UK单曲榜冠军曲目：Girls Aloud - The Promise

《The Promise》是英国女子团体Girls Aloud 的第九首单曲，这首歌会收录在由Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins, Jason Resch, Kieran Jones, 和Carla Marie为她们全力打造的2008全新专辑《Out of Control》中。

1, 2, 3, 4
Everything he does, better than anything ordinary
Everything he wants he gets, cause everything he does is kinda necessary
I believe in love, tell me can anything last forever
Life can live up to love, Got a hand on my heart I'm never saying never

You're gonna make me, make me love you, nothing at all, nothing that I do
Promise I made, promise I made, started to fade¹, started to fade, fade
You're gonna make me, make me love you, nothing at all, that I cannot do
Promise I made, promise I made, started to fade, started to fade.

Maybe next time I'll take a ride on by, I wanna feel you near
Cause I can't play this like I'm into now, my aladdin's lamp is down, and I gotta fear, oh baby right here

Giving up just looking into windows,
yeah I've had enough of wishing I've found you, baby don't you know
I've had as much I can take of falling, yeah
Got a lot to learn bout² riding through

[Cause]
You're gonna make me, make me love you, nothing at all, nothing that I do
Promise I made, promise I made, started to fade, started to fade, fade
You're gonna make me, make me love you, nothing at all, that I cannot do
Promise I made, promise I made, started to fade, started to fade.

Here I am, walking Primrose³, wondering when I'm gonna see you again
So here I am, walking Primrose, wondering when I'm gonna see you again

I've got my hands all ready to touch your soul,
I'm gonna get the energy to wire me close to you,
got my eyes on the prize I see,
are you watching me baby?

Cause my heart is turning to solid⁴ gold,
and my head is saying honey too good to be true,
oh one look in your glitter⁵ eyes,
how else telling me every time

You're gonna make me, make me love you, nothing at all, nothing that I do
Promise I made, promise I made, started to fade, started to fade, fade
You're gonna make me, make me love you, nothing at all, that I cannot do
Promise I made, promise I made, started to fade, started to fade.

Maybe it's not that hard to know you
Maybe we'll make it up and go
Maybe we'll work things out, there's only one way up and one way down I know
If you wanna convince⁶ me start again,
if you wanna be with me in my arms

You're gonna make me, make me love you, nothing at all, nothing that I do
Promise I made, promise I made, started to fade, started to fade, fade
You're gonna make me, make me love you, nothing at all, that I cannot do
Promise I made, promise I made, started to fade, started to fade. fade

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 bout   

n.侵袭，发作；一次(阵，回)；拳击等比赛

参考例句：

• I was suffering with a bout of nerves.我感到一阵紧张。
• That bout of pneumonia enfeebled her.那次肺炎的发作使她虚弱了。

3 primrose   

n.樱草，最佳部分，

参考例句：

• She is in the primrose of her life.她正处在她一生的最盛期。
• The primrose is set off by its nest of green.一窝绿叶衬托着一朵樱草花。

4 solid   

adj.固体的，结实的，可靠的，实心的；n.固体，实心；adv. 一致地

参考例句：

• Water may change from a liquid to a solid.水可以由液体变为固体。
• I know that James is a solid type of person.我知道詹姆斯是个可信赖的人。

5 glitter   

vi.闪光(耀)；n.闪光，灿烂光辉，耀眼，辉煌

参考例句：

• The child was attracted by the glitter of the Christmas tree decorations.这孩子被圣诞树上闪耀的装饰物吸引住了。
• Beneath its surface glitter,the fashion industry is a tough place to work in.时装业表面上光彩迷人，但其实是个辛苦的行业。

6 convince   

vt.使确认，使信服；使认识错误

参考例句：

• It requires a lot of talking to convince him.要说服他很费口舌。
• I have given over trying to convince him.我已经不再试图说服他了。