Mockingbird
歌詞:
[English]
(film reel spinning)
- Hi, Papa.
(slow rap music)
- [Eminem] Yeah.
I know sometimes
things may not always make sense to you right now.
But hey
what'd Daddy always tell you?
Straighten up, little soldier.
Stiffen up that upper lip.
What you cryin' about?
You got me.
♪ Hailie I know you miss your mom ♪
♪ And I know you miss your dad when I'm gone ♪
♪ But I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had ♪
♪ I can see you sad even when you smile ♪
♪ Even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes ♪
♪ Deep inside you wanna cry ♪
♪ 'cause you're scared I ain't there ♪
♪ Daddy's with you in your prayers ♪
♪ No more cryin' wipe them tears ♪
♪ Daddy's here no more nightmares ♪
♪ We gonna pull together through it ♪
♪ We gonna do it Laney Uncle's crazy ain't he ♪
♪ Ya but he loves you girl and you better know it ♪
♪ We're all we got in this world ♪
♪ When it spins when it swirls ♪
♪ When it whirls when it twirls ♪
♪ Two little beautiful girls ♪
♪ Lookin' puzzled in a daze ♪
♪ I know it's confusing you ♪
♪ Daddy's always on the move ♪
♪ Mama's always on the news ♪
♪ I try to keep you sheltered from it ♪
♪ But somehow it seems ♪
♪ The harder that I try to do that ♪
♪ The more it backfires on me ♪
♪ All the things growin' up ♪
♪ As daddy that he had to see ♪
♪ Daddy don't want you to see ♪
♪ But you see just as much as he did ♪
♪ We did not plan it to be this way ♪
♪ Your mother and me ♪
♪ But things have got so bad between us ♪
♪ I don't see us ever being ♪
♪ Together ever again ♪
♪ Like we used to be ♪
♪ When we was teenagers ♪
♪ But then of course everything always happens for a reason ♪
♪ I guess it was never meant to be ♪
♪ But it's just something we have no control over ♪
♪ And that's what destiny is ♪
♪ So no more worries ♪
♪ Rest your head and go to sleep ♪
♪ Maybe one day we'll wake up ♪
♪ And this'll all just be a dream ♪
♪ Now hush little baby don't you cry ♪
♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ Stiffen that upper lip up little lady ♪
♪ I told ya Daddy's here to hold ya ♪
♪ Through the night ♪
♪ I know Mommy's not here right now ♪
♪ And we don't know why ♪
♪ We feel how we feel inside ♪
♪ It may seem a little crazy pretty baby ♪
♪ But I promise Mama's gonna be all right ♪
♪ It's funny ♪
♪ I remember back one year when Daddy had no money ♪
♪ Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up ♪
♪ And stuck 'em under the tree ♪
♪ And said some of 'em were from me ♪
♪ 'Cause Daddy couldn't buy 'em ♪
♪ I'll never forget that Christmas ♪
♪ I sat up the whole night cryin' ♪
♪ 'Cause Daddy felt like a bum ♪
♪ See Daddy had a job ♪
♪ But his job was to keep the food on the table ♪
♪ for you and Mom ♪
♪ And at the time ♪
♪ Every house that we lived in ♪
♪ Either kept gettin' broken into and robbed ♪
♪ Or shot up on the block ♪
♪ And your Mom was savin' money for you in a jar ♪
♪ Tryin' to start a piggy bank for you ♪
♪ So you could go to college ♪
♪ Almost had a thousand dollars ♪
♪ Till someone broke in and stole it ♪
♪ And I know it hurt so bad it broke your Mama's heart ♪
♪ And it seemed like everything ♪
♪ Was just startin' to fall apart ♪
♪ Mom and Dad was arguing a lot ♪
♪ So Mama moved back on to Chalmers in a flat ♪
♪ One bedroom apartment ♪
♪ And Dad moved back to the other side ♪
♪ Of Eight Mile on Novarra ♪
♪ And that's when Daddy went to California with his CD ♪
♪ And met Dr. Dre ♪
♪ And flew you and Mama out to see me ♪
♪ But Daddy had to work ♪
♪ You and Mama had to leave me ♪
♪ Then you started seein' Daddy on the TV ♪
♪ And Mama didn't like it ♪
♪ And you and Laney were too young to understand ♪
♪ That Papa was a rollin' stone ♪
♪ Mama developed a habit ♪
♪ And it all happened too fast ♪
♪ For either one of us to grab it ♪
♪ I'm just sorry you were there ♪
♪ And had to witness it firsthand ♪
♪ 'Cause I ever wanted to do was just make you proud ♪
♪ Now I'm sittin' in this empty house ♪
♪ Just reminiscing looking at your baby pictures ♪
♪ It just trips me out ♪
♪ To see how much you both have grown ♪
