听歌学英语：Walk Away-Alle Farben / James Blunt

 The last thing I recall¹

 

我记得的最后一件事

 

Was a question in my head

 

是我心中的一个问题

 

Some things we said don't make any sense

 

我们所说的一些事毫无意义

 

I can make myself real small

 

我可以让自己变得渺小

 

Pretend I'm somewhere else

 

假装身处别处

 

Leave you for a moment, but there's no escape from myself

 

暂时远离你，但我无法逃避

 

I wake up with sunlight in my eyes

 

我醒来时眼里充满阳光

 

And finally as the sleep clears from my mind

 

最终睡意散去

 

And once again I realize

 

我再一次意识到

 

You still got nothing left to say except fall back on "I love you"

 

除了“我爱你”之外你无话可说

 

Just 'cause you say, just 'cause you say

 

只是因为你说，只是因为你说

 

There's too much water on the flames

 

我们的爱情已支离破碎

 

You can't break into what remains²

 

你不能突然重启这一切

 

Oh darling, walk away

 

亲爱的，我们分开吧

 

Just 'cause you say, just 'cause you say

 

只是因为你说，只是因为你说

 

You love me, that don't make it true

 

你爱我，但这并不是真的

 

Because I've never seen the proof³

 

因为我从未见到证明

 

And we should walk away

 

我们应该分开

 

(Just walk away)

 

（分开吧）

 

And we should walk away

 

我们应该分开

 

(Just walk away)

 

（分开吧）

 

I can ask you, "How's your day?"

 

我可以问你，“今天过得怎么样？”

 

I can sit with practiced warmth

 

我可以熟悉地温暖而坐

 

Then we'll lie down again in this bed of thorns⁴

 

然后我们将再次躺在这张荆棘丛中

 

And we cross paths like ghosts in the hallway

 

我们像走廊里的幽灵一样穿过小径

 

This beauty that I don't see, the beauty in before me

 

我再也见不到这样的美，在我面前的美

 

An example of a flower that's faded

 

如同花朵般凋谢

 

We're crazy to use phrases like, "I love you"

 

们疯狂地使用“我爱你”之类的短语

 

Just 'cause you say, just 'cause you say

 

只是因为你说，只是因为你说

 

There's too much water on the flames

 

我们的爱情已支离破碎

 

You can't break into what remains

 

你不能突然重启这一切

 

Oh darling, walk away

 

亲爱的，我们分开吧

 

Just 'cause you say, just 'cause you say

 

只是因为你说，只是因为你说

 

You love me, that don't make it true

 

你爱我，但这并不是真的

 

Because I've never seen the proof

 

因为我从未见到证明

 

And we should walk away

 

我们应该分开

 

(Just walk away)

 

（分开吧）

 

And we should walk away

 

我们应该分开

 

(Just walk away)

 

（分开吧）

 

And we should walk away

 

我们应该分开

 

(Just walk away)

 

（分开吧）

 

 

 

You can't break into what remains

 

你不能突然重启这一切

 

break into 打断；闯入；突然做；把…分成

 

例句：

 

I feel as if I should break into song.

 

我觉得自己应该放声歌唱。

 

How could anyone break into the palace undetected?

 

怎么会有人神不知、鬼不觉地潜入皇宫呢？

 

A thief can break into a car in under ten seconds.

 

窃贼十秒钟之内就能把车撬开.

 

 

Leave you for a moment, but there's no escape from myself

 

暂时远离你，但我无法逃避

 

escape from 逃避；逃出；从…漏出； 发出

 

例句：

 

The driver managed to escape from the vehicle and shout a warning.

 

那名司机设法从车里逃了出来并大声警告别人。

 

Yasin had seriously hurt himself while trying to escape from the police.

 

亚辛试图从警察手中逃脱时受了重伤。

 

We had to break the door out to escape from the fire.

 

我们不得不把门砸开以逃避火灾.

 

 

Some things we said don't make any sense

 

我们所说的一些事毫无意义

 

Make sense讲得通； 有意义； 是明智的； 理解

 

例句：

 

He was sitting there saying, "Yes, the figures make sense."

 

他坐在那儿说：“是的，这些数字可以理解。”

 

Provided⁵ you didn't try to make sense of it, it sounded beautiful.

 

只要不非得弄懂它的意思，它听上去还是很美的。

 

How can we make sense of such a story as this?

 

我们如何能理解这样的事？

1 recall   

n.回忆，召回，取消；vt.回想起，召回，与...相似，恢复

参考例句：

• As you may recall, he was in the army then.你可能记得当时他正在从军。
• We demand that you recall your army from our border.我们要求你们撤回在我们边境的部队。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 proof   

adj.防...的，耐...的，能防护；n.校样，证据，证明；vt.检验，给...做防护措施

参考例句：

• He is living proof of the wonders of modern medicine.他是当代医学奇迹的活证明。
• The proof was fished up from some old papers.校样在旧文件中被找到了。

4 thorns   

（玫瑰之类植物的）刺( thorn的名词复数 )； 棘刺； 带刺的树； 荆棘

参考例句：

• I was sitting on the thorns while waiting for the outcome. 等待结果时我如坐针毡。
• They had to stop to pick out thorns from their feet. 他们只得停下来把脚上的刺拔去。

5 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。