A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
首歌
Song
Sing the song or keep it inside.
唱这首歌或者把它藏在里面。
If I love a song, I make it mine.
如果我喜欢一首歌，我会把它变成我的。
There are no rules to writing a song.
写一首歌没有规则。
Every battalion has its marching songs.
每个营都有自己的进行曲。
You're a song written by the hands of God.
你是上帝之手写的歌。
I'm about to sing the song for the future.
我要为未来唱这首歌。
I try to tell a story musically in a song.
我试着用音乐的方式来讲述一个故事。
A song is anything that can walk by itself.
歌是任何可以自己走的东西。
Each time I play a song it seems more real.
每次我放一首歌，它似乎更真实。
The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
塞壬等待着你，唱着歌又唱着歌。
A close-up on screen can say all a song can.
屏幕上的特写镜头可以表达一首歌所能表达的一切。
When you write a song, a song has longevity.
当你写一首歌的时候，一首歌是有生命力的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
If you can't play it on an acoustic guitar or a grand piano then it's not a song.
如果你不能在原声吉他或三角钢琴上演奏它，那么它就不是一首歌。
All I want a song to do is just to kind of present an idea.
我想用一首歌来表达我的想法。
Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.
写歌是一种职业;所以这并不是试图从我与他人的互动中获取一些东西，出于某种原因，把它们给一个完全陌生的人听。我觉得别人那样做很无礼。
I'm not gonna write you a love song. 'Cause you tell me it's make or breaking this If you're on your way.
我不会给你写情歌。因为你告诉我，如果你在路上，它是做的还是坏的。
I'm the same guy at that podium preaching to the people on every single song. I'm not doing a dance for you on another song. It's all a direct assault.
我还是那个站在讲台上，为每首歌向人们布道的人。我不会在另一首歌里为你跳舞。这都是直接的攻击。
They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
他们总是那么严肃，管弦乐队，你知道吗?这首歌和音乐类型总是形成有趣的对比。和我。