Timeless
歌词:
(主歌)
Down the
block
there's an
antique
shop
街区的尽头坐落着一家古董商店
And something in my head said stop
冥冥之中 我下意识地停下脚步
So I walked in
因此我走进店里
On the
counter
was a
cardboard
box
柜台上放着一个纸箱
And the
sign
said "Photos 25
cents
each
"
指示牌上写着 照片每张25美分
Black and white saw a '30s
bride
在这些黑白照片里 我看到了一位三十年代的新娘
And school lovers
我还看到一对学生时就牵手的恋人
Laughing on the
porch
of their first house
在他们第一所房子的门廊上开怀大笑的样子
The
kinda
love
这样的爱情
That you only find once in a
lifetime
或许你一生只能遇见一次
The kind you don't put down
而你也会难以割舍
And that's when I called you
就在那时我给你打去电话
And it's so hard to
explain
but
尽管这难以解释
In those photos I saw us
instead
但在这些照片里 我仿佛看见我们的影子
And
somehow
I know that you
不知何故 我坚信
And I would've found each
other
你与我会找到彼此
In another life
哪怕是另一个世界里
You still would've turned my head
你依然会吸引我的目光
Even if we'd
met
即使我们曾邂逅彼此 (副歌)
On a
crowded
street in 1944
1944年 在那人潮涌动的街头
And you were
headed
off to
fight
in the
war
你准备出发 奔赴战场
You
still
would've been mine
你依然是我的专属
We would've been
timeless
我们一定会永恒不变
I would've read your
love letters
every single night
每天晚上 我会细细品读你写的情书
And
prayed
to God you'd be coming home all right
向上帝祈祷 盼望你能平安回来
And you would have been fine
你会安然无恙
We would've been timeless
我们一定会永恒不变
'Cause I believe that
因为我相信
We were
supposed
to find this
我们注定会遇到天长地久的爱情
So even in a different life
即使在不同的人生里
You still would've been mine
你依然是我的专属
We would've been timeless
我们一定会永恒不变 (主歌)
I had to smile when it caught my eye
当照片映入眼帘时 我忍俊不禁
There was one of a
teenage
couple
in the driveway
照片里是一对在车道上的少年情侣
Holding hands on the way to a dance
他们手牵着手 走在去舞会的路上
And the date on the back said 1958
照片背后的日期写着1958年
Which brought me back to the first time I saw you
这不禁让我回想起我第一次见到你的时候
Time
stood
still like something in this old shop
在这件古老的商店里 时间仿佛停滞不前
I thought about it
当我环顾四周
As I started looking 'round at these
precious
things
望着这些被时间遗忘的珍贵之物
That time
forgot
我不禁浮想联翩
That's when I came
upon
a book
covered
in
cobwebs
就在那时我偶然发现一本布满蜘蛛网的书
Story of a
romance
torn
apart
by fate
书中记载着一段被命运捉弄的浪漫爱情故事
Hundreds of years ago thay fell in love like we did
几百年以前 他们如我们一般坠入爱河
And I'd die for you in the same way
我愿意以同样的方式为你付出生命
If I first saw your face
倘若我第一次看到你的脸庞 (副歌)
In the 1500s off in a
foreign
land
当时是在十六世纪的异国他乡
And I was
forced
to marry another man
而我被迫嫁给另一个男人
You still would've been mine
你依然是我的专属
We would have been timeless
我们一定会永恒不变
I would have read your love letters every single night
每天晚上 我会细细品读你写的情书
And run away and left it all behind
我会远走高飞 抛下一切
You still would've been mine
你依旧是我的专属
We would've been timeless
我们会永恒不变
'Cause I believe
因为我相信
That we were supposed to find this
我们注定会遇到天长地久的爱情
So even in a different life
即使在不同的人生里
You still would've been mine
你依然是我的专属
We would've been timeless
我们会永恒不变 (Bridge)
Time breaks down your mind and body
时间会摧毁你的心灵与肉体
Don't you let it
touch
your
soul
而你不会任其茶毒你的灵魂
It was like an
age-old
classic
这就像是一部古老的经典杰作
The first time that you saw me
你第一次见到我的时候
The story started when you said hello
那是在数年以前 我们在人头攒动的房间里
In a crowded room a
few
short years ago
故事从你主动问候的那一刻拉开序幕
And sometimes there's no
proof
you just know
有时候找不到任何证据 而你只知道
You're always gonna be mine
你永远是我的专属
We're gonna be
我们会 (结尾)
I'm gonna love you when our hair is turning gray
即使我们头发花白 我也会一如既往地爱你
We'll have a cardboard box of photos of the life we've made
我们会有满满一纸箱的照片 记录着生活里的点点滴滴
And you'll say
而你会说
"Oh my we really were timeless"
天啊 我们已经永恒不变
We're gonna be timeless
我们会永恒不变
Timeless
永恒不变
You still would've been mine
你依然是我的专属
We would've been
我们一定会
Even if we'd met
即使我们曾邂逅彼此
On a crowded street in 1944
1944年 在那人潮涌动的街头
You still would've been mine
你依然是我的专属
We would've been
我们一定会
Down the block there's an antique shop
街区的尽头坐落着一家古董商店
And something in my head said stop
冥冥之中 我下意识地停下了脚步
So I walked in
因此我走进店里 (完)
单词:
block n.街头 antique adj.古老的 counter n.柜台 cardboard n.纸板箱 sign vt.示意 cent n.分;美分 each pron.每个
注:each
是两个或两个以上的人或物中的每个,
every
是三个或三个以上中的每个。
bride n.新娘 porch n.门廊 kinda adv.有点 lifetime n.一生 explain v.说明 instead adv.代替 somehow adv.莫名其妙地 other pron.(两者中的)另一个 met v.遇见(meet的过去式) crowd n.人群 head v.前进 fight v.战斗 war n.战争 still adv.仍然 timeless adj.永恒不变的 love letters n.情书 pray vt.祈祷 suppose vt.假设 teenage adj.青少年的 couple n.夫妇 stand v.站立 precious adj.珍贵的 forget v.忘记 upon prep.在......之上 cover v.覆盖 cobweb n.蜘蛛网 romance n.浪漫 apart adv.与众不同地 torn adj.摇摆不定的 foreign adj.国外的 force vt.强迫 touch v.触摸 soul n.灵魂 age-old adj.古老的 classic n.经典著作 few adj.很少的
注:few
只修饰可数名词,
little
只修饰不可数名词。
proof n.证据
好句:
I'm gonna love you when our hair is turning gray 即使我们头发花白 我也会一如既往地爱你 We'll have a cardboard box of photos of the life we've made 我们会有满满一纸箱的照片 记录着生活里的点点滴滴