這首歌是史密斯飛船的主唱史提夫泰勒(Steve Tylor)所作。他想要成為搖滾明星,但是在樂團還沒成名前,有太多挫折必須忍耐,太多困難要克服。歌詞中要表達的咒語是:『你要不斷想像,每天夢想,自己會成為搖滾名人…』,這就是成功的祕訣。成功者,和失敗者的差別,就是成功者的心中,總是深信自己會成功。
Dream on
原唱者:Aerosmith
發行年:1973
Every time that I look in the mirror
(每次,我看著鏡子,我就會看到一個搖滾巨星 )
All these lines on my face gettin' clearer
(我的夢想,就是變成他。鏡子裡他的輪廓,也一天比一天清楚)
(因為這是我的部落格,所以放我自己唱的)
The past has gone
(過去已經過去)
It went by like dusk to dawn
(我在黑夜裡,盼望已久的黎明,應該也快來了)
Isn't that the way
(人生就是這樣吧)
Everybody's got their dues in life to pay
(每個人都要受挫折,付出代價)
Yeah, I know nobody knows Where it comes and where it goes
(我也知道,每個人也都不了解自己是誰,從哪裡來?又要朝哪裡去)
I know it's everybody's sin
(我想,這也是每個人必經的過程)
You got to lose to know how to win
(你一定要先失敗,才能知道怎麼成功)
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Half my life's in books written pages
(我的人生已經走到一半了)
Live and learn from fools and from sages
(我犯了很多錯,也學到一點事情)
You know it's true
(其實,在你內心深處,你也知道…)
All the things come back to you
(你曾經作過的事情,終究會成為你的一部份)
Sing with me, sing for the year
(想到這裡,我就想唱歌。人生其實還不差,是吧?)
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
(找一首歌來唱,可以哭著唱,也可以笑著唱)
Sing with me, if it's just for today
(唱大聲點,唱得好像我們只剩今天可以活一樣)
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
(也許,明天世界末日就將來臨)
Well...sing with me, sing for the year
(不過沒關係,和我一起大聲唱就是了)
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
(唱一首歌,你可以邊唱邊笑邊哭)
Sing with me, if it's just for today
(今天很珍貴,用這首歌,來歌頌你手中的今天)
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
(也許明天,你就不再有機會了)
Dream on, dream on, dream on
(如果你有夢想,保護它)
Dream yourself a dream come true
(每天都要不斷在腦中想像,你已經變成了『他』)
Dream on, dream on, dream on
(努力,不要放棄你的夢想)
And dream until your dream comes true
(想像你成功的那一幕就對了,這叫『信念的魔力』)
Dream on, dream on, dream on, dream on
(還有『祕密』,『吸引力法則』)
Dream on, dream on, dream on...aaahhh
(你聽過安麗、賀寶芙、Nuskin嗎?啊啊啊)
Sing with me, sing for the year
(你覺得很累嗎?唱首歌,看看生命)
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
(生活除了痛苦,一定也有歡樂)
Sing with me, if it's just for today
(至少,你還擁有今天)
Maybe tomorrow good Lord will take you away
(誰知道明天會發生什麼事?)
Sing with me, sing for the year
(唱首歌吧,至少你還有追求夢想的機會)
Sing for the laughter and sing for the tear
(在這條路上你很辛苦,但是踏上這條路就是幸福的)
Sing with me, if it's just for today
(用力唱吧,如果明天生命就結束,你也不會後悔)
Maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away
(因為你看到自己的夢想是什麼,也努力追求過)