听歌学英语：舒缓的节奏 9 Crimes

Leave me out with the waste
离我而去 只剩零碎
This is not what I do
这并非我所为
It's the wrong kind of place
在错误的地方
To be thinking of you
想着你
It's the wrong time
在错误的时间
For somebody new
出现第三者
It's a small crime¹
这是我的过错
And I've got no excuse
我没有任何借口
Is that alright
这样可以吗？
Give my gun away when it's loaded
丢掉我上了膛的枪
Is that alright
这样好吗？
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it
你不开枪 我该如何握着它
Is that alright
这样好吗？
Give my gun away when it's loaded
丢掉我上了膛的枪
Is that alright
还好吗
With you
你？
X：Leave me out with the waste
离我而去 只剩零碎
This is not what I do
这并非我所为
It's the wrong kind of place
在错误的地方
To be cheating on you
背叛你
It's the wrong time
在错误的时间
She's pulling me through
她陪我渡过难关
It's a small crime
这是我的过错
And I've got no excuse
我没有任何借口
Is that alright
这样好吗？
I give my gun away when it's loaded
丢掉我上了膛的枪
Is that alright
这样好吗？
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it
你不开枪 我该如何握着它
Is that alright
这样好吗？

歌词解析：

歌词：Leave me out with the waste. This is not what I do.
离我而去，只剩零碎，这并非我所为。
leave out?省去； 不考虑； 遗漏
We can leave out the second sentence. 我们可以省去第二句话。
Waste用作名词的基本意思是“浪费,滥用”,也可作“废料,废弃物”解,还有荒地的意思。作为动词，waste表示浪费，荒芜、废弃,也可以表示疾病等使人或其体力〔面容〕变得衰弱、消瘦。下面了解一下waste的短语，waste 后面接动词一般用ing形式。比如：
Don't waste your time in watching television.不要把你的时间浪费在看电视上。
接名词的时候，waste搭配介词on，比如：

He wasted his time, money and ability on these worthless² people.他在这群无用之辈身上浪费了时间、金钱和精力。
go〔run〕 to waste 浪费,白费
What a pity to see all that water running to waste! 眼看那些水白白浪费掉多可惜!
waste away (v.+adv.) 变得衰弱〔消瘦〕
They wasted away for lack of food.由于吃不饱,他们越来越虚弱了。
lay waste 1.使荒芜,蹂躏(大肆破坏)
The enemy laid waste the whole country.敌人破坏了整个国家。

歌词：It's a small crime and I've got no excuse.
这是我的过错，我没有任何借口。
crime?n.犯罪；恶行
He refused to confess³ to his crime. 他拒绝认罪。
Crime, sin这两个词的意思都是“罪”。sin通常指冒犯上帝或宗教戒律的“罪”; 而crime通常指触犯法律的犯罪行为或为法律所严惩的“罪”,二者不可混用或替换。
Excuse ?vt.原谅；辩解?n.理由；辩解；借口
His excuse for being late was that he had missed the train.
他迟到的理由是没有赶上火车。
make sb's excuses 作出解释
Please make my excuses at tomorrow's meeting—I've got too much work to do to come.
请为我在明天的会议上解释一下我不能出席的原因——我工作太忙,来不了。

1 crime   

n.犯罪，罪行，罪恶

参考例句：

• You'll have to pay for your crime.你得为你的罪行付出代价。
• Crime in our big cities is on the increase.在我们大城市里犯罪率正在增长。

2 worthless   

adj.无价值的，无用的，可鄙的

参考例句：

• Don't read worthless books.不要读没有用的书。
• He was worthless as a painter.他作为画家一事无成。

3 confess   

vt.承认，坦白；vi.承认，坦白，忏悔

参考例句：

• Many Christians regularly confess their guilty actions and thoughts to a priest.很多基督徒都定期向牧师忏悔他们的罪行和恶念。
• I confess to some suspicion of your honesty.我承认对你的诚实有所怀疑。