People like Us

持夢(mèng)菲

美國(guó)女歌手Kelly Clarkson從2002年首屆《美國(guó)偶像》的舞臺(tái)上走向世界，冠軍的頭銜帶給她耀眼的光環(huán)，但她卻并未就此止步。在接下來(lái)的日子里，她的單曲和專輯紛紛搶占Billboard排行榜前排，一曲“Because of You”更是唱響全球，其中涌動(dòng)的力量與深情足以觸動(dòng)人們心靈最深處。Kelly幼年遭遇父母離異，出道之前生活落魄，這些特殊經(jīng)歷使她能更真實(shí)地面對(duì)生活。或許正因如此，她的歌曲總是以平白的歌詞和樸實(shí)真摯的情感打動(dòng)人心，配以渾厚卻不失溫柔的嗓音，總能引爆聽者的情緒，勵(lì)志又催人奮進(jìn)。

單曲“People like Us”收錄在Kelly紀(jì)念出道十周年的精選集中，是為主流之外的人而唱的一首勵(lì)志歌曲。這些人孤獨(dú)地站在熱鬧的人群里，因?yàn)樽陨淼呐c眾不同，忍受著各種批評(píng)和偏見?？墒牵绻覀冏⒍ㄒ钤谝粋€(gè)色彩單一、一成不變的世界里，任何新鮮想法和變革都是忤逆的暴徒行徑，你會(huì)不會(huì)奮起反抗，勇敢地追求自我？Kelly用有力的歌聲給出了答案：與眾不同的你并不孤獨(dú)，不必為此而低頭，永遠(yuǎn)不要交出自己的個(gè)性，即使在最糟糕的境況里也不要停止發(fā)出你的聲音，sing it for the people like us。只有人人展現(xiàn)出獨(dú)特的個(gè)性，煥發(fā)出不同的色彩，這個(gè)世界才會(huì)變得更美麗。

We come into this world unknown，

But know that we are not alone.

They try and knock us down.

But change is coming； it's our time now.

Hey ... everybody loses it.

Everybody wants to throw it all away sometimes.

And hey ... yeah， I know what you're going through.

Don't let it get the best of you； you'll make it out alive.

Oh

* People like us we've gotta stick together.

Keep your head up； nothing lasts forever.

Here's to the damned， to the lost and forgotten：

It's hard to get high when you're living on the bottom. *

☆ Oh woah oh oh woah oh

We are all misfits living in a world on fire.

Oh woah oh oh woah oh

Sing it for the people like us， the people like us. ☆

Hey， this is not a funeral.

It's a revolution， after all your tears have turned to rage.

Just wait， everything will be okay，

Even when you're feeling like it's going down in flames.

Oh

Refrain *☆

▲ Oh woah oh oh woah oh

You've just gotta turn it up loud when the flames get higher.

Oh woah oh oh woah oh

Sing it for the people like us， the people like us. ▲

They can't do nothing to you； they can't do nothing to me.

This is the life that we choose； this is the life that we bleed.

So throw your fists in the air；

come out， come out if you dare.

Tonight we're gonna change forever.

Everybody loses it.

Everybody wants to throw it all away sometimes.

Ohh

Refrain *☆

Refrain ▲

Refrain ☆

Refrain ▲

（歌曲推薦者：浙江臺(tái)州 陸寧遠(yuǎn)）

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