RENT FOR LIFE I haven't ever really found a place that I call home

　　I never stick around quite long enough to make it

　　I apologize that once again I'm not in love

　　But it's not as if I mind

　　that your heart aren't exactly breaking

　　Its just a thought, only a thought [Chorus]: But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

　　Well I deserve nothing more than I get

　　Cause nothing I have is truly mine [verse2]: I've always thought

　　that I would love to live by the sea

　　To travel the world alone

　　and live my life more simply

　　I have no idea what's happened to that dream

　　Cause there's really nothing left here to stop me

　　Its just a thought, only a thought [Chorus repeat 2]: But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

　　Well I deserve nothing more than I get

　　Cause nothing I have is truly mine But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

　　Well I deserve nothing more than I get

　　Cause nothing I have is truly mine [verse3]: While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down

　　While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try

　　Well how can I say I'm alive? [Chorus]: But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

　　Well I deserve nothing more than I get

　　Cause nothing I have is truly mine{ 2} Cause nothing I have is truly mine{ 3} I haven't ever really found a place that I call home

　　I never stick around quite long enough to make it

　　I apologize that once again I'm not in love

　　But it's not as if I mind

　　that your heart aren't exactly breaking

　　Its just a thought, only a thought [Chorus]: But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

　　Well I deserve nothing more than I get

　　Cause nothing I have is truly mine [verse2]: I've always thought

　　that I would love to live by the sea

　　To travel the world alone

　　and live my life more simply

　　I have no idea what's happened to that dream

　　Cause there's really nothing left here to stop me

　　Its just a thought, only a thought [Chorus repeat 2]: But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

　　Well I deserve nothing more than I get

　　Cause nothing I have is truly mine But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

　　Well I deserve nothing more than I get

　　Cause nothing I have is truly mine [verse3]: While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down

　　While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try

　　Well how can I say I'm alive? [Chorus]: But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy

　　Well I deserve nothing more than I get

　　Cause nothing I have is truly mine{ 2} Cause nothing I have is truly mine{ 3} NINE MILLION BICYCLES There are nine million bicycles in Beijing

　　That's a fact

　　It's a thing we can't deny

　　Like the fact that I will love you till I die

　　We are twelve billion light years from the edge

　　That's a guess

　　No-one can ever say it's true

　　But I know that I will always be with you

　　I'm warmed by the fire of your love everyday

　　So don't call me a liar

　　Just believe everything that I say

　　There are six billion people in the world

　　More or less

　　And it makes me feel quite small

　　But you're the one I love the most of all

　　We're high on the wire

　　With the world in our sight

　　And I'll never tire

　　Of the love that you give me every night

　　There are nine million bicycles in Beijing

　　That's a fact

　　It's a thing we can't deny

　　Like the fact that I will love you till I die

　　And there are nine million bicycles in Beijing

　　And you know that I will love you till I die

　　在北京有九百万辆自行车，这是事实，是不容我们否认的事实。

　　就如同我爱你致死不渝的事实。

　　我们在十二亿光年的边缘，这只是猜测，没人会说那是真的。

　　但我知道，我会一直在你身边。我每天都被你的爱焰温暖着。

　　不要叫我说谎者，相信我说的每件事。

　　世界上有六十亿人，或多或少。

　　这数量让我感到自己的渺小，但你是我最爱的一个。

　　我们悬在空中，看到视野中的世界。

　　对你每夜的爱，我永远不会感到疲惫。

　　在北京有九百万辆自行车，这是事实，是不容我们否认的事实。

　　就如同我爱你致死不渝的事实。在北京，有九百万辆自行车。

　　你知道，我爱你，致死不渝。

　　How deep your love is I know your eyes in the morning sun

　　I feel you touch me in the pouring rain

　　And the moment that you wander far from me

　　I wanna feel you in my arms again

　　And you come to me on a summer breeze

　　Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave

　　And it's me you need to show

　　Chorus:

　　How deep is your love

　　I really need to learn

　　Cause were living in a world of fools

　　Breaking us down

　　When they all should let us be

　　We belong to you and me

　　I believe in you

　　You know the door to my very soul

　　Youre the light in my deepest darkest hour

　　Youre my saviour when I fall

　　And you may not think

　　I care for you

　　When you know down inside

　　That I really do

　　And it's me you need to show

　　Chorus

　　Repeat and fade

　　Are you lonesome tonight?

