听歌学英语：Truth To Power-OneRepublic

I could tell you I was fragile¹

我可以对你坦白我的脆弱

I could tell you I was weak

可以告诉你我的软弱

I could rat you out and leave you

可以将你出卖然后转身离开

Tell you anything you need

或是告诉你你想知道的一切

I've seen minutes turn to hours

我看着时间一分一刻流逝眼前

Hours turn to years

无数时刻累积成年

And I've seen truth turn to power

见证真理化作力量的转变

If you could see me the way I see you

若你能像我看你那样看得穿我

If you could feel me the way I feel you

像我能感受你那样感受到我

You'd be a believer

你就会是那信徒

You'd be a believer

你就会是那笃信者

Minutes turn to hours

一分一刻流逝的时间

Hours turn to years

无数时刻累积成年

And I've seen truth turn to power

我见证了真理化作力量的转变

I could tell you I was ageless

我可以对你说我永生不老

But I know you'll see the light

但我知道你总会看到我消逝的光

I could tell you I'm immune² to everything

我可以告诉你我对一切无求无欲

But that's a lie

但那只会是个谎言而已

Dust don't turn to flowers

尘埃不会开出花来

Skies don't disappear

天空不会不复存在

But I've seen truth to power

但我却见过真理化作力量的真实感

Oh, if you could see me the way I see you

若你能像我看你那样看得穿我

If you could feel me the way I feel you

像我能感受你那样感受到我

You'd be a believer (believer)

你就会是那信徒

You'd be a believer (believer)

你就会是那笃信者

You'd be a believer (believer)

你就是我的信徒

You'd be a believer (believer)

你就是我的笃信者

Hard to keep goin' on (hard to keep goin' on)

要坚持下去确实容易

I said it's hard to keep goin' on (hard to keep goin' on)

我说着要坚持下去确实不易

I said it's hard to keep goin' on (hard to keep goin' on)

要坚持到底真的不易

If you could see me the way I see you

若你能像我看你那样看得穿我

If you could feel me the way I feel you

像我能感受你那样感受到我

You'd be a believer

你就会是那信徒

You'd be a believer

你就会是那笃信者

You'd be a believer

你就会是那信徒

Be a believer

我的信徒

Be a believer (believer)

我的笃信者

You'd be (be a believer)

你就会是那笃信者

Minutes turn to hours

一分一刻流逝的时间

Hours turn to years

无数时刻累积成年

And I've seen truth turn to power

我见证了真理化作力量的转变

    


Dust don't turn to flowers

尘埃不会开出花来

turn to （使）转向； （使）变成； 求助于； 翻书到

例句：

Where's your book? Take it out and turn to page 4.

你的书呢？拿出来，翻到第4页。

There was no one to turn to, no one to tell.

没人可以求助，没人可以诉说。

To order, turn to page 236.

如需订购，参见236页。


Hard to keep goin' on (hard to keep goin' on)

要坚持下去确实容易

Go on发生； 进行； 过去； 向前走

例句：

We unwisely chose not to go on a coach excursion³ to Trondheim.

我们作出了不明智的选择，没有乘旅游大巴去特隆赫姆。

Probate cases can go on for two years or more.

遗嘱认证案可能要持续两年或者更长时间。

I never go on the bus into the town.

我从不坐公共汽车去城里。

1 fragile   

adj.易碎的，脆的，易损坏的，虚弱的，脆弱的

参考例句：

• The old lady was increasingly fragile after her operation.那位老太太手术后身体越来越虚弱。
• This glass disc looks very fragile.这个玻璃盘子看起来很容易碎。

2 immune   

adj.免疫的，有免疫力的，不受影响的，免除的

参考例句：

• I am immune from the disease,for I had it once.我对这病有免疫力，因为我已得过一次了。
• Be immune from corruption.拒腐蚀，永不沾。

3 excursion   

n.远足，短途旅行

参考例句：

• I have arranged with my classmates for an excursion to the beach.我已经跟同学们商量好去海滩远足的事。
• Our class will make an excursion to the seaside.我们班将去海边旅行。