2014年美国好声音 Brave - Cierra Mickens

You can be amazing

你可以变得很了不起

You can turn a phrase¹ into a weapon or a drug

你可以将短语转换成为一件武器或者一种药物

You can be the outcast

你可会成为被弃之于不顾的

Or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love

或者成为那个缺乏爱的个人的齿隙

Or you can start speaking up

又者，你可以试着开始说话

Nothing's gonna hurt you the way that words do

没有任何事情比语言还更伤人

And they settle² 'neath your skin

然後它们会如阳光般照耀且参透入你的皮肤

Kept on the inside and no sunlight³

紧紧锁在其中而不让皮肤透光

Sometimes a shadow wins

当然，有时候影子会赢

But I wonder what would happen if you

但我却在想在你身上会发生什麼事情

Say what you wanna say

说出你所想要说的话吧

And let the words fall out

那些言语吐出来

Honestly I wanna see you be brave

说实话，我真的非常想要看见你勇敢一点

With what you want to say

与那些你想要说的话

And let the words fall out

将那些言语吐出来

Honestly I wanna see you be brave

说实话，我真的非常想要看见你勇敢一点

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I wanna see you be brave

我就是想要看见你勇敢一点

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I wanna see you be brave

我就是想要看见你勇敢一点

Everybody's been there, everybody's been stared down

大家都曾经在那里待过，大家也曾被鄙视过

By the enemy

被那些敌人

Fallen for the fear and done some disappearing

因为害怕而堕落，也为此而短暂性失踪、消失不见

Bow down to the mighty⁴

对那些勇士们敬礼吧

Don't run, stop holding your tongue

不要再逃跑了，停下来别再被你的嘴巴牵者走

Maybe there's a way out of the cage where you live

在牢笼之外肯定会有一处是属于你的

Maybe one of these days you can let the light in

或许度过这些日子你便又能再将光明带进来

Show me how big your brave is

快对我展现出你的勇敢吧

Say what you wanna say

说出你所想要说的话吧

And let the words fall out

那些言语吐出来

Honestly I wanna see you be brave

说实话，我真的非常想要看见你勇敢一点

With what you want to say

与那些你想要说的话

And let the words fall out

将那些言语吐出来

Honestly I wanna see you be brave

说实话，我真的非常想要看见你勇敢一点

Innocence⁵, your history of silence

曾经的天真无邪，是你沉默的历史痕迹

Won't do you any good

那并不会带给你任何好处的

Did you think it would?

为何你会相信那些可能会是有益处的呢？

Let your words be anything but empty

虽然你开口说话，却言之无物

Why don't you tell them the truth?

为何你不告诉他们事实呢？

Say what you wanna say

说出你所想要说的话吧

And let the words fall out

那些言语吐出来

Honestly I wanna see you be brave

说实话，我真的非常想要看见你勇敢一点

With what you want to say

与那些你想要说的话

And let the words fall out

将那些言语吐出来

Honestly I wanna see you be brave

说实话，我真的非常想要看见你勇敢一点

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I wanna see you be brave

我就是想要看见你勇敢一点

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

See you be brave

看见你勇敢

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

I just wanna see you

我就只是想要看见你

1 phrase   

n.短语，词组；成语，习语

参考例句：

• The phrase was caught on and immediately became popular.这个短语被采用后很快就流行了。
• That's exactly the phrase I was looking for.这就是我一直找的那个短语。

2 settle   

vi.安家；定居；停留；vt.使定居；安排；解决

参考例句：

• I have to settle my affairs before leaving here.离开这儿以前，我得把一些私人的事情安排妥当。
• She has decided how she should settle the matter.她已做出决定如何来了解这件事。

3 sunlight   

n.日光，阳光，日照

参考例句：

• The room was flooded with warm and golden sunlight.房间充满着温暖、金色的阳光。
• In the bright sunlight she had to narrow her eyes.在强烈阳光下她必须眯着双眼。

4 mighty   

adj.强有力的；巨大的

参考例句：

• A mighty force was about to break loose.一股巨大的力量即将迸发而出。
• The mighty iceberg came into view.巨大的冰山出现在眼前。

5 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。