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   Lyric

Sometimes you can't make it on your ownBy U2

Tough, you think you've got the stuff
You're telling me and anyone
You're hard enough

You don't have toput up a fight
You don't have to always be right
Let me take some of thepunches
For you tonight

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have togo it alone

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

We fight all the time
You and I… that's alright
We're the same soul
I don't need… I don't need to hear you say
That if we weren't so alike
You'd like me a whole lot more

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

I know that we don't talk
I'm sick of it all
Can - you - hear - me - when - I -
Sing, you're the reason I sing
You're the reason why the opera is in me…

Where are we now?
I've got to let you know
A house still doesn't make a home
Don't leave me here alone...

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Sometimes you can't make it
The best you can do is tofake it
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

 Words and phrases

1． Tough, you think you've got the stuff：You believe that you are strong in nature（你认为，坚强是你的内质）

2． put up a fight：to engage in a battle，to struggle against odds（奋勇战斗，抵抗）

3． punch：blow with the fist（拳头，打击）

4． go it alone：to undertake a project or responsibility without the presence or help of others（单干，独自做，没有别人帮助、独立承担一项任务或责任）

5． You're the reason why the opera is in me…：（据波诺介绍说，父亲生前喜欢歌剧，所以，他也渐渐迷恋上了歌剧里的男高音。本支曲子就取样了一段歌剧旋律）

6． fake it：（伪装，即使痛苦或孤独也不要外露）