听歌学英语:西域男孩 - 如果放手 If I Let You Go

来自西域男孩的一首《如果放手》(If I Let You Go)。歌词中有两句话让人印象特别深刻：I'm too shy to ask；I'm too proud to lose太害羞所以开不了口挽留，太自负所以输不起。因为某种缘由不得不分开，时间冲不淡思念，想挽留却又开不了口，剪不断理还乱；想快刀斩乱麻当断则断又害怕彻底失去后懊悔生命会因此而有所缺失。


Shane:Day after day
日复一日
Time passed away
时间流逝
And I just can't get you off my mind
依然无法忘记你
Nobody knows
没人知道
I hide it inside
我隐藏在心

I keep on searching
我一直在寻找
but I can't find
却无从找寻

Mark:The courage to show
需要勇气
to let you know
让你知道
I've never felt
我从未感受到
so much love before
日此深刻的爱情
All(Shane lead): And once again
再一次
I'm thinking about taking the easy way out
我想快刀暂乱麻

All: But if I let you go
若我让你走
I will never know
我永远也无法知晓
What my life would be holding you close to me
紧拥你的生活会是怎样
Will I ever see you smiling back at me
我会看到你对我回眸的笑吗？
(Shane: oh yeah)
How will I know
我怎么会知道？
Shane: if I let you go
如若放你走？

Bryan:Night after night
夜复一夜
I hear myself say
我听见自己的声音
Why can't this feeling
为什么这种感觉
just fade¹ away
就是挥之不去？
There's no one like you
没有人如你
(no one like you)
You speak to my heart
能懂得我的心。
(speak to my heart)
It's such a shame
太可惜
we're worlds apart
我们是不同世界的人/我们中间隔着两个世界
Shane:I'm too shy to ask
太害羞所以开不了口请求
I'm too proud to lose
太自负所以输不起
But sooner or later
但是迟早
I gotta choose
我得做出选择
And once again
再一次
I'm thinking about
我想
Taking the easy way out
走捷径解脱

All: But if I let you go
若我让你走
I will never know
我永远也无法知晓
What my life would be holding you close to me
紧拥你的生活会是怎样
Will I ever see you smiling back at me
我会看到你对我回眸的笑吗？
(Shane: oh yeah)
How will I know
我怎么会知道？
Shane: if I let you go
如若放你走？

Shane:If I let you go
如若放你走
ooooh baby
哦，宝贝
Bryan:Once again
再一次地
I'm thinking about
我想
Taking the easy way out
用最轻松的方法解脱

All: But if I let you go
若我让你走
I will never know
我永远也无法知晓
What my life would be holding you close to me
紧拥你的生活会是怎样
Will I ever see you smiling back at me
我会看到你对我回眸的笑吗？
(Shane: oh yeah)
How will I know
我怎么会知道？
Shane: if I let you go
如若放你走？
But if I let you go
如果放你走
I will never know
我怎么能知晓
(Mark: oh baby)

Will I ever see
会看到
you smiling back at me
你对我回眸的笑吗？
(Shane: oh yeah)
How will I know
我怎么能知道？

歌词解析:

西域的歌，男生女生都可以学唱。简单的歌词简单的旋律简单的道理，易懂易上口。好了，一起来看看歌词吧：

1. Day after day，time passed away日复一日,时间流逝
Day after day一天又一天；日复一日
Day after day she waited for his call.她日复一日地等待着他的电话。
They idle² away their time day after day他们日复一日地虚度着光阴。
I'm so tired of doing the same job day after day.我厌烦了日复一日地做同样的工作。
pass away:逝世;消失
I'm sorry to hear that your father passed away last night.听到令尊昨晚去世的消息我感到很难过。
Magazine reading helps pass away the time.看杂志能消磨时光。
The cold weather will pass away within a few days.寒冷的天气在近几天之内就会过去。（That's not possible. It'll get colder and colder I guess.）

2.And I just can't get you off my mind我就是无法将你忘记
get off:下车；脱下；放开
Excuse me, I have to get off at the next stop.劳驾，我必须在下一站下车。
歌词中的get you off:off本身的意思是‘掉；落；脱离’get you off,就是‘摆脱/忘记你’的意思
口语中有‘Get off me!’,一般在很生气，如果当时有人正拉着你，你就可以大喊：Get off me, you bastard³!
还有一个高频口语：‘一吐为快’get it off your chest⁴,chest胸腔；这句话的意思是‘把它从你胸腔里释放出来吧——一吐为快’
If something's bothering you, get it off your chest . 假如你有什么不痛快的事，把它宣泄出来吧。
If you have a problem, get it off your chest by talking to your best friend about it. 要是你有困难，找个知心朋友倾吐下。

3.And once again，I'm thinking about taking the easy way out再一次我想走捷径解脱自己\我想快刀斩乱麻
the easy way：简单的方法；捷径
The easy way is always mined .好走的路总是有地雷。（mine埋设地雷）
It is not an easy way, but it is the only way.这条路不好走，但这是唯一的出路。

4.It's such a shame, we're worlds apart太可惜,我们生活在两个世界的人
shame:n憾事;羞愧
I failed this exam again. It's such a shame. 我考试又不及格。真是丢人。
what a shame:多可惜啊！好遗憾啊！
What a shame that you're leaving a good workplace⁵. 多可惜啊，这工作不错啊，辞了干嘛？
You left that beautiful girlfriend of yours? What a shame .你跟你那漂亮的马子分开啦？好可惜。
apart:adv,相隔；相距
Their houses are two miles apart.他们的房子相距两英里。
Though we are far apart, you are always in my heart!即使我们相距很远，你永远在我的心里！

5.But sooner or later I gotta choose但是迟早，我得做出选择
sooner or later：迟早
If you go on working like this , you will break down sooner or later.如果你这样工作下去，迟早会垮的。
Sooner or later, they will find out the truth.他们迟早会发现真相的。
I'll catch up with you sooner or later.我迟早会赶上你的。

1 fade   

vi.凋谢，褪色；（声音等）变弱；（光纤等）变暗；vt.使褪色n.淡入，淡出；adj.乏味的，平淡的

参考例句：

• Will the colour in this material fade?这种料子褪色吗？
• Flowers of true friendship never fade.友谊之花永不凋谢。

2 idle   

adj.空闲的，闲置的；无用的；懒散的；v.空费

参考例句：

• Mike doesn't study at all.Instead,he sits idle all day.迈克根本不肯读书，相反地，他终日游手好闲。
• How much trouble in this life is caused by idle talk!生活中有多少麻烦不都是由闲谈引起的么！

3 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

4 chest   

n.胸，大箱子，金库，资金，一箱，密封室，衣橱

参考例句：

• The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
• Mother has a pain in her chest.母亲胸口疼.。

5 workplace   

n.工作面(工作位置，车间，工厂)

参考例句：

• A workplace where ships are built or repaired.制造和修理船的工厂。
• Training can make people get along in the workplace.培训能让人们在工作场所和睦相处。