英文乡村歌曲：Passenger - A Thousand Matches

Lying on the mattress¹
Cause my friend's crazy sister took my bed away
Sleeping, she looked like an actress²,
A theory³ I didn't practice,
I said "There's got to be a better way"
She said: "You light a thousand matches
When you finally set fire when you run away
So why'd you go and do it
When you knew that you would go and I would stay"

I hit the wall in frustration⁴,
The conversation had been circling for days
She said: "Don't take it out on him,
For the wall has always been
Supportive in the best of ways"

We're laughing and crying like mad men dying⁵ in the snow
For just one second it was funny that
She would have to stay and I would go

She said "I love you know I love you so,
When you love someone
Well you've got to let them know."
And I said: "Nothing's changed I love you the same,
but when you love someone sometimes
you gotta let them go."

She handed me a stone in the perfect shape of a heart
She said: "I'm gonna take this home
For I know you'll only lose it somewhere after dark
'Cause some faces so terribly seem to lose everything you own."
She didn't mean it how it sounded,
What she meant was she would stay and I would go

And I said: "I love you know I love you so,
When you love someone
Well you've got to let them know"
She said: "Nothing's changed I love you the same,
But when you love someone sometimes
You gotta let them go"

Sometimes you tear it all apart,
To see the wood from the trees
Sometimes you break your own heart
To set yourself free

I walked her to the station,
Hesitation in our movements and our tongue
Words finally left after realizing
How uncomfortable they've grown
What you want and what you need,
Well they seldomly succeed to grow
We reluctantly agreed that
When you love someone,
You've got to let them go

1 mattress   

n.床垫，床褥

参考例句：

• The straw mattress needs to be aired.草垫子该晾一晾了。
• The new mattress I bought sags in the middle.我买的新床垫中间陷了下去。

2 actress   

n.女演员

参考例句：

• She began as an actress.她开始先当演员。
• Who is your favorite actress?你最喜欢的女演员是谁？

3 theory   

n.理论，原则，看法，推测

参考例句：

• He needs to fine down his theory a bit.他需要使他的理论更完善一些。
• He hasn't a leg to stand for this theory of his.他的这种理论是站不住脚的。

4 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

5 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。