夕阳无限，蓝调正当时：The Closest Thing To Crazy

Katie Melua，英国的蓝调女王，这首The Closest Thing To Crazy是她的首只出道单曲，纤柔浪漫的曲调，配上Katie流畅柔美的声线，就像一部爱情电影的最后，夕阳下慢慢响起的片尾曲，安静而美好。

Artist：Katie Melua
Song：The Closest Thing To Crazy

how can i think i'm standing¹ strong,
yet feel the air beneath my feet?
how can happiness feel so wrong?
how can misery² feel so sweet?

how can you let me watch you sleep,
then break my dreams the way you do?
how can i have got in so deep?
why did i fall in love with you?

chorus:
this is the closest thing to crazy i have ever been
feeling twenty-two, acting³ seventeen,
this is the nearest thing to crazy i have ever known,
i was never crazy on my own.
and now i know that there's a link between the two,
being close to craziness and being close to you.

how can you make me fall apart
then break my fall with loving lies?
it's so easy to break a heart;
it's so easy to close your eyes.
how can you treat me like a child
yet like a child i yearn⁴ for you?
how can anyone feel so wild?
how can anyone feel so blue?

chorus
this is the closest thing to crazy i have ever been
feeling twenty-two, acting seventeen,
this is the nearest thing to crazy i have ever known,
i was never crazy on my own.
and now i know that there's a link between the two,
being close to craziness and being close to you.
...and being close to you, and being close to you.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

3 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

4 yearn   

v.想念；怀念；渴望

参考例句：

• We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。