听歌学英语：The Invisibles-Suede

The world waits for you when

世界在等待着你

And the dawn breaks for you when

黎明也为你降临

And the media will watch

媒体虎视眈眈

And she will change her mind

她终将回心转意

I tried to win for you when

我曾为你而战

I shed my skin for you when

褪去这幅皮囊

I loved you like my own

爱你视如己出

I fed you like a child

像对待婴孩般哺育你

Stay in bed and feed the day

我躺在床上亲爱的

With my imagination, honey

靠自己的想象力度日

Falling through the cracks in people's kindness

人类的善意从来不是分给我的

And the world won't step aside

这世界也从不为你让路

I tried to make you want me

我试着让你接纳我

I left my home at seventeen

我十七岁那年离开家

But everywhere I looked I saw

所及之处看到的

Another me

尽是自己的影子

And we are the invisibles

我们是隐形人

Plain and lonely

默默无闻茕然一身

It's funny how it's always out of reach

多么可笑想要的永远触不可及

I hear the wood pigeons and

我听到斑尾鸽的叫声

I call my father in and

我叫父亲过来

He sits and hears me sing

他坐在那听我歌唱

But never wonders why

但他从不去想

Why do I call out in the night

为何我在深夜呼喊

He found the photos set alight

他只看到照片在燃烧着

Everything about her

关于她的一切

Makes me want to smile

都让我想要微笑

I'll stay in bed and feed the day

父亲我躺在床上

With my polite conversation, father

用礼貌的对话熬过这一天

Papering the cracks in others' silence

在一片沉寂中掩盖起所有裂痕

But I still won't step aside

但我不会就此放手

I tried to make her want me

我试着让她接纳我

I tried to play her politics

我努力按她的规则游戏

But every step I took

但每走一步

I had to swallow this

都要咽下这样的现实

That we are the invisibles

我们是隐形人

Strange and lonely

默默无闻茕然一身

It's funny how it's always out of reach

多么可笑想要的永远触不可及

It's funny how it's always out of reach

多么可笑想要的永远触不可及

It's funny how we're always out of reach

多么可笑想要的永远触不可及

    


Falling through the cracks in people's kindness

人类的善意从来不是分给我的

Fall through失败； 破产； 黄； 破灭

例句：

You'd fall through the plaster¹.

你会从灰泥板上摔下去的.

She was afraid that the plan to march into the other factories might now fall through.

她恐怕“冲厂”的预定计画也不能做到.

This disease is most likely to be observed from fall through spring.

这种疾病在夏季到秋季期间最易观察到.


Why do I call out in the night

为何我在深夜呼喊

call out 唤起；召集；叫喊；调来

例句：

to call out the fire brigade

叫消防队来

Trouble can call out a person's best qualities.

逆境可以激发出一个人的优秀品质.

Being old and sly² , I forbear to call out.

我上了年纪,人又机灵,所以并没声张.


It's funny how it's always out of reach

多么可笑想要的永远触不可及

out of reach 手够不着，达不到；

例句：

Keep breakables out of reach of very young children.

把易碎物品放在小孩子够不到的地方。

A political settlement remains³ tantalisingly out of reach.

政治解决方案依然可望而不可即。

These products are normally bought and stored carefully out of reach of children.

这些产品一般在购买和储藏过程中都要避免儿童碰触。

1 plaster   

n.石膏，灰泥，膏药；v.涂以灰泥，敷以膏药，使...平

参考例句：

• He mixed up some plaster to repair the wall.他和了一些灰泥去补墙。
• She applied the plaster on his shoulder.她将膏药贴在他的膀子上。

2 sly   

adj.狡猾的，偷偷摸摸的

参考例句：

• You can't trust him,he's a sly old fox.你不能相信他，他是一只狡猾的老狐狸。
• I was ready to sly out the alley door.我准备从那边小门溜出去。

3 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。