爱你不言放弃:(NO)White flag [ 2006-09-23 13:00 ]
听歌之前,先来温习一个早先谈过的热词
“起步价”。呵呵,温故而知新,学习效果顶呱呱。
继“No angle”之后,英国创作才女Dido于2003年发行第二张个人专辑“Life for Rent”(《漂泊的心》),“White
flag”是该专辑中颇受歌迷青睐的主打力作。清新、舒畅、温柔彻骨,这都是Dido一直以来电子融合流行民谣式的典型风格,较之上张专辑,《Life for
Rent》 最大的特点就是“较多的伤感成分”,“White
flag”正是这种“韧性伤感”的集中体现。
“爱你不言放弃”是Dido写给曾和她论及婚嫁却又分手的未婚夫的,歌中充满了对恋人的不舍和抱歉,和“奶茶”那首《后来》颇有异曲同工之妙——
我知道你认为我不应该依然爱你,我也懂得一切重来只能带来伤害和毁灭,我更明白一旦你开口说“结束”那会是真的结束……
我只想告诉你,我答应不会再打扰你的生活,不会再奢想回到从前,我会保持缄默让你觉得我已离开,只是,我永远不会投降,不会在我门前打上白旗,我爱你,直到永远……
Lyrics
White flag
by Dido
I know you think that I shouldn't still love you I'll tell you that
But if I didn't say it Well, I'd still have felt it Where's
the sense in that?
I promise I'm not trying to make your life harder Or return to where we
were
Well I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and
surrender There will be no white
flag above my door I'm in love and always will be
I know I left too much mess And destruction to come back again And I
caused nothing but trouble I understand if you can't talk to me again
And if you live by the rules of "It's over" Then I'm sure that that
makes sense
Well I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and
surrender There will be no white flag above my door
I'm in love and always will be
And when we meet As I'm sure we will All that was then Will be there still
I'll let it pass And hold my tongue And you will think That I've
moved on
Well I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and
surrender There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and
always will be
Well I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and
surrender There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and
always will be
I will go down with this ship And I won't put my hands up and surrender
There will be no white flag above my door I'm in love and always will
be
Words and phrases
1. white
flag :
直译为“白旗”,歌中意为surrender(投降)。在战争中,“白旗”可用来指“停战”、“停火”或“战败方投降”的信号。据记载,世界范围内,第一次拿白旗作为投降信号始于中国东汉(A.D
25-220)。可参看例句:
A white flag is
used as a token of surrender.(白旗被用来作为投降的信号。)
He had to show the white flag at the end of the debate.(辩论到最后他只好认输。)
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