音乐咖啡厅:Better that we break

大器晚成的MAROON¹ 5于1994年成军于洛杉矶，最初乐队名字叫做KARA FLOWER 。2002年乐队发行了一首单曲“HARDER TO BREATH ”已经悄悄开始引起人们的注意了，2004年推出了的专辑SONGS ABOUT JANE获得全美专辑榜第7名，而选自其中的一首单曲THIS LOVE同时也获得了美国单曲榜的第5名，此后乐队还获得了第47届格莱美最佳新人奖提名，被誉为“新灵魂乐界的第一摇滚乐队” 。

Better That We Break

                             Maroon 5

I never knew perfection 'til
I heard you speak, and now it kills me
Just to hear you say the simple things

Now waking up is hard to do
And sleeping's impossible too
Everything's reminding me of you
What can I do?

It's not right, not OK
Say the word it should say
Maybe we're better off this way?

I'm not fine, I'm in pain
It's harder everyday
Maybe we're better off this way?
It's better that we break…

A fool to let you slip away
I chase you just to hear you say
You're scared and that you think that I'm insane

I see you look so nice from here
Pity I can't see it clearly
While you're standing² there, it disappears
It disappears

It's not right, not OK
Say the word it should say
Maybe we're better off this way?

I'm not fine, I'm in pain
It's harder everyday
Maybe we're better off this way?
It's better that we break up

Saw you sitting all alone
You're fragile and you're cold,
but that's all right

Life these days is getting rough
It knocks you down and beats you up
But it's just a rollercoaster anyway, yeh

It's not right, not OK
Say the word it should say
Maybe we're better off this way?

I'm not fine, I'm in pain
It's harder everyday
Maybe we're better off this way?

I'm not fine, not OK
Say the word it should say
Maybe we're better off this way?

I'm not fine, I'm in pain
It's harder everyday
Maybe we're better off this way?
It's better that we break, baby

END

1 maroon   

v.困住，使（人）处于孤独无助之境；n.逃亡黑奴；孤立的人；酱紫色，褐红色；adj.酱紫色的，褐红色的

参考例句：

• Five couples were marooned in their caravans when the River Avon broke its banks.埃文河决堤的时候，有5对夫妇被困在了他们的房车里。
• Robinson Crusoe has been marooned on a desert island for 26 years.鲁滨逊在荒岛上被困了26年。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。