【聽歌學英文】隨著音樂在心頭的烏雲下起舞吧  RAYE 〈Click Clack Symphony〉

文／楊詠婷

近年人氣急速攀升的英國創作歌手 RAYE 攜手電影配樂大師漢斯季默共同打造出了這首磅礡震撼的史詩級作品〈Click Clack Symphony〉，獻給所有努力生活、勇往直前的女孩。

如果你也感到孤單迷惘，請記得，你並不是隻身一人；艱難的日子終將過去，一切也都會慢慢好起來。

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[Intro]

Did you know the odds to be born on this Earth's one in four hundred trillion?

你知道出生在世上的機率是四百兆分之一嗎？

I conquered those odds, yet I can't conquer leaving this house

我戰勝了這渺小的可能性，卻困在家中動彈不得

I eat, sleep, scroll, and work, but there has to be more than just merely existing

吃飯、睡覺、滑手機、工作，但人生不應只是如此

In fact, I was thinking there's not enough wine in the fridge to unleash me

其實，我還覺得冰箱裡的紅酒不足以放飛自我呢

And this feeling fiends for some feminine healing

這種感受讓我渴求慰藉

By that, I mean

我的意思是

Odds     機率

一定要記得，作為「機率」意思的名詞 “odds” 都必須加上 “s” 喔！

【例句】

單字補充：
trillion【名詞】兆
feminine【形容詞】女性的

[Pre-Chorus]

I call my girls and said, "SOS, pick a dress

我打給我的姐妹：「趕緊挑件洋裝

Pick a time and an address

訂好時間選個地點

For we are going out tonight"

我們今晚要徹夜狂歡」

SOS     緊急求助信號

SOS 其實並不是縮寫，這組字母會代表求救信號其實是因為用摩斯密碼打出 SOS 非常好辨認且不容易操作錯誤，因此在 1908年成為國際通用的求救信號。

【例句】

[Chorus]

Send the call out, send the call out

呼朋引伴，響徹雲霄

Calling all my baddest women, it's about to go down

致我的好姐妹，好戲即將上演

Click-click-click clack symphony, I need that

喀喀喀咔，節奏交響，我就是要這種感覺

Click-click-click clack symphony, I love the sound of it

喀喀喀咔，節奏交響，我愛死這個聲音

Who let the girls out? I did, I did, darling

是誰讓這些女孩出來的？是我，是我，親愛的

She's empowered by the sound of us marching

我們的腳步聲激勵了她

Her legs are hurting, but her back is still arching

即便雙腿傷痕累累，她仍然堅定不移

And this sound reminds me that it's going to be alright

這個聲響告訴我，一切都會沒事的

Symphony     交響樂、交響曲

【例句】

單字補充：
empower【動詞】賦予

[Verse 1]

And I never could have guessed I started my morning in tears

無法想像日復一日在淚水中甦醒

Got a great waterproof mascara I can recommend

需要防水睫毛膏的話我可以推薦給你

I should try my luck in Hollywood and find some auditions

真該去好萊塢闖蕩、參加幾場試鏡

Because the way I fake this smile could pay the mortgage and the rent

我這虛假的笑容足以還清所有房租貸款

I climb into my lonely throne before my TV

攀上電視前孤單的寶座

I feel alone, I feel like no one really needs me

我好寂寞，感覺沒人需要我

So thank you, Carly, for having a sixth sense

所以，Carly，謝謝你的超強第六感

And for calling to remind me

打電話過來提醒我

We don't settle for depression on a Friday night

週五晚上不該陰鬱度過

單字補充：
mascara【名詞】睫毛膏
audition【名詞】試鏡
mortgage【名詞】貸款

[Pre-Chorus]

I need a pep talk, I need a hug, I need a dance floor

我需要有人為我打氣、給我擁抱，還需要一個舞池

I got one little life, I need to get out the house more

人生短暫，該多踏出家門

And really start living it

並真正享受生活

Heavy is the burdens that are weighing on me

重擔壓得我喘不過氣

I will lay them down under some pink and blue lights

我會在霓虹燈光下卸下這些包袱

Pep talk     精神喊話

教練在賽前或中場休息時常常給球員一段 “pep talk” 來鼓舞氣勢，而這種精神喊話除了會在體育賽事上看到，職場或平常生活中也可以對同事朋友說，幫助大家克服緊張、重拾信心。

【例句】

單字補充：
burden【名詞】負擔

[Verse 2]

Jim-Jimmy Choo, it's time to open up the closet

Jimmy Choo，是時候打開衣櫃了

It's a sad sight to see Manolo Blahnik gather cobwebs

看著 Manolo Blahnik 上長滿灰塵多麼令人心酸

Why, I'm like an alien in every dress I try

為什麼會這樣？因為我穿什麼都怪

Sigh, let me turn my music louder and pretend it's fine

唉，把音樂調大聲點，假裝一切都沒問題

Everything that's hurt me, left and gave up on me

所有傷過我、拋下我、放棄我的事物

Am I just the product of everything that was done to me?

難道我只是過去的產物嗎？

Run to me, come to me, someone bring the sun to me

跑向我吧，朝我來吧，帶給我陽光吧

I can see the glimmer of the girl who once believed

我能看見那個曾經堅信不移的女孩閃爍著光芒

單字補充：
sight【名詞】所見之物
cobweb【名詞】蜘蛛網
alien【名詞】外星人

[Bridge]

Though this season of her life had been cold, lonely and tough

儘管這段時光是如此冷酷、孤獨、困苦

Though she slipped back into a darkness she had hoped by now to have overcome

以為早已克服的黑暗卻又將她吞進深淵

She had learned a beautiful lesson

她突然豁然開朗

And she kissed her girls goodbye and thanked them for getting her out the house

和朋友吻別，感謝她們讓自己有勇氣走出房間

That maybe everything was going to be alright

或許一切都會變好

And even if only for a moment

就算只是一霎那

Everything is going to be alright

一切都會變好

Yeah, it's going to be alright

一切都會沒事

Going to be alright

一切都會沒事

單字補充：
overcome【動詞】克服

[Outro]

Then she put her headphones in

她戴上耳機

And there she danced under the weight of her clouds

在心頭的烏雲下翩然起舞

But for the first time in a long time

這是她長久以來第一次

She believed that one day, she would again feel the sun

相信，終有一日，她能再感受到陽光

She must be patient

她要有耐心

She must have faith in the seeds that are planted beneath the snow

要相信埋藏在深雪中的種子

She must hold on and she must let go

她必須堅持，卻也要學會放手

She'll be alright, no riding, shining, armored knight

一切都會沒事的，不需要身穿閃亮盔甲的騎士

She will save herself this time

這次， 她會憑一己之力度過

And in fact, tonight she did confirm

而且，她今晚也證明了

The cold never lasts, my darling

凜冬雖然漫長

It just teaches the heart how to burn

卻教會了心臟如何澎湃鼓動

單字補充：
faith【名詞】信心
armored【形容詞】裝甲的、穿戴盔甲的

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這首歌就像個 pep talk 一樣，提醒著我們：寒冬終將過去，低潮也只是人生旅途中的一段插曲；伴隨著高跟鞋喀咔聲編奏出的交響樂，我們抬頭挺胸、昂首闊步，和朋友並肩前行，走出陰霾。

即使前方仍有風雨，也要相信自己的力量，一步一步走向更明亮的未來。

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