Beautiful Birds

• By: Passenger, Birdy
• Album: Songs For The Drunk And Broken Hearted

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

You remember when we were two beautiful birds, we would light up the sky, when we'd fly,

你还记得我们曾是两只美丽的鸟儿，我们飞翔时会点亮天空，

You were orange and red, like the sun when it sets, I was green as an apple's eye.

你是橙色和红色，像落日时的阳光，我则像苹果的眼睛一样绿色。

You said you loved all the songs that I'd sing, like nothing you'd ever heard,

你说你喜欢我唱的所有歌曲，像是你从未听过的旋律，

And I said I loved you with all of my heart when we were two beautiful birds.

我说我全心全意地爱着你，当我们是两只美丽的鸟儿时。

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Remember when we were two beautiful birds, we would say when the morning would come,

还记得我们曾是两只美丽的鸟儿，我们会说早晨来临时的事情，

You are silver and blue like the moon when it's new, I was gold as the summer sun.

你是银色和蓝色，像新月一样，我则像夏日的阳光一样金黄。

But one day you asked for a different song,

但有一天你要求我唱一首不同的歌，

One that I just couldn't sing,

一首我根本无法唱的歌，

I got the melody sharp, and the words all wrong,

我把旋律唱得尖锐，歌词却全都错了，

Those were the last days of spring.

那是春天的最后几天。

To build a nest we pecked feathers from our chests,

为了筑巢，我们从胸膛里啄出羽毛，

Like a book tearing out every page,

就像一本书撕掉每一页，

We weren't to know that these feathers would grow,

我们不知道这些羽毛会长成，

Into a beautiful cage.

一个美丽的牢笼。

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
bright /braɪt/ B2	adjective - 发出很多光
beautiful /ˈbjuː.tɪ.fəl/ B1	adjective - 美丽的
birds /bɜːrdz/ A2	noun - 鸟
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - 光 verb - 点亮
fly /flaɪ/ A1	verb - 飞
red /rɛd/ A1	adjective - 红色
green /ɡriːn/ A2	adjective - 绿色
sun /sʌn/ A2	noun - 太阳
songs /sɒŋz/ A2	noun - 歌曲
heart /hɑːrt/ B1	noun - 心脏
spring /sprɪŋ/ B1	noun - 春天
nest /nɛst/ A2	noun - 巢
feathers /ˈfɛðərz/ B2	noun - 羽毛
cage /keɪdʒ/ B2	noun - 笼子

Grammar:

• You remember when we were two beautiful birds, we would light up the sky, when we'd fly.

  ➔ 过去时和条件形式。

  ➔ "我们曾经"这个短语表示过去的状态，而"我们会照亮"则显示了过去的习惯性行为。

• You said you loved all the songs that I'd sing, like nothing you'd ever heard.

  ➔ 间接引语和条件从句。

  ➔ "你说你爱"这个短语是间接引语的例子，而"像你从未听过的那样"是一个条件从句。

• But one day you asked for a different song, one that I just couldn't sing.

  ➔ 过去时和关系从句。

  ➔ "你请求"这个短语是过去时，而"我根本无法唱的那首歌"是描述这首歌的关系从句。

• To build a nest we pecked feathers from our chests, like a book tearing out every page.

  ➔ 不定式短语和明喻。

  ➔ "为了建造一个巢"这个短语是不定式短语，表示目的，而"像一本撕掉每一页的书"是比较动作的明喻。