下面一起来看一下歌词中的英文吧

歌词：Ain't got a soapbox I can stand upon

没有能够站上去演讲的舞台

But God gave me a stage, a guitar and a song

但上帝给了我一个舞台一把吉他和一首歌曲传唱

My daddy told me, "Son, don't you get involved in

爸爸告诉过我不要卷进

Politics, religions or other people's quarrels"

政治宗教或其他人的争斗场

讲解：· Soapbox：soap是肥皂的意思，soap opera表示肥皂剧，soapbox是肥皂箱，也可以表示临时演说舞台

· stand upon 站在......上；坚持

You must not stand upon your dignity with the people if you are to reach them.

如果你想跟人民发生联系你就千万得放下架子来。

（stand d upon one's dignity 保持尊严）

· get involved in 被卷入

I got involved in a quarrel about the price.
我被卷入了一场有关价格的争吵。

· Quarrel ['kwɔːrəl]

n. 吵架；争论；怨言

vi. 吵架；争论；挑剔

pick a quarrel with 故意和某人争吵; 向某人挑衅

He seemed determined to pick a quarrel with us.

他似乎存心要找我们吵架。

· 单词辨析quarrel, argue

这两个词的共同意思是“争论”。其区别在于:quarrel多指因琐事而争吵; argue常指论证自己的主张,着重说理。例如:

He hated to have quarrelled with her. 他后悔跟她吵架。

I argued with her about politics all day.就政见我和她争辩了一整天。

歌词：I know when I have children they will know what it means

我知道当我有了孩子他们会明白我所想

And I pass on these things my family's given to me

我会将我家庭赐予我的都一一传扬

Just love and understanding, positivity

关于爱与理解和那些积极向上

讲解：· pass on可以表示“前进，去世”等含义。

They passed on in spite of the heavy rain. 尽管下着大雨，但他们仍继续前进。

The old man passed on last night. 那位老人昨晚去世了。

歌词中的pass on表示传扬，它还有“传给”的意思，比如：

The winner is passing the money on to a selection of her favourite charities.

获胜者将把钱捐给几个她最喜欢的慈善机构。

· pass on sth to sb 传给某人某物 ; 把某物递给某人;转告

He took over the ball and then passed it on to Jim. 他接过了球，然后把它传给了吉姆。

Please pass on my regards to your parents.

请代我向你的父母问好。

· pass on to sth.意为“接下来做……，往下谈”。

They passed on to the next question. 他们接着讨论下一个问题。

歌词：But lord knows everybody's talking 'bout exponential growth

但天知道即使人人都在谈论着指数增长

And the stock market crashing and their portfolios

股市崩盘和他们工作的业务量

While I'll be sitting here with a song I wrote

我却还是会静坐着以我的歌作伴身旁

Sing, love could change the world in a moment

歌唱和爱可以不经意就改变世界

讲解：· Lord lɔːrd]

n. 君王；勋爵；统治者；[大写]上帝；主

v. 使…成君主；支配；作威作福

live like a lord 过豪华的生活

With this money we could live like a lord.

有了这笔钱,我们可以享尽荣华富贵.

· Exponential [ˌekspə'nenʃl] adj. 指数的；幂的

· stock market crash 股市崩盘；股市行情暴跌

· Portfolio [pɔːrt'foʊlioʊ] n. 文件夹；公事包；作品集；投资组合；（大臣或）部长职务

歌词：I saw people marching in the streets today

我看到人们在街头齐聚

You know we are made up of love and hate

你知道人们都是非爱即恨

But both of them are balanced on a razor blade

爱恨在那刀片之上又是相互平衡

讲解：· make up of 构成、组成

· Razor ['reɪzər] n. 剃刀

· Blade [bleɪd] n. 刀刃；叶片

· Razor blade 刮胡刀刀片；剃须刀片

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