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Fun - We Are Young (Feat. Janelle Monae) lyrics

Give me a second I,
I need to get my story straight
My friends are in the bathroom getting higher than the 1___ State
My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar
My seat's been taken by some sunglasses asking bout a scar, and
I know I gave it to you months ago
I know you're trying to forget
But between the drinks and subtle things
The holes in my apologies, you know
I'm trying hard to take it back
So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like falling down
I'll carry you home

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn 2___ than the sun

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Now I know that I'm not
All that you got
I guess that I, I just 3___
Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart
But our friends are back
So let's raise a glass
'Cause I found someone to carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

Carry me home tonight
Just carry me home tonight
Carry me home tonight
Just carry me home tonight

The moon is on my side
I have no reason to run
So will someone come and carry me home tonight
The angels never arrived
But I can hear the choir
So will someone come and carry me home

Tonight
We are young
So let's set the world on fire
We can burn brighter than the sun

So if by the time the bar closes
And you feel like 4___ ___
I'll carry you home tonight

1.Empire 2.brighter 3.thought 4.falling down

單字解析：

1.Empire

n. 名詞
帝國[C]
大企業[C]
He started off with one small factory, and now he's the head of an oil empire. 他開始只經營一家小工廠, 如今已成為一個石油大企業的頭兒。
君權, 皇權; 絕對統治[U]

2.brighter

a. 形容詞
明亮的; 發亮的; 晴朗的
The bright sun lit up the meadow. 燦爛的太陽照亮草地。
(顏色)鮮亮的, 鮮明的
The box was painted bright red. 盒子被漆成鮮紅色。
歡快的; 開朗的; 生氣勃勃的
She has blue and bright eyes. 她有一對藍色的歡快的眼睛。
聰穎的; 機靈的
He is full of bright ideas. 他足智多謀。
前途光明的
If you work hard, you will have a bright future. 如果努力工作, 你將會有一個美好的前程。
(聲音等)清晰嘹亮的
ad. 副詞
明亮地
The fire shines bright. 火光明亮地照耀著。
歡快地
n. 名詞
【美】【口】(汽車的)車頭燈光[P]

3.thought

1. 思維; 思考, 考慮[U]

4.falling down

失敗
The plan fell down. 這個計劃失敗了。

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On Wednesday night (Dec. 5), fun. capped a breakout year by scoring a whopping six Grammy nominations, including album of the year for their sophomore disc "Some Nights," best new artist, and record of the year and song of the year for their No. 1 hit "We Are Young." Only one artist -- Christopher Cross, in 1981 -- has swept those four major categories in the history of the awards, and the upstart alt-pop trio has a chance to dominate the yearly music ceremony they idolized as kids.

"You grow up watching the Grammys -- it's the ultimate benchmark for a musician to even be nominated," multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost, who makes up fun. with Jack Antonoff and Nate Ruess, tells Billboard. "So we're very, very thrilled. [Wednesday] night, we felt like we finally belonged in this world, on this planet, and it felt very good."

After releasing debut album "Aim and Ignite" in 2009, the New York group's second album reached a new plateau of success almost immediately after its Feb. 21 release. "Some Nights" debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 chart, and less than one month later, "We Are Young" (featuring Janelle Monae) ascended to No. 1 on the Hot 100, where it spent seven weeks. With another Top 5 hit in "Some Nights," multiple awards show and festival performances and even a few "Glee" renditions rounding out the year, fun.'s stellar Grammys showing was widely expected -- except by the band itself, who performed "We Are Young" at the Grammy Nominations concert in Nashville on Wednesday night.

"We're aware that 'We Are Young' had a very big year, but I don't think you can prepare yourself for that sort of thing, especially with album [of the year] and best new artist," says Dost, whose band will compete against Frank Ocean, Alabama Shakes, Hunter Hayes and the Lumineers in the latter category. "The best new artist category was just so inspiring to even hear those names read off. It's very exciting to be in that kind of company."

When the dust had settled in Nashville and the trio had officially earned six Grammy nominations, Dost says that he, Ruess and Antonoff came together, "booted everybody out of the room except for the three of us," and reflected on the monumental achievement. Then, they went out. "We had a couple drinks," says Dost. "We went to this place that served tater tots and little fried donut things, and Nate had a peanut butter, bacon and banana sandwich. And that was our night!"

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Fun.的這張專輯「Some Nights」的專輯文(文章在此篇)
主打單曲「We Are Young」本週從第三名爬上了Billboard Hot 100單曲榜冠軍寶座，
(本週下載數量為302,000張。)

成為繼2008年的Coldplay的Viva La Vida之後第一首搖滾樂團冠軍單曲，
搖滾在美國的單曲榜實在沈寂太久了，這次Fun.的表現真是非常的亮眼
當然大量的媒體播放跟播放適時是個主因，
除了本身是首好歌以外，也是需要很多機緣的。

關於歌詞的部份解讀有分為兩派
一派認為說主人翁訴說著歌詞，娓娓道來他和女孩曾經經歷一段荒誕的年少時光
是一首主人翁道歉和惋惜的懊悔之歌。
另外一派就比較暗黑了，認為這首歌寫的是主人翁經歷失戀，
在Bar裡繼續獵豔尋求安慰的故事，繼續那荒誕的年輕歲月。

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參考資料：

歌詞
http://www.lyricsreg.com/lyrics/fun/We+Are+Young++Feat.+Janelle+Monae/
部落格
http://syachien.pixnet.net/blog/post/27883664-%5Bnew%5D-fun.%E3%80%82we-are-young-(with-lyrics)%E3%80%82%E7%8D%A8%E7%AB%8B%E6%A8%82%E5%9C%98fun.
雅虎字典
http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/
美國告示排行榜
http://www.billboard.com/song/fun-featuring-janelle-monae/we-are-young/27721735#/news/fun-on-grammy-nominations-we-felt-like-we-1008043052.story