♪ It's almost like you're sisters now ♪
♪ Wow guess you pretty much are ♪
♪ And Daddy's still here ♪
♪ Laney I'm talkin' to you too ♪
♪ Daddy's still here ♪
♪ I like the sound of that yeah ♪
♪ It's got a ring to it don't it ♪
♪ Shh Mama's only gone for the moment ♪
♪ Now hush little baby don't you cry ♪
♪ Everything's gonna be all right ♪
♪ Stiffen that upper lip up little lady ♪
♪ I told ya Daddy'd here to hold ya ♪
♪ Through the night ♪
♪ I know Mommy's not here right now ♪
♪ And we don't know why ♪
♪ We feel how we feel inside ♪
♪ It may seem a little crazy pretty baby ♪
♪ But I promise Mama's gonna be all right ♪
♪ And if you ask me to ♪
♪ Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird ♪
♪ I'ma give you the world ♪
♪ I'ma buy a diamond ring for you ♪
♪ I'ma sing for you ♪
♪ I'll do anything for you to see you smile ♪
♪ And if that mockingbird don't sing ♪
♪ And that ring don't shine ♪
♪ I'ma break that birdie's neck ♪
♪ I'll go back to the jeweler who sold it to ya ♪
♪ And make him eat every carat ♪
♪ Don't f-- with Dad ♪
Ha ha.
この曲の語彙:
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cry /kraɪ/ A1 |
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smile /smaɪl/ A1 |
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miss /mɪs/ A2 |
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life /laɪf/ A1 |
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tears /tɪərz/ A2 |
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nightmares /ˈnaɪtˌmɛərz/ B1 |
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crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ B1 |
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world /wɜːrld/ A1 |
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puzzled /ˈpʌzəld/ B2 |
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move /muːv/ A1 |
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news /njuːz/ A2 |
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dream /driːm/ A2 |
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money /ˈmʌni/ A1 |
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job /dʒɒb/ A1 |
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heart /hɑːrt/ A2 |
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proud /praʊd/ B1 |
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文法:
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I'm tryin' to give you the life that I never had
➔ "that"を使った関係詞節
➔ 「that」という単語は、話し手が経験したことのない人生の種類を説明する関係詞節を導入します。「life」（人生）という名詞を特定するための追加情報を提供するために使用されます。
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Even when you laugh I can see it in your eyes
➔ "when"を使った時を表す副詞節、「I can see it」での倒置
➔ 「when」という単語は、話し手がいつ聞き手の目に何かを見ることができるかを説明する時を表す副詞節を導入します。わずかな倒置：「I can see *it*」というよりは「I can see it」。
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Daddy's with you in your prayers
➔ 所有格（Daddy's）と前置詞句（in your prayers）
➔ 「Daddy's」は所有格を示し、Daddyに属していることを意味します。「In your prayers」はDaddyがどこにいるかを示す前置詞句です。
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We're all we got in this world
➔ 関係詞節の省略：「We're all [that] we got」
➔ この文は、「私たちはこの世界で持っているすべてのもの」という意味です。関係代名詞「that」は、くだけた言い方では省略されることがよくあります。
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I try to keep you sheltered from it
➔ 目的の不定詞：「to keep」
➔ 不定詞句「to keep you sheltered from it」は、「I try」という行動の目的を示しています。話し手がなぜ試みているのかを説明します。
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The harder that I try to do that, the more it backfires on me
➔ 「The...the」比較構文
➔ この構造は、2つのことの間に直接的な相関関係があることを示しています。「The harder I try」は「the more it backfires」につながります。
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It's almost like you're sisters now
➔ 仮定法 (you were/are)
➔ 「like」の後に「were」（または単純現在形のare）を使用すると、仮説的な状況や事実と反することを表します。ここでは、文字通り姉妹ではないかもしれませんが、絆が強いことを意味します。
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And if that mockingbird don't sing, And that ring don't shine
➔ 非標準的な否定の一致（「don't sing」、「don't shine」）
➔ 標準的な英語では、「doesn't sing」と「doesn't shine」になります。これは、方言または口語の一例です。
