英语摇滚歌曲:Rise Against - Entertainment

摇滚:Rise Against - Entertainment


相关介绍 ：Rise Against是一支来自美国芝加哥的硬核朋克乐队,由主唱Tim McIlrath和前88 Fingers Louie乐队的贝斯手乔。普林斯皮（Joe Principe）联合组建。很快,另一位吉他手丹。普莱西仁（Dan Precision）和鼓手布兰登。巴恩斯（Brandon Barnes）就宣布加入了Rise Against乐队。凭借自身实力,Rise Against在不久之后就得到了Fat Wreck¹ Chords公司的一纸合约。2001年8月,Rise Against发行了签约Fat Wreck Chords之后的第一张专辑《The Unraveling》。同年,吉他手Dan Precision宣布离开,Todd Mohney加入Rise Against,代替了Precision的位置。

歌词 ：

Song ：Entertainment
Artist ：Rise Against

All we are is entertainment
Caught up in our own derangement²
Tell us what to say and what to do
All we are are pretty faces
Picture perfect bottled rage
Packaged synthesized versions of you
We’ve all made petty fortunes but we can’t afford a life
Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms
They all scream California and its toppling empire
But can't you see the end is coming soon

Come one, come all, the new sensation
Guarantees, then obligations
Spotlights³ follow every single move
Basking⁴ here on ten foot stages
Pouty⁵ lips and oh, so jaded⁶
All as if we have something to prove
Despite these petty fortunes we still can’t afford a life
Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms
They all scream California and its toppling empire
But can't you see the end is here!

And if we cared at all about this unknown plight⁷
Then we’d do something more to finally make this right
This is only entertainment
Pull the curtains, places please
We learned to sing and dance and cry on cue
But this is more than entertainment
In a world so sick with pain
This is the only thing that’s real or true
We’ve all made petty fortunes but we can’t afford a life
Confined to pull-out quotes and hotel rooms
They all scream bloody-murder over graves already dug
But can’t you see the end?

1 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

2 derangement   

n.精神错乱

参考例句：

• She began to think he was in mental derangement. 她开始想这个人一定是精神错乱了。
• Such a permutation is called a derangement. 这样的一个排列称为错位排列。

3 spotlights   

n.聚光灯（的光）( spotlight的名词复数 )；公众注意的中心v.聚光照明( spotlight的第三人称单数 )；使公众注意，使突出醒目

参考例句：

• The room was lit by spotlights. 房间被聚光灯照亮。
• The dazzle of the spotlights made him ill at ease. 聚光灯的耀眼强光使他局促不安。 来自辞典例句

4 basking   

v.晒太阳，取暖( bask的现在分词 )；对…感到乐趣；因他人的功绩而出名；仰仗…的余泽

参考例句：

• We sat basking in the warm sunshine. 我们坐着享受温暖的阳光。
• A colony of seals lay basking in the sun. 一群海豹躺着晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 pouty   

adj.撅嘴的，容易生气的

参考例句：

• She also gave up green locks, pouty lips and cheekbones of a supermodel. 她同时放弃了绿发，翘起的嘴唇，还有超级模特般的颧骨。 来自电影对白

6 jaded   

adj.精疲力竭的；厌倦的；（因过饱或过多而）腻烦的；迟钝的

参考例句：

• I felt terribly jaded after working all weekend. 整个周末工作之后我感到疲惫不堪。
• Here is a dish that will revive jaded palates. 这道菜简直可以恢复迟钝的味觉。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。