【菁英站前聽英語歌學英文】跨世代搖滾傳奇Coldplay- Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall

Coldplay

'Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall'

June 29, 2011

Coldplay's Chris Martin has said that the graffiti of the early hip-hop movement in New York City in the Eighties was one of the chief inspirations for the songs on his band's forthcoming fifth album. In the video for "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall," the first video from the still-untitled record, the band fully embraces that influence with animated tags and drawings that mark the walls and ground around them as they rock out in a bombed-out industrial zone. The vibrant, colorful clip is well-suited to the song, which has a shaky, excited energy and the sort of optimistic, romantic lyrics that have made Coldplay one of the world's most crowd-pleasing rock bands.

(Rolling Stone U.S.A.)

Lyrics to Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall :

I turn the music up, I got my records on
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song

And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night
Until Monday morning feels another life
I turn the music up
I’m on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight

uh...

I turn the music up, I got my records on
From underneath the rubble sing a rebel song
Don’t want to see another generation drop
I’d rather be a comma than a full stop

Maybe I’m in the black, maybe I’m on my knees
Maybe I’m in the gap batween the two trapezes
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
Cathedrals in my heart

as we saw oh this light
I swear you, emerge blinking into
To tell me it’s alright
As we soar walls,
every siren is a symphony
And every tear’s a waterfall
Is a waterfall
Oh
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh
Is a is a waterfall
Every tear
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh

So you can hurt, hurt me bad
But still I’ll raise the flag

Oh
It was a wa wa wa wa wa-a-terfall
A wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall

Every tear
Every tear

Every teardrop is a waterfall

Every tear
Every tear

Every teardrop is a waterfall

I turn the music up, I got my records on
I shut the world outside until the lights come on
Maybe the streets alight, maybe the trees are gone
I feel my heart start beating to my favourite song

And all the kids they dance, all the kids all night
Until Monday morning feels another life
I turn the music up
I’m on a roll this time
And heaven is in sight

uh...

I turn the music up, I got my records on
From 1______ the rubble sing a rebel song
Don’t want to see another 2_______ drop
I’d rather be a comma than a full stop

Maybe I’m in the black, maybe I’m on my knees
Maybe I’m in the gap batween the two 3______
But my heart is beating and my pulses start
Cathedrals in my heart

as we saw oh this light
I swear you, emerge 4_______ into
To tell me it’s alright
As we soar walls,
every siren is a 5_______
And every tear’s a waterfall
Is a waterfall
Oh
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh
Is a is a waterfall
Every tear
Is a waterfall
Oh oh oh

So you can hurt, hurt me bad
But still I’ll raise the flag

Oh
It was a wa wa wa wa wa-a-terfall
A wa wa wa wa wa-aterfall

Every tear
Every tear

Every teardrop is a waterfall

Every tear
Every tear

Every teardrop is a waterfall

ANS:1. underneath 2. generation 3. trapezes 4. blinking 5. symphony

字彙補充:

underneath

prep. 介係詞

在...下面, 在...底下

The baby liked to sit underneath the table. 這嬰兒喜歡坐在桌子底下。

在...的形式下; 在...的喬裝下

I seem confident, but underneath it all I'm terribly nervous. 我表面上充滿自信, 但骨子裡頭緊張極了。

在...的支配下; 隸屬於

The people living underneath the tyranny rose in open revolt. 生活在暴政下的人民公開反叛了。

ad. 副詞

在下面, 在底下

She searched through the pile of papers and found his letter underneath. 她在一堆文件裡搜尋, 終於在底下找到了他的信。

a. 形容詞

下面的, 底層的

The underneath part felt damp. 底下那部分摸上去是潮的。

n. 名詞

下面, 底部[the S]

The underneath of the car was covered with rust. 汽車底部鏽跡斑斑。

2. generation

n. 名詞

世代, 一代 [C]

The antiques have been handed down to them from one generation to another. 這些古董世代相傳傳到了他們手裡。

同時代的人, 一代人; 一代事物; (電腦、音響、武器系統等的)代[C][G]

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry will spend $46 milli on on its Fifth Generation Computer Project this year. 日本國際貿易工業部今年將花四千六百萬美元在第五代電腦計劃上。

first generation 第一代

When did the first generation computers become obsolete? 第一代電腦是什麼時候淘汰的?

產生, 發生, 衍生[U]

The waterfall can be used for the generation of electricity. 這瀑布可用以發電。

3. trapezes

(體操、馬戲團用的)吊架, 高空鞦韆

4. blinking

vi. 不及物動詞

眨眼睛; 瞇著眼看[(+at)]
閃亮, 閃爍

The light blinked through darkness. 燈光在黑暗中閃爍不停。

視若無睹; 驚愕地看[(+at)]

The girl blinked at the height of the basketball player. 這女孩對那個籃球運動員的身高感到驚訝。

vt. 及物動詞

眨(眼睛); 眨眼睛擠掉(眼淚等)

Little Tom blinked his eyes in surprise. 小湯姆驚奇地眨著眼睛。

使閃爍, 使閃光
對...視而不見; 躲避

It is no use blinking the fact that inflation keeps getting worse. 不能無視通貨膨脹日益惡化這一事實。

以閃光信號表示

n. 名詞 [C]

眨眼睛, 一瞥
一瞬間

The boy disappeared around the corner in a blink of an eye. 一眨眼, 這男孩就在拐角處不見了。

閃光

5. symphony

n. 名詞 [C]

交響樂, 交響曲
【美】交響樂團, 交響樂隊

He conducts a symphony. 他指揮一個交響樂團。

【口】交響音樂會
和聲, 諧聲; (色彩等的)和諧, 一致

In the fall the woods is a symphony in red, brown and yellow. 在秋天, 這些樹林呈現一片和諧的紅色, 棕色和黃色。

◎ 樂團成員
克里斯馬汀Chris Martin（主唱∕吉他∕鍵盤；Mar 2, 1977）
蓋巴瑞曼Guy Berryman（貝斯手；Apr 12, 1978）
強尼巴克蘭Jonny Buckland（首席吉他手；Sep 11,1978）
威爾詹普恩Will Champion（鼓手；Jul 31,1977）

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