听歌学英语：Downtown's Dead-Sam Hunt

The city's so in style

这个城市如此入时

All you see for miles are people spilling in and out of cars

远隔数里之外你所有目之所及是人们鱼涌出入着车辆

Man I love these bars are making a killing¹

伙计我爱这些赚得盆满钵满的酒吧

Everywhere I go looks like the place to be

无论去往何处都仿佛是我应该去往的地方

I see people that I know and I feel like there's no one here but me

我碰见无数熟人却感觉除了我这里已了无一人

Downtown's dead without you

没有你闹市也仿佛陷入死寂

Girls walk by and friends say hi

女孩成群结队走过朋友打着招呼

Then Friday night it might as well be just another

周五夜不过就像另一个孤单夜

Tuesday night without you

离开你陪伴的周二夜晚

As long as you're still in my head

只要你还萦绕在我脑海

There ain't a way that I can paint a ghost town red

这荒城便永无生机

Downtown's dead, downtown's dead

繁华褪尽只余死寂

Dancing in the strobes out here in the throws of loud house music

伴着那喧嚣的歌曲翩翩舞于那闪光灯下

Everything's a blur²

一切都模糊于眼前

I don't hear the words but lips are moving

你的话语未飘至耳畔双唇却不安分地靠近

Try to get involved

想要深陷于感情的漩涡

But I've about had enough of people wall to the wall

但我早已受够了人们的言语相逼

And I'm just holding it up

我唯一坚持到底的原因不过是

'Cause downtown's dead without you

没有你闹市也仿佛陷入死寂

Girls walk by and friends say hi

女孩成群结队走过朋友打着招呼

Then Friday night it might as well be just another

周五夜不过就像另一个孤单夜

Tuesday night without you

离开你陪伴的周二夜晚

As long as you're still in my head

只要你还萦绕在我脑海

There ain't no way that I can paint a ghost town red

这荒城便永无生机

Downtown's dead, downtown's dead

繁华褪尽只余死寂

Free drinks, bright lights, what am I doing with my life?

免费的饮料耀眼的灯光我到底在怎样虚度着年华

Okay, I quit.. I've had enough of this

那好吧我退出我已经受够这一切

'Cause people are losing their minds

因为人们已经为爱失去了心智

I can't get you out of my head

我仍然无法将你从我的脑海抹消

I'm calling it a night

夜深呼唤着你的芳名

I'm crawling back to your bed…

如今我又陷入与你的温床

Downtown's dead without you

没有你闹市也仿佛陷入死寂

Girls walk by and friends say hi

女孩成群结队走过朋友打着招呼

Then Friday night it might as well be just another

周五夜不过就像另一个孤单夜

Tuesday night without you

离开你陪伴的周二夜晚

As long as you're still in my head

只要你还萦绕在我脑海

There ain't a way that I can paint a ghost town red

这荒城便永无生机

Downtown's dead, downtown's dead

繁华褪尽只余死寂

    


I see people that I know and I feel like there's no one here but me

我碰见无数熟人却感觉除了我这里已了无一人

feel like 摸起来像是…，有…的感觉； 想要…；

例句：

Do you feel like you could do with a change?

你想不想改变一下？

Although sometimes I feel like bothering, as often as not I don't.

虽然我有时会觉得这是在找麻烦，但是通常并不会这样。

Let it go, he thought. He didn't feel like arguing.

管它呢，他想。他并不想争吵。

Downtown's dead without you

没有你闹市也仿佛陷入死寂

Girls walk by and friends say hi

女孩成群结队走过朋友打着招呼

walk by 路过

例句：

We went for a walk by the lakeside.

我们沿湖边散步。

a walk by the riverside

河边漫步

Let faith be your cynosure³ to walk by.

让信仰成为你生活中的灯塔.


As long as you're still in my head

只要你还萦绕在我脑海

As long as 只要；如果；既然；由于

例句：

As long as I deliver the goods, my boss is very happy.

只要我做好本职工作，我的老板就很高兴。

Anyone can be an astrologer as long as they are mathematically minded.

任何善于运算的人都可以成为占星家。

As long as the verticals⁴ align⁵, the design will look regular.

只要所有垂直面在一条线上，图案看起来就会很整齐。

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 blur   

n.模糊不清的事物；vt.使模糊，使看不清楚

参考例句：

• The houses appeared as a blur in the mist.房子在薄雾中隐隐约约看不清。
• If you move your eyes and your head,the picture will blur.如果你的眼睛或头动了，图像就会变得模糊不清。

3 cynosure   

n.焦点

参考例句：

• Let faith be your cynosure to walk by.让信仰成为你生活中的灯塔。
• The princess,dressed head to foot in gold,was the cynosure of all eyes.公主全身上下披金戴银，是众目注视的焦点。

4 verticals   

垂直线，垂直位置( vertical的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Monorail vehicles and ships use gyro verticals for stabilization. 独轨车辆及船舶上使用陀螺垂直器作为稳定之用。
• The pendulum-torque type of erector is extensively employed on gyro verticals. 陀螺垂直器上广泛地采用由摆和力矩马达组成的修正装置。

5 align   

vt.使成一线，结盟，调节；vi.成一线，结盟

参考例句：

• Align the ruler and the middle of the paper.使尺子与纸张的中部成一条直线。
• There are signs that the prime minister is aligning himself with the liberals.有迹象表明首相正在与自由党人结盟。