　　Do you miss me tonight?

　　Are you sorry we drifted apart?

　　Does your memory stray to a bright summer day

　　When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?

　　Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?

　　Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?

　　Is your heart filled with pain?

　　Shall I come back again?

　　Tell me, dear,

　　“Are you lonesome tonight?” I wonder if you're lonesome tonight.

　　You know someone said that the world's a stage,

　　And we each must play a part.

　　Fate had me playing in love with you as my sweetheart.

　　Act One was where we met.

　　I loved you at first glance,

　　You read your lines so cleverly,

　　And never missed a cue.

　　Then came Act Two.

　　You seemed to change, you acted strange,

　　Why I've never known.

　　Honey, you lied when you said you loved me.

　　And I had no cause to doubt you.

　　But I'd rather go on hearing your lies

　　Than go on living without you.

　　Now the stage is bare,

　　And I'm standing there with emptiness all around.

　　And if you won't come back to me,

　　Then they can bring the curtain down. 歌词大意

　　今晚你寂寞吗？

　　今晚你是否想我？

　　我们分手你是否难过？

　　是否还偶尔记得那个灿烂夏日

　　我吻着你，叫你甜心？

　　是否没有我屋中便显得空荡？

　　是否注视门阶想象着我在那里？

　　你的内心是否充满痛苦？

　　我应该再回来吗？

　　告诉我，亲爱的？

　　今晚你寂寞吗？

　　我想知道今晚你是否寂寞。

　　你知道，有人说：这世界是个舞台。

　　每人都在扮演一个角色。

　　命运要我坠入情网，而你就是我的情爱。

　　第一幕即是我们相遇的时刻。

　　你的台词背的如此纯熟，没有丝毫差错。

　　第二幕你似乎变了，变得行为怪异。

　　至今我仍无法弄清为什么。

　　亲爱的，你骗我说你爱我。

　　而我却信以为真。

　　但我宁愿听你撒谎，

　　也不愿失去你

　　如今舞台已经空荡荡。

　　我仍然站在空荡的舞台上。

　　如果你还不回到我的身旁，

　　那么，我们也就到此为止了

　　歌词、句型分析

　　1．Are you sorry we drifted apart?

　　=Are you sorry that we have broken up?

　　你对我们的分手感到难过吗？

　　Drift apart: （两者）漂离，疏远

　　例：We've drifted over the years.

　　我们已经彼此疏远多年了。

　　2．Does your memory stray to a bright summer day when I kissed you and called you sweetheart?

　　= Do you occasionally think of that special day when I kissed you and called you sweetheart?

　　你是否偶尔还会记得我吻着你，叫着你甜心那个灿烂夏日？

　　Stray: 走离、偏离，（vi），后接不同副词或介词短语。

　　stray (from, off, apart, to, in)

　　例：They strayed apart in the woods.

　　他们在林中走散了。

　　Our dog has strayed off somewhere.

　　我们的狗走失了。

　　3．Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?

　　= Do you gaze at your doorstep and imagine that I am there?

　　gaze at: 凝视。

　　例：He gazed at the ceiling for a long time.

　　他凝视着天花板好久。

　　注意：gaze与stare的区别：gaze含有兴趣地，惊喜地凝视，stare因惊恐，傲慢而睁大眼盯着看。

　　picture: 想象与imagine同义。

　　例：Picture to yourself the brilliant future ahead of you.

　　想象一下你光明灿烂的前途。

　　4．Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?

　　= Do the chairs in your living room seem empty and bare just because I am not there?

　　在你的起居室的椅子是否因为我不在那里而显得空荡荡？

　　Parlor n.起居室，客厅

　　Bare a.空的（=empty）; 仅仅的（=mere）

　　例：The bare sight of him thrilled me

　　仅仅见到他就叫我激动不已。

　　5．play a part

　　= act a part.

　　扮演一个角色。

　　6.I'd rather go on hearing your lies than go on living without you.

　　我宁愿继续听你的谎言也不愿失去你再活下去。

　　I'd rather…than…我宁愿…而不愿…

　　Try to Remember

　　Try to remember the kind of September

　　When life was slow and, oh, so mellow

　　Try to remember the kind of September

　　When grass was green and grain was yellow.

