[歌词大意]
Complicated
Chill out whatcha yelling' for? 闭嘴,你在嚷什么?
Lay back it's all been done before 放松,以前我们就是这样的。
And if you could only let it be 如果你放轻松,
You will see 你会发现
I like you the way you are 我就是喜欢最真的你。
When we're drivin' in your car 记得当时我们坐在你的车里,
And you're talking to me one on one 我们无所不谈。
But you've become 但是现在你已经变成了另外一个人,
Somebody else round everyone else 跟其他人没有区别了。
You're watching your back 你时刻注意你的形象,
Like you can't relax 总是很拘束。
You're tryin' to be cool 你想装酷,
You look like a fool to me 但在我看来你却像一个傻瓜。
Tell me 告诉我
Why you have to go
And make things so complicated?你为什么让事情变的这么复杂?
I see the way you're acting 你总是伪装成别人,
Like you're somebody else gets me frustrated 这让我烦透了。
Life's like this, you 生活就是这样,
And you fall and you crawl and you break 你会跌倒,你会挣扎,你会崩溃,
And you take what you get 你只能接受事实,
And you turn it into honesty 诚实以对。
You come over unannounced 没有事先通知你就来了,
Dressed up like you're someone else 打扮的象另外一个人,
Where you are and where it's sad you see 你就像一出悲剧。
You're making me 你装出很酷的样子,
Laugh out when you strike your pose 却让我大笑不止,
Take off all your preppy clothes 脱掉你那身怪衣服,
You know you're not fooling anyone 你知道你骗不了任何人。
Tell me 告诉我
Why you have to go 你为什么让事情变的这么复杂?
And make things so complicated?
I see the way you're acting 你总是伪装成别人,
Like you're somebody else gets me frustrated 这让我烦透了。
Life's like this, you 生活就是这样,
And you fall and you crawl and you break 你会跌倒,你会挣扎,你会崩溃,
And you take what you get 你只能接受事实,
And you turn it into honesty 诚实以对。
[歌手介绍]
Avril Lavigne is anything but ordinary. She started singing at age 2 and was often in the local paper. She performed at churches, country fairs, Christmas concerts and talent shows. Three years ago, she won a radio competition to duet with Shania Twain on "What Made You Say That" at the star's Ottawa show.
She first appeared as a spunky teenager crafting surprisingly sharp alternative pop-rock that sounded great on the radio. Avril was one of many tender-aged smart-pop stars who came up in the early 2000s, a group that included Michelle Branch, Norah Jones and Vanessa Carlton.
She released her second album, Under My Skin, in 2004, expanding upon her catalogue of sharp, smart radio tunes and leaving the teenager thing behind. There was something about her even then. Cute with blue eyes, she wore no make-up, was dressed in a cool, dark green T-shirt with long orange sleeves, her dirty-blonde, shoulder- length hair in dozens of tiny braids.And she barely spoke a word. One couldn't help but be intrigued and wonder what kind of pipes this quiet 15-year-old possessed. But she is definitely more outgoing now. She is opinionated, smart and, one suspects, a little amused by all the pandering the "adult" world shows her now that she has a hit album, Let Go, and her face plastered all over magazines and television.
And she's also just a girl with a bell-clear voice and the ability to bottle youthful anguish and enthusiasm into tidy, infectious songs.
