美国偶像 Live Like We're Dying - Kris Allen

Sometimes we fall down and can't get back up

We're hiding behind skin that's too tough

How come we don't say "I love you" enough

Till it's to late, it's not too late

Our hearts are hungry for a food that won't come

And we could make a feast¹ from these crumbs²

And we're all staring down the barrel³ of a gun

So if your life flashed before you

What would you wish you would've done

Yeah... gotta start

Looking at the hand of the time we've been given here

This is all we got and we gotta start pickin' it

Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'

Gotta live like we're dying⁴

We only got

86 400 seconds in a day to

Turn it all around or throw it all away

We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em

While we got the chance to say

Gotta live like we're dying

And if your plane fell out of the skies

Who would you call with your last goodbye?

Should be so careful who we live out our lives

So when we long for absolution

There'll no one on the line

Yeah... gotta start

Lookin' at the hand of the time we've been given here

This is all we got and we gotta start pickin' it

Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'

Gotta live like we're dying

We only got

86 400 seconds in a day to

Turn it all around or throw it all away

We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em

While we got the chance to say

Gotta live like we're dying

Like we're dying oh-- like we're dying

Like we're dying oh-- like we're dying

We only got

86 400 seconds in a day to

turn it all around or throw it all away

we gotta tell 'em that we love 'em

while we got the chance to say

gotta live -- like we're dying

You never know a good thing till it's gone

You never see a crash until it's head on

Everything go right when we're dead wrong

You never know a good thing till it's gone

Yeah... gotta start

Lookin' at the hand of the time we've been given here

This is all we got and we gotta start pickin' it

Every second counts on a clock that's tickin'

Gotta live like we're dying

We only got

86 400 seconds in a day to

Turn it all around or throw it all away

We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em

While we got the chance to say

Gotta live like we're dying

Like we're dying oh -- like we're dying

Like we're dying oh -- like we're dying

We only got

86 400 seconds in a day to

Turn it all around or throw it all away

We gotta tell 'em that we love 'em

While we got the chance to say

Gotta live like we're dying

1 feast   

n.盛宴，筵席，节日

参考例句：

• After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.大吃了一顿之后，她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。
• You shouldn't have troubled yourself to prepare such a feast!你不该准备这样丰盛的饭菜，这样太麻烦你了！

2 crumbs   

int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式

参考例句：

• She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
• Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊，天哪！都这会儿啦？

3 barrel   

n.圆桶；一桶的量；枪管；vt.把...装桶

参考例句：

• I drew off three pints of beer from the barrel.我从酒桶里抽出三品脱啤酒。
• The man rolled the barrel into the yard.那个人把圆桶滚进院子。

4 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。