Truth To Power

• By: OneRepublic
• Album: Human

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

I could tell you I was fragile

我可以告诉你我很脆弱

I could tell you I was weak

我可以告诉你我很软弱

I could write you out a letter

我可以给你写一封信

Tell you anything you need

告诉你你需要的任何事

I've seen minutes turn to hours

我见过分钟变成小时

Hours turn to years

小时变成年

And I've seen truth turn to power

我见过真理变成力量

If you could see me the way I see you

如果你能像我看你那样看我

If you could feel me the way I feel you

如果你能像我感受你那样感受我

You'd be a believer

你会成为一个信徒

You'd be a believer

你会成为一个信徒

Minutes turn to hours

分钟变成小时

Hours turn to years

小时变成年

And I've seen truth turn to power

我见过真理变成力量

...

...

I could tell you I was ageless

我可以告诉你我无龄

But I know you'll see the light

但我知道你会看到光明

I could tell you I'm immune to everything

我可以告诉你我对一切都免疫

But that's a lie

但那是个谎言

Dust don't turn to flowers

尘埃不会变成花

Skies don't disappear

天空不会消失

But I've seen truth to power

但我见过真理变成力量

Oh, if you could see me the way I see you

哦，如果你能像我看你那样看我

If you could feel me the way I feel you

如果你能像我感受你那样感受我

You'd be a believer (believer)

你会成为一个信徒（信徒）

You'd be a believer (believer)

你会成为一个信徒（信徒）

You'd be a believer (believer)

你会成为一个信徒（信徒）

You'd be a believer (believer)

你会成为一个信徒（信徒）

Hard to keep goin' on (hard to keep goin' on)

继续下去很难（继续下去很难）

I said it's hard to keep goin' on (hard to keep goin' on)

我说继续下去很难（继续下去很难）

I said it's hard to keep goin' on (hard to keep goin' on)

我说继续下去很难（继续下去很难）

If you could see me the way I see you

如果你能像我看你那样看我

If you could feel me the way I feel you

如果你能像我感受你那样感受我

You'd be a believer

你会成为一个信徒

You'd be a believer

你会成为一个信徒

You'd be a believer

你会成为一个信徒

Be a believer

成为一个信徒

Be a believer (believer)

成为一个信徒（信徒）

You'd be (be a believer)

你会（成为一个信徒）

Minutes turn to hours

分钟变成小时

Hours turn to years

小时变成年

And I've seen truth turn to power

我见过真理变成力量

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
fragile /ˈfrædʒaɪl/ B1	adjective - 脆的
weak /wiːk/ A2	adjective - 虚弱的
letter /ˈlɛtər/ A2	noun - 信
need /niːd/ A2	verb - 需要
minutes /ˈmɪnɪts/ A1	noun - 分钟
hours /ˈaʊərz/ A1	noun - 小时
truth /tɹuːθ/ B2	noun - 真相
power /ˈpaʊər/ B2	noun - 力量，权力
believer /bɪˈliːvər/ B2	noun - 信徒
light /laɪt/ A2	noun - 光
immune /ɪˈmjuːn/ B2	adjective - 免疫的
flower /ˈflaʊər/ A2	noun - 花
disappear /ˌdɪsəˈpɪər/ B2	verb - 消失
keep /kiːp/ A2	verb - 持续

Grammar:

• I've seen minutes turn to hours

  ➔ 现在完成时

  ➔ 用于描述从过去开始，持续到现在或其影响仍然相关的动作。

• Truth to power

  ➔ 名词短语

  ➔ 表示诚实发言或挑战权威的习语。

• if you could see me the way I see you

  ➔ 第二条件句（假设情况）

  ➔ 表达当前不真实的假设或虚拟情境。

• Dust don't turn to flowers

  ➔ 现在时否定形式（'don't'）

  ➔ 用否定形式表达普遍真理或观察。

• It's hard to keep goin' on

  ➔ 动名词（'goin''）作介词宾语

  ➔ 使用动词的 -ing 形式作名词，表示持续的动作。

• You'd be a believer

  ➔ 'would' + 动词原形（条件式）

  ➔ 表达假设或可能的未来状态。