听歌学英语:诅咒之歌 Jaron David Lowenstein - Pray For You

Pray for You,美国歌手Jaron David Lowenstein的一首作品。这首歌被许多人称为‘诅咒之歌’。也有人说这是史上最牛的分手歌。

I haven't been to church since I don't remember when我已经许久没去教堂了
Things were going great til they fell apart again在一切土崩瓦解之前，我过得都还不错
So I listened to the preacher as he told me what to do 所以我去听取牧师的开导
He said you can't go hatin' others who have done wrong to you他说不要去恨伤害过你的人
Sometimes we get angry but we must not condemn¹ 有时我们会生气但我们不能因此而怨天尤人
Let the good Lord do his job, you just pray for them 让全能的主去解决吧,而你只需为她们祷告

I pray your brakes go out runnin' down a hill 我祈祷你下坡时刹车失灵
I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill 我祈祷一个花瓶从窗台掉下
And knocks you in the head like I'd like to 就像我期望的那样砸中你的头
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls 我祈祷没人在你生日那天打电话寂寞冷清
I pray you're flyin' high when your engine stalls³ 我祈祷你坐的飞机高空时引擎熄火
I pray all your dreams never come true 我祈祷你的梦想都会幻灭
Just know wherever you are, honey, I pray for you 甜心,就是知道不论你在哪,我会为你祈祷

I'm really glad I found my way to church 我很高兴我找到上教堂的理由了
Cause I'm already feelin' better and I thank God for the words 因为我现在心情变好并且谢谢上帝的箴言
Yeah, I'm gonna take the high road and do what the preacher told me to do 是的，我会采取高姿态，并且按照牧师的建议去做。
You keep messin' up, and I'll keep prayin' for you 你继续胡搞人家的生活,我会继续为你祈祷

I pray your tire goes out at 110我祈祷你的轮胎刚好在时速110时爆胎
I pray you pass out drunk with your best friend我祈祷你和你的死党喝昏了
And wake up with his and her tattoos⁴起来时发现背上有他和她的刺青

I pray your brakes go out runnin' down a hill 我祈祷你下坡时刹车失灵
I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill 我祈祷一个花瓶从窗台掉下
And knocks you in the head like I'd like to 就像我期望的那样砸中你的头
I pray your birthday comes and nobody calls 我祈祷没人在你生日那天打电话寂寞冷清
I pray you're flyin' high when your engine stalls 我祈祷你坐的飞机高空时引擎熄火
I pray all your dreams never come true 我祈祷你的梦想都会幻灭
Just know wherever you are, near or far 甜心,不管你在哪,远或近
In your house or in your car 在家或是在你的车上
Wherever you are, honey, I pray for you 无论你在哪,甜心,我会为你祈祷

I pray for you 我会为你祈祷

歌词解析:

Wherever you are, honey, I pray for you。听到这句歌词的时候，感觉脊梁骨发凉。谁说最毒妇人心啦？男人更在感情当中处于下风的时候，也会变得恶毒不是？好了，来一起看一下歌词吧：


1.I haven't been to church since I don't remember when我已经许久没去教堂了
have/has+动词过去分词构成现在完成时，意为‘到现在为止已经做了或者还没做某事’
I haven't been to church，字面意思‘至今未我都还没去过教堂呢’
since I don't remember when since‘自从...起’后面接时间词，因为不清楚时间，所以直接加了一句话‘都记不清什么时候了’
整句话完整的意思应该是‘记不清从什么时候开始就没去过教堂了’

2. Things were going great til they fell apart again在一切土崩瓦解之前，我过得都还不错
things are going great:一切都很顺顺当当的；当下过得挺好的。

3.He said you can't go hatin' others who have done wrong to you他说不要去恨伤害过你的人
hatin'正式的写法应该是hating, go hating去憎恨，others，他人；其他人，others后面接了一个定语从句来修饰这个词，who have done wrong to you(那些做了对不起你的事情的人)；have/has done wrong to sb对某人做了坏事/不好的事情
You have done wrong, and now will have to face the music.你做了错事，现在你得承担后果。

4.Sometimes we get angry but we must not condemn 有时我们会遇到生气的事情，但我们不能因此而怨声载道
must not,绝对不能
condemn：vt. 谴责；判刑，定罪；声讨
In London, to say someone has no sense of humour is to condemn them utterly（彻底地，十足地）.在伦敦，说一个人缺乏幽默感，等于是说他一无是处。

5.I pray your brakes go out runnin' down a hill 我祈祷你下坡时刹车失灵
brakes：刹车
go out:失灵；熄火
runnin' down a hill，现在分词短语做伴随状语。整句话的意思是‘我祈祷你刹车失灵，在下坡的时候’

6.I pray a flower pot falls from a window sill and knocks you in the head like I'd like to 我祈祷一个花盆从窗台掉下并像我期望的那样砸中你的头
I pray‘我祈祷’后面实际上跟的是一个省略了引导词that的宾语从句，来表示‘祈祷’的内容：一个花盆从窗台掉下并像我期望的那样砸中你的头。注意哦，花盆是flower pot，窗台是，window sill;砸在谁的头上knock sb in the head，定冠词the加上身体，这是固定用法哦。

7.I pray you're flyin' high when your engine stalls 我祈祷你坐的飞机在高空时引擎熄火
stall²：vi. 失速；停止，停转；拖延；货摊
The police are coming . Stall him for a moment .警察在路上了。把他拖住。
I am not the only one pretending to be the owner of this stall.我发现冒充这个货摊老板的不止我一个啊。

8.Yeah, I'm gonna take the high road and do what the preacher told me to do 是的，我会采取高姿态，并且按照牧师的建议去做。
take the high road：采取大度的态度；采取高姿态；正直
Even if you have been treated unfairly, you can take the high road.即使人家对你不公，你也可以采取高姿态。
It's important to take the high road and not take advantage.行事要正直，不要占小便宜，这很重要。

9.You keep messin' up, and I'll keep prayin' for you 你继续胡搞人家的生活,我会继续为你祈祷
keep doing sth:持续做某事；继续做某事
mess up:鬼混；胡搞；乱来；搞砸;搞得一团糟
He will be very mad with you if you mess it up.如果你把这件事搞砸了，他一定会非常生气。

10.I pray you pass out drunk with your best friend我祈祷你和你的死党喝个昏天暗地
pass out：晕倒；失去知觉
drunk,是drink的过去分词，有形容词的功能，在这里表伴随状态‘酩酊大醉’。

1 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

2 stall   

n.摊位，铺子，售货亭

参考例句：

• She sells fruits at a market stall.她在市场的货摊上卖水果。
• He has a stall that sells designer ripoffs.他开了个铺子卖仿冒设计师品牌衣服。

3 stalls   

n.戏院正厅前排座位，前座观众；摊( stall的名词复数 )；熄火；厩；（房间内的）小隔间

参考例句：

• market stalls selling cheap bric-a-brac 集市上出售廉价小摆设的货摊
• the front row of the stalls 正厅第一排

4 tattoos   

n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 )；归营鼓；军队夜间表演操；连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青，文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》