What Was That

• By: Lorde

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

A place in the city, a chair in the bed

城市一隅，床上孤零零的椅

I cover up all the mirrors, I can't see myself yet

我遮住所有镜子，还不想看见自己

I wear smoke like a wedding veil

我以烟雾为婚纱

Make a meal I won't eat

做一顿我不会吃的饭

Step out into the street, alone in a sea

走上街头，独自一人如在海中

It comes over me

它向我袭来

Oh, I'm missing you

哦，我在想你

Yeah, I'm missing you

耶，我在想你

And all the things we used to do

还有我们过去一起做的所有事

MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up

后花园里嗑药，瞳孔放大

We kissed for hours straight

我们接吻了好几个小时

Well baby, what was that?

宝贝，那算什么？

I remember saying then

我记得当时我说

"This is the best cigarette of my life"

“这是我这辈子抽过最好的一根烟”

Well, I want you just like that

嗯，我就想要你那样

Indio haze, we're in a sandstorm

印第奥的薄雾，身处沙尘暴中

And it knocks me out

它击垮了我

I didn't know then

那时我不知道

that you'd never be enough for me

你永远无法满足我

Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything

自从我十七岁，我把一切都给了你

Now, we wake from a dream

现在，我们从梦中醒来

Well, baby, what was that?

宝贝，那算什么？

What was that?

那算什么？

Baby, what was that?

宝贝，那算什么？

Do you know you're still with me

你知道吗，你仍然在我身边

When I'm out with my friends?

当我与朋友出去玩的时候？

I stare at the painted faces that talk current affairs

我盯着那些谈论时事的浓妆艳抹的脸庞

You had to know this was happening

你早就该知道这会发生

You weren't feeling my heat

你感受不到我的热情

When I'm in the blue light, down to be myself right

当我在蓝光下，只想做我自己

I face reality

我面对现实

I tried (I tried)

我试着 (我试着)

To let (To let)

让 (让)

Whatever has to pass through me, pass through

所有需要穿过我的，都穿过

But this is still a problem, I know

但这仍然是个问题，我知道

It might not let me go

它可能不会放我走

MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up

后花园里嗑药，瞳孔放大

We kissed for hours straight

我们接吻了好几个小时

Well baby, what was that?

宝贝，那算什么？

I remember saying then

我记得当时我说

"This is the best cigarette of my life"

“这是我这辈子抽过最好的一根烟”

Well, I want you just like that

嗯，我就想要你那样

Indio haze, we're in a sandstorm

印第奥的薄雾，身处沙尘暴中

And it knocks me out

它击垮了我

I didn't know then

那时我不知道

But you'd never be enough for me

你永远无法满足我

Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything

自从我十七岁，我把一切都给了你

Now, we wake from a dream

现在，我们从梦中醒来

Well, baby, what was that?

宝贝，那算什么？

What was that?

那算什么？

'Cause I want you just like that

因为我就想要你那样

(When I'm in the blue light, I can make it alright)

（当我在蓝光下，我可以搞定一切）

What was that?

那算什么？

(When I'm in the blue light, I can make it alright)

（当我在蓝光下，我可以搞定一切）

Baby, what was that?

宝贝，那算什么？

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
city /ˈsɪti/ A1	noun - 城市
cover /ˈkʌvər/ A2	verb - 覆盖 noun - 盖子
smoke /smoʊk/ A2	noun - 烟 verb - 吸烟
wedding /ˈwedɪŋ/ A2	noun - 婚礼
meal /miːl/ A1	noun - 餐
street /striːt/ A1	noun - 街道
garden /ˈɡɑːrdən/ A1	noun - 花园
pupil /ˈpjuːpl/ B1	noun - 瞳孔
cigarette /ˌsɪɡəˈret/ A2	noun - 香烟
haze /heɪz/ B2	noun - 薄雾
sandstorm /ˈsændstɔːrm/ B2	noun - 沙尘暴
dream /driːm/ A1	noun - 梦 verb - 做梦
friends /frendz/ A1	noun - 朋友
faces /ˈfeɪsɪz/ A1	noun - 脸
reality /riˈæləti/ B2	noun - 现实
problem /ˈprɒbləm/ A2	noun - 问题

Grammar:

• I cover up all the mirrors, I can't see myself yet

  ➔ 情态动词“can't”表示无能力

  ➔ 这句话表明说话者目前的情绪状态阻止了他们面对自己的倒影。“Can't see”表达了一种当下的无能为力。

• And all the things we used to do

  ➔ “used to”+不定式描述过去的习惯或状态

  ➔ “Used to do”表示过去习惯性的行为或例行程序，但现在已不再实行。

• Well baby, what was that?

  ➔ 一般过去时以问句形式

  ➔ 这个问题指的是过去的事件或经历，现在带着不确定或困惑的感觉进行反思。

• This is the best cigarette of my life

  ➔ 最高级形容词“best”与一般现在时

  ➔ 这句话用了一个最高级的形容词来表达与当时那支烟相关的品质（好）的最高程度。

• I didn't know then that you'd never be enough for me

  ➔ 过去简单时（'didn't know'），过去完成时条件句（'you'd never be enough'）

  ➔ 表达了对过去缺乏认识的现在的认识。“You'd never be enough”使用条件完成结构来描述过去无法改变的假设情况。

• Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything

  ➔ 现在完成时（'I have given'）隐含着“Since”，表示从过去到现在的一段时间

  ➔ 虽然动词形式是过去式，但“since”子句暗示了从那时到现在的一个持续的动作或状态，使现在完成时成为一个合适的选择。这句话也可以写成“Since I was seventeen, I have given you everything”。

• Do you know you're still with me When I'm out with my friends?

  ➔ 主要从句和从属从句中使用一般现在时，表示现在的状态和习惯性行为

  ➔ “Do you know”询问对方是否意识到自己在说话者生活中挥之不去的存在。“When I'm out with my friends”为这种挥之不去的存在设定了背景。

• Whatever has to pass through me, pass through

  ➔ 在充当名词性从句的“whatever”从句中使用祈使语气（“pass through”）

  ➔ 这使用了祈使语气“pass through”两次 - 第一次是作为充当主语的“whatever”从句的一部分，然后作为句子的主要动词，发出允许经验或情感自由流动而不受阻碍的命令。 “Whatever has to pass through me”指的是任何不可避免或必须经历的事情。