like a rock

like a rock

《Like a rock》是一首勵志歌曲,由美國上世紀70年代最受歡迎,也是最有特點的硬搖滾歌手鮑伯西格(Bob Seger)演唱。

歌詞內容及其含義


Bob Seger
Bob Seger
Like a rock-Bob Seager
堅如磐石——鮑伯西格
Stood there boldly(自信滿滿的站在街上)
Sweatin' in the sun(不管那灼人的日光)
Felt like a million(感覺自己是九天鳳凰)
Felt like number one(感覺自己是世界最強)
The height of summer(那一段時光)
I'd never felt that strong(我永世難忘)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
I was eighteen(那年我十八)
Didn't have a care(生活總是無憂無慮)
Working for peanuts(為生活打拚)
Not a dime to spare(兜里總是空空如也)
I was lean and(瘦小的身材)
Solid everywhere(卻有著無窮的能量)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
My hands were steady(我的雙手曾如此堅定)
My eyes were clear and bright(我的雙眼曾如此清澈)
My walk had purpose(我的目標曾如此明確)
My steps were quick and light(我的步伐曾如此矯健)
And i held firmly(只要認為是對的)
To what i felt was right(我就決不會妥協)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
I was strong as i could be(我曾如此堅強)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
Nothin' ever got to me(我曾如此倔強)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
I was something to see(我曾如此要強)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
And i stood arrow straight(我總是挺直了腰桿)
Unencumbered by the weight(無論有多重的負擔)
Of all these hustlers and their schemes(無論有多少的艱險)
I stood proud, i stood tall(我驕傲地站著,我筆直地站著)
High above it all(感覺世界之巔就是我)
I still believed in my dreams(永遠堅持自己的夢想)
Twenty years now(二十年過去了)
Where'd they go?(青春一去不復返)
Twenty years(二十年過去了)
I don't know(歲月流逝無法挽)
I sit and I wonder sometimes(有時我會想)
Where they've gone(過去的時光飄向了何方?)
And sometimes late at night(在寂靜的深夜)
When I'm bathed in the firelight(我坐在壁火旁)
The moon comes callin' a ghostly white(看月光慘白)
And I recall(我不禁回想)
and I recall(我不禁思量)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
Standin' arrow straight(筆直的挺立腰桿)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
Chargin' from the gate(自信的面對困難)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
Carryin' the weight(堅強的扛起負擔)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
The sun upon my skin(哪管烈日炎炎)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
Hard against the wind(哪管寒風凜凜)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
I see myself again(那時的我)
Like a rock(堅如磐石)
(Oh) Llike a rock (我將堅如磐石)
一個中年人遇到種種挫折的時候,坐在壁火旁,點上一根煙,回憶起那些已經逝去的歲月,回想起少年時自己一無所有卻充滿了鬥志。自己如今擁有了很多東西,卻再也找不到二十年前自己那種堅如磐石、勇於面對挫折的信心。內心充滿了感慨,逃避是沒有用的,只有坦然面對!於是鼓起勇氣對自己說:Like a rock!
如果不是人到中年,大概很難透徹理解歌詞中意義。的確,越是年齡的增長才越能體會到肩負的責任與生活的壓力,面對種種困境,唯有鼓起勇氣,坦然面對生活中的種種困難!

歌手簡介


《Like a rock》的演唱者Bob Serer
《Like a rock》的演唱者Bob Serer
1961年,16歲的Bob Seger開始玩音樂,最初是作為底特律三人組合the Decibels的領軍人物。當時,Bob Seger日後的經紀人Eddie " Punch" Andrews也是the Decibels的一員。在來到Ann Arbor之後,Seger開始和The Town Criers樂隊合作。隨後,Bob Seger又加入了Doug Brown & the Omens。不久之後,樂隊改名為the Beach Bums,但發展的並不順利。