirens blaring 警灯闪烁、警笛刺耳的警车
• In big cities you always hear sirens all the time. 在大城市里，你总能听到警笛声。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 billboards   

n.广告牌( billboard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Large billboards have disfigured the scenery. 大型告示板已破坏了景色。 来自辞典例句
• Then, put the logo in magazines and on billboards without telling anyone what it means. 接着我们把这个商标刊在杂志和广告看板上，却不跟任何人透漏它的涵意。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年4月号

4 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

5 crawling   

n.表面涂布不均v.爬( crawl的现在分词 )；（昆虫）爬行；缓慢行进；巴结

参考例句：

• You should be ashamed of yourself, crawling to the director like that. 你那样巴结董事，应该感到羞耻。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Stubborn, self-confident Guo Zhenshan has never gone crawling to anyone. 坚强、自信、有气魄的郭振山，实在说，永远也不会向人低三下四啊！ 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

6 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

7 chasing   

n.雕镂术，雕刻工作；车螺丝；抛光；螺旋板

参考例句：

• My dog likes chasing rabbits. 我的狗喜欢追捕兔子。
• The children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows. 孩子们追逐着彼此的影子，玩得很开心。