Assignment #6

Song Name: Shallow

Video: Shallow

Introduce :

This song means that we tend to stay in the shallows of the world, but dare not go to the longing sea. Maybe it's the fear of going into the unknown, maybe it's the hardship of getting out of your comfort zone, or maybe it's something else that's holding you back.

lyrics:

Tell me something girl

告訴我些什麼,女孩

Are you happy in this modern world?

在這目眩神迷的世界裡,你真的開心嗎

Or do you need more?

或你對人生還有嚮往

Is there something else you are searching for?

你的心底是否還藏有另一個的尋尋覓覓的寄託

I'm falling

我正在墜落

In all the good times I find myself longing for change

那些美好的時光裡,我渴望著蛻變,脫胎換骨

And in the bad times I fear myself

在面臨低潮時,卻又不斷懷疑自我

Tell me something boy

向我傾吐你的故事吧,男孩

Aren't you tired trying to fill that void?

難道你不也疲於填補生命的空虛

Or do you need more?

或者你的心仍有所憧憬

Ain't it hard keeping it so hardcore?

一直故作堅強，不會難受嗎？

I'm falling

我正在墜落

In all the good times I find myself longing for change

那些美好時光裡,我渴望著蛻變,脫胎換骨

And in the bad times I fear myself

在面臨低潮時,卻又不斷懷疑自我

I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in

縱身躍入深淵中,親眼看著自己沉沒

I'll never meet the ground

明知這樣的深水沒有盡頭

Crash through the surface, where they can't hurt us

衝破平靜的海面,那裡無人能傷即我們分毫

We're far from the shallow now

我們離淺灘已有萬里之遙

In the shallow

曾經擱淺在岸邊

We're far from the shallow now

但如今我們已遠離原點

Three words I learned:

1. void (n.) 空虛感

-a feeling of unhappiness because someone or something is missing

They tried to describe their attempts to fill the void left by their son's death.

2. hardcore (adj.) 信念堅定的

-describe people who strongly believe in something

He is a hard-core party members.

 

3. crash (v.) 撞(車)、撞毀

-If a vehicle crashes or someone crashes it, it is involved in an accident, usually a serious one in which the vehicle is damaged and someone is hurt.

Her brother borrowed her motorbike and crashed it.

The reason why I like this song:

This song gave me courage when I was lost, and encouraged me not to be afraid to face challenges and not to shrink back. 

Every time I listen to this song, it always makes me very touched and makes me move forward bravely.