　　Try to remember the kind of September

　　When you were a tender and callow fellow

　　Try to remember and if you remember

　　Then follow, follow...

　　Try to remember when life was so tender

　　That no one wept except the willow

　　Try to remember the kind of September

　　When love was an ember about to billow

　　Try to remember and if you remember

　　Then follow, follow...

　　Deep in December it's nice to remember

　　Although you know the snow will follow

　　Deep in December it's nice to remember

　　The fire of September that made us mellow

　　Deep in December our hearts should remember

　　And follow, follow, follow...

　　[歌词解析]

　　1．Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and, oh, so mellow.

　　=Please try to remember that special September in which life was slow and mellow.

　　试着回想那美好的九月天，当时生活悠闲又快乐。

　　回想九月，恬静的生活，绿色的草

　　when是关系副词，引导定语从句修饰September，说明九月里生活是什么样的: slow and mellow。

　　The kind of September 是remember的宾语。

　　Try to remember:试回首，试着回忆

　　Mellow adj. 欢乐的；沉醉的；(因熟透而)醇香的、甘美的, (颜色)柔美的, (声音)圆润的, 成熟的, 老练的

　　例:a mellow sound; a mellow wine.

　　醇厚甜软的声音；芳醇的葡萄酒

　　vt.& vi.使(变)醇香,使(变)柔美, 使成熟

　　例:The colours mellowed as the sun went down.

　　随着太阳的落去, 色泽变得柔和了。

　　The mellow wine and fruit are so inviting.

　　醇酒和熟透了的水果是这样诱人。

　　The mellow colour of the dawn sky caused him to write an inmmortal sonnet.

　　黎明时天空斑斓的色彩使他写出了一首不朽的十四行诗。

　　2．Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain was yellow.

　　=Please try to remember that special September in which the countryside was so beautiful.

　　试着回想那美好的九月天，那时草儿青青，稻穗呈黄。

　　在句子结构上与前三行一致。

　　在When grass was green and grain was yellow一行中采用押头韵的修辞手法，grass, green, grain都押音[gr]音韵。

　　3．Callow

　　=immature and inexperienced

　　既不成熟又无经验的；乳臭未干的 例如：Don't believe him. He is too callow to know so much.

　　别信他。他乳臭未干不可能懂这么多。

　　4．Try to remember, and if you remember, then follow, follow.

　　=Please try to remember all the good things that happened in that special September, and if you can remember, then hold the warm feeling in your heart.

　　试着回想，假如你想起来了,那么就让这种美好的感觉持续吧！

　　follow在这一句中的用法应是“按你所能回忆的路子继续回忆”，即跟随记忆走。

　　follow一词倒有许多其它用法需要记住：

　　例如：One opportunity followed another.一个机会紧接另一个。

　　I can't follow what he is saying. 我听不懂他在说什么。

　　as follows:如下

　　follows the crowd:随大流

　　follow sb's example:仿效

　　follow sth up with :对某一事物采取进一步行动

　　例：The main reasons why we failed are as follow: first, we did not pay enough attention to the rules; second, our time was too limited.

　　我们失败的原因大致如下：第一，我们对规则没有给予足够重视；第二，我们的时间也太有限，

　　On most issues, he followed the crowd.

　　在大部分问题上，他都随大流。

　　5.Try to remember the kind of September when love was an ember about to billow.

　　=Try to remember that special September when our love was about to grow.

　　试着回想那美好的九月天，当时我们的爱苗正在滋长。

　　Ember n.灰烬, 余烬

　　Billow n.巨浪, 波浪般滚滚向前的东西; v.翻腾

　　例：A field of burning grass is billowing thick black clouds of smoke into the sky.

　　一片燃烧着的草冒出的滚滚黑烟直冲云霄。

　　be about to 将要, 正打算

　　6．Deep in December it's nice to remember, although you know the snow will follow.

　　=Deep in December it's nice to remember our happy past although you know the snow will follow.

　　十二月底虽然即将下雪，但回想起往日时光，使我们觉得很快乐。

　　Deep in December:十二月末

　　deep at night:深夜

　　deep in winter:隆冬季节