What Was That – 英语/中文 双语歌词

• 作者: Lorde

歌词与翻译

通过Lorde这首分手主题的电子流行金曲，学习如何用迷幻花园场景与亲密对话构建情感叙事。歌词中‘后院的MDMA’等具象化比喻、玫瑰色回忆与冰冷现实的对比手法，配合合成器音墙营造的眩晕感，是掌握当代情感表达的绝佳语料。音乐视频记录的纽约即兴演出被警方叫停事件，更添艺术真实性的语言学习价值。

[中文]

城市里的一隅，床上的椅子

我遮住所有的镜子，还不能面对自己

我披上烟雾，如同婚纱

准备了一顿我不会吃的饭

走上街头，独自一人置身人海

这种感觉涌上心头

哦，我好想你

是啊，我好想你

还有我们曾做过的一切

后花园里的摇头丸，让我们的瞳孔放大

我们一吻就是好几个小时

宝贝，那究竟是什么？

我记得当时我说

“这是我这辈子抽过最好的烟”

嗯，我就是这样渴望你

印第奥的薄雾，我们置身沙尘暴中

它让我心神荡漾

那时我不知道

你永远无法满足我

从我十七岁起，我给了你一切

现在，我们从梦中醒来

宝贝，那究竟是什么？

那究竟是什么？

宝贝，那究竟是什么？

你知道你仍然与我同在吗？

当我和朋友出去的时候？

我凝视着那些涂脂抹粉的脸，她们谈论着时事

你不可能不知道这一切正在发生

你感受不到我的温度

当我置身于蓝光之中，决心做回真正的自己

我面对现实

我努力过 (我努力过)

去让 (去让)

任何该过去的，都让它过去

但我知道，这仍然是个问题

它可能不肯放手

后花园里的摇头丸，让我们的瞳孔放大

我们一吻就是好几个小时

宝贝，那究竟是什么？

我记得当时我说

“这是我这辈子抽过最好的烟”

嗯，我就是这样渴望你

印第奥的薄雾，我们置身沙尘暴中

它让我心神荡漾

那时我不知道

但你永远无法满足我

从我十七岁起，我给了你一切

现在，我们从梦中醒来

宝贝，那究竟是什么？

那究竟是什么？

因为我就是这样渴望你

(当我置身于蓝光之中，我能让一切好起来)

那究竟是什么？

(当我置身于蓝光之中，我能让一切好起来)

宝贝，那究竟是什么？

...

[英语]

A place in the city, a chair in the bed

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

I wear smoke like a wedding veil

Make a meal I won't eat

Step out into the street, alone in a sea

It comes over me

Oh, I'm missing you

Yeah, I'm missing you

And all the things we used to do

MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up

We kissed for hours straight

Well baby, what was that?

I remember saying then

"This is the best cigarette of my life"

Well, I want you just like that

Indio haze, we're in a sandstorm

And it knocks me out

I didn't know then

that you'd never be enough for me

Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything

Now, we wake from a dream

Well, baby, what was that?

What was that?

Baby, what was that?

Do you know you're still with me

When I'm out with my friends?

I stare at the painted faces that talk current affairs

You had to know this was happening

You weren't feeling my heat

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

I face reality

I tried (I tried)

To let (To let)

Whatever has to pass through me, pass through

But this is still a problem, I know

It might not let me go

MDMA in the back garden, blow our pupils up

We kissed for hours straight

Well baby, what was that?

I remember saying then

"This is the best cigarette of my life"

Well, I want you just like that

Indio haze, we're in a sandstorm

And it knocks me out

I didn't know then

But you'd never be enough for me

Since l was seventeen, I gave you everything

Now, we wake from a dream

Well, baby, what was that?

What was that?

'Cause I want you just like that

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

What was that?

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

Baby, what was that?

重点词汇

词汇	含义
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

重点语法结构

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

  ➔ 一般现在时（习惯）+ 情态动词 “can” 的否定形式

  ➔ 动词 "cover" 用一般现在时表示常规动作，而 "can't" 是情态动词 "can" 的否定形式，表示无法。

• I wear smoke like a wedding veil

  ➔ 一般现在时 + 使用 “like” 的比较结构

  ➔ 动词 "wear" 用一般现在时，短语 "like a wedding veil" 使用比较词 "like" 来表达相似性。

• Step out into the street, alone in a sea

  ➔ 祈使句（命令式）

  ➔ 动词 "Step" 没有主语，直接表达命令或建议——祈使句（命令式）。

• Oh, I'm missing you

  ➔ 现在进行时（进行式）用于表达持续的情感

  ➔ 缩写 "I'm" 代表 "I am"，后接动词 "missing" 的 -ing 形式，构成现在进行时，表示持续的情感状态。

• I remember saying then "This is the best cigarette of my life"

  ➔ 动词 + 动名词（remember + 动名词）用于回忆过去的动作

  ➔ 动词 "remember" 后接动名词 "saying"，表示说话者回忆起说出引用句子的情形。

• Since I was seventeen, I gave you everything

  ➔ 过去式 + 由 “since” 引导的时间从句

  ➔ 动词 "gave" 用过去式，而 "Since I was seventeen" 提供了过去的时间参照，为动作提供了背景。

• I tried to let whatever has to pass through me, pass through

  ➔ 动词 + 不定式（try + to‑infinitive）以及含 “whatever” 的关系从句

  ➔ 动词 "tried" 后接不定式 "to let"，表示目的。"whatever has to pass through me" 作为由不定代词 "whatever" 引导的名词短语。

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

  ➔ 过去式否定 + that‑从句（间接引语）加情态动词 “would”

  ➔ 助动词 "didn't" 构成动词 "know" 的过去式否定形式，而 that‑从句 "that you'd never be enough for me" 使用情态动词 "would"（缩写为 "you'd"）来报告一种想法。