First Time
歌詞:
[English]
Remember once I told you about
How before I heard it from your mouth
My name would always hit my ears as such an awful sound?
And the soul, if that's what you'd call it
Uneasy ally of the body
It felt nameless as a river undiscovered underground
And the first time that you kissed me
I drank dry the River Lethe
The Liffey would have been softer on my stomach all the same
But you spoke some quick new music
That went so far to soothe this soul
As it was and ever shall be, unearth without a name
Some part of me must have died
The first time that you called me "baby"
And some part of me came alive
The first time that you called me "baby"
These days, I think I owe my life
To flowers that were left here by my mother
Ain't that like them, gifting life to you again
This life lived mostly underground
Unknowing either sight nor sound
'Til reaching up for sunlight just to be ripped out by the stem
Sensing only now it's dying
Drying out, then drowning blindly
Blooming forth its every colour
In the moments it has left
To share the space with simple living things
Infinitely suffering, but fighting off like all creation
The absence of itself, anyway
Some part of me must have died
Each time that you called me "baby"
And some part of me stayed alive
Each time that you called, each time that you called
Come here
Ooh-la-la, ooh-la-la
Whatever keeps you around, it keeps you around
Ooh-la-la, come here, ooh-la-la
Whatever keeps you around, it keeps you around
The last time it was heard out loud
The perfect genius of our hands and mouths were shocked
To resignation as the arguing declined
When I was young, I used to guess
Are there limits to any emptiness?
When was the last time?
Come here to me, when was the last time?
Some part of me must have died
The final time you called me "baby"
But some part of me came alive
The final time you called me "baby"
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この曲の語彙:
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kiss /kɪs/ A2 |
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river /ˈrɪvər/ B1 |
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soul /soʊl/ B2 |
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underground /ˌʌndərˈɡraʊnd/ B2 |
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flower /ˈflaʊər/ A2 |
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native /ˈneɪtɪv/ B2 |
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create /kriˈeɪt/ B1 |
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meaning /ˈmiːnɪŋ/ B2 |
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alive /əˈlaɪv/ B1 |
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drown /draʊn/ B2 |
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drowning /ˈdraʊnɪŋ/ B2 |
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shocked /ʃɒkt/ or /ʃɑːkt/ B2 |
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limit /ˈlɪmɪt/ B1 |
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emptiness /ˈɛmptɪnəs/ C1 |
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文法:
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My name would always hit my ears as such an awful sound
➔ 'Would'を使った条件法で、習慣的または仮定の状況を表す
➔ 'Would'は過去の習慣的または想像上の行動を表すのに使われている
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I drank dry the River Lethe
➔ 過去形を用いて完了した行動を表す
➔ 'Drank'は'drink'の過去形で、過去に完了した行動を表す
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The soul, if that's what you'd call it
➔ 'If'を使った仮定法で、事実と反する状況について議論する
➔ 「if that’s what you'd call it」は仮定や疑わしい表現を導入する
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Some part of me must have died
➔ 'Must'と完了形を使って過去の出来事について推論または確信を表す
➔ 'Must have died'は過去に起こったことについての論理的結論または確信を表す
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Come here to me, when was the last time?
➔ 'When' を使った疑問文で、過去の出来事の時期を尋ねる
➔ 'When was the last time?'は、出来事の最も最近の発生時期を尋ねるために使われる
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The final time you called me 'baby'
➔ 'Final'という形容詞を使った名詞で、最後の出来事を示す
➔ 'Final time'は、その行動や出来事の最後の発生を示す