绝不平凡!这对Avril Lavigne 而言已经算是温和的形容词了。她是一个庞克女子、一个爆发力十足的灵魂,一个狂野不羁的女孩。她是那种大约两岁左右,就能够以声音引起人们激赏的怪胎。她是那种没办法乖乖坐在课堂上,但是却充满了自信和决心,并且一个人跑到纽约和洛杉矶去磨练创作技巧的小镇女孩。
Avril 生来就是为了这些疯狂的事。在家里排行老二,却老是想成为注意力“焦点”的小孩,她注定要离开加拿大安大略省那个人口只有五千人的小镇纳帕尼(Napanee)。从卧室开始,不论何时何地她都可以唱,像是在教堂里唱圣歌,或是参加音乐节,然后在展览会和歌唱比赛上表演乡村音乐,直到她被Arista唱片所发崛。
Avril生气蓬勃的鲜明个性和纯真的魅力,以及甜美但却狂放不羁嗓音让人耳目一新。难得的是,她还是一个创作型的歌手。十六岁时,她搬到曼哈顿着手进行她的首张专辑《Let Go》。
Avril的音乐足以同时感动女孩与男孩,以及一些富于冒险精神的成人,而她也正尽力地朝此方向努力。她的唱腔活力四射,她的嗓音一如水晶般清澈,而她的歌词更是流露出纯粹的女性风格。
[歌词讲解]
1. Chill out! 相当于Shut up! chill这个词是作为名词是“寒冷,凉意”的意思,例如:There was a chill in the air this morning. 今天早上寒气袭人。在 He has caught a chill. 这个句子中,chill有“风寒”的意思,所以catch a chill还有take a chill 都可以表示受风寒, 感冒, 着凉。做动词的时候,chill有“冷却, 冷冻”的意思,例如:I put some beer in the ice-box to chill.我把几瓶啤酒放进冰桶里冷冻。另外,chill还有“变冷,觉得冷”的意思,比如:The freezing weather chilled me to the bone. 寒冷的天气使我感到冰冷刺骨。Don't chill their enthusiasm. 不要对他们的热情泼冷水。
2. whatcha yelling' for 当中的whatcha 在口语中很普遍,就是 what you are的简略形式,you 在口语当中经常被弱化,例如,I got you 就可以说成I got ya。
3. lay back 就是向后靠,当一个人向后靠的时候,就表示他在放松。
4. let it be 我们已经讲过很多次了,就是“随它去,不要管它”的意思。could only 表示一种与事实相反的设想,也就是“如果能... ...就好了”。例如:If you could only hear me now. 如果你现在能听见我说话就好了。
5. way 这个词除了表示“道路”,还指 “做某事的方法,作风,个人的表现、行为或做事方式”,例如:Stress is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. 压力是日常生活中不可分割的一部分,无法逃避。I don't like the way he speaks. 我不喜欢他说话的方式。
6. talking to me one on one 一对一的谈话,one on one相当于face-to-face,就是说进行非常私人的谈话。
7. go and make things so complicated 当中的go 并没有什么实际的意义,只是用来强调动作性,而且口语中常常把and 省略掉。例如:Go have a look. 去看看吧。make something/something 加上形容词,表示“让某人/某物具有某种性质”,例如:The cat made me uncomfortable. 那只猫让我感觉很不舒服。
8. act有“举动,举止”的意思,例如:She acts like a born leader. 她的举止象个天生的领导。act后面还可以直接加上形容词,表示“显得;看上去好象... ...” The dog acted ferocious. 这条狗看上去很凶。
9. frustrated在口语当中很常用,指“很累的,很烦的,灰心丧气的”。
10. get someone 加上形容词,表示“使某人感觉... ...”。 例如:His words got me more nervous. 他的话让我感觉更紧张了。
11. someone/something is like ... ...某人/某物就象... ...例如:They're like sisters. 她们就象姐妹一样亲密。It's not like what you think. 事情不象你想的那样。
12. take,表示“接受”,买东西的时候可以说,I will take it. 我就买这个了。Take the pleasure with the pain. 痛并快乐着。
13. promise是“诺言,承诺”的意思,He broke his promise and did not write to me. 他不遵守诺言,没给我写信。做动词的时候,常和不定式连用,He has promised to come to see me.他答应要来看我。也可以和that从句连用,She promised her brother that she would buy him the car. 她答应弟弟会给他买那辆车。或者直接加上宾语就可以了,例如:I promise you. 我向你保证。 I can't promise anything now. 现在我还不能承诺任何事情。
14. fake,假装,伪装,可以直接加宾语,例如:He faked illness. 他假装生病。当作为名词的时候,表示“假货,赝品”,The painting looked old but was a recent fake. 这幅画看上去年代久远,实际是最近的一幅赝品。
15. unannounced在这里做状语。dress up,盛装打扮,She likes to dress up for a party. 她喜欢把自己打扮得漂漂亮亮去参加晚会。dress 用作动词的意思是“穿上衣服”,例如:She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat. 第二天上午,她穿着一件皮毛大衣,又来到了这家商店。The man is dressed in blue. 那个男人身穿蓝色衣服。
16. strike 或者put on a pose of 装出... ... 样子,pose,造型,摆好姿势,The model posed for a photograph. 模特摆好了照相的姿势。pose还有伪装、装腔作势的意思,例如:He posed as a writer. 他摆出一副作家的样子。She is always posing. 她总是装腔作势。
17. take off ,大家知道,是“脱掉衣物”的意思,而put on是“穿上衣物”的意思。 preppy 是指“大学的预科生”,preppy clothes 指美国七八十年代大学生流行的装束,主要以格子呢和斜纹软呢为面料,当时典型的造型就是上身穿格子的V领球衣,下面穿卡其裤,衣角还要塞到裤子里,当然现在看起来是很不合潮流的。
18. 这首歌并不是特别描写某一个人。基本上它是一首关于生活、伪装的人们和人际关系的歌曲。
转载于:https://www.cnblogs.com/ericfine/archive/2007/08/17/859670.html