Long Live——讓我們自豪地對自己說“萬歲”

你懷揣美麗的夢想，一步步默默努力，期待有一天夢想成真，期待收到無數祝福和贊賞。可是在追夢的路上，你得到的并不全是支持，你的執著可能被人嘲笑，你的成就可能遭人質疑。每當此時，你會不會被嚇倒？你是否會勇敢地堅持下來，向世人證明你是真正的強者？

美國鄉村樂歌手Taylor Swift的歌曲Long Live就向我們講述了一個勇者無懼的故事。這首歌是Swift為自己的團隊、粉絲以及那些曾經默默支持她的人寫的。她希望通過這首歌告訴大家，她一直在努力，盡管一路走來并不是一帆風順，但她依然會保持樂觀向上的人生態度，為了夢想而勇往直前。在歌曲中，Swift有力地反駁了那些質疑她的人，她告訴大家，她會用實力來證明自己，用歌聲讓人們銘記。

Swift從小就喜歡音樂，經常在家鄉一帶登臺表演，與生俱來的音樂天賦和非同尋常的創作才華使她贏得了人們的歡迎和肯定。12歲那年，Swift決心進入歌壇并開始苦練吉他。14歲時，她隨家人遷往美國的音樂圣地納什維爾。非凡的音樂才華和不懈的努力并沒有讓Swift的歌手之路暢通無阻，她曾為了簽約四處碰壁，也曾在獲獎之后遭人質疑。但這些并沒有動搖她對音樂的追求，她堅定地走在自己的鄉村音樂之路上，并終以驕人的成績證明了自己的實力：2008年獲得美國鄉村音樂學院獎最佳新人女歌手獎，2009年獲得美國鄉村音樂協會獎年度最佳專輯獎，2010年獲得格萊美年度專輯獎，2012年拿下格萊美最佳鄉村歌手獎……如今，那個懷抱吉他、充滿音樂夢想的小女孩已經蛻變成美國樂壇一顆耀眼的新星。

Swift這樣的成長歷程，我們應該都不陌生。隨著年齡和閱歷的增長，我們漸漸發現周遭的一切并不像想象中那樣美好和單純：當你籍籍無名時，別人看不起你；當你有所成就時，質疑、奚落和嘲諷又紛至沓來。該如何面對這一切？我們需要的是練就一顆堅強的心。要知道，無論發生什么，自己的信念、家人的支持和朋友的鼓勵最后都能幫我們渡過難關。榮耀的光環隨時可能失去，唯有內心的勇氣和持之以恒的毅力才能長久閃耀光芒。所以，每次經歷過風雨，我們都要對自己說聲“萬歲”，因為沒什么大不了，只要內心強大，我們就不必害怕。畢竟，風雨過后，總有彩虹。

Long Live

I said remember this moment

In the back of my mind

The time we stood with our shaking hands

The crowds in stands went wild

We were the kings and the queens

And they read off1) our names

The night you danced like you knew our lives

Would never be the same

You held your head like a hero

On a history book page

It was the end of a decade

But the start of an age

Long live the walls we crashed through

All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you

I was screaming， “Long live all the magic we made”

And bring on all the pretenders

One day we will be remembered

I said remember this feeling

I passed the pictures around

Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines

Wishing for right now

We are the kings and the queens

You traded your baseball cap for a crown

When they gave us our trophies2)

And we held them up for our town

And the cynics were outraged

Screaming， “This is absurd”

’Cause for a moment a band of thieves in ripped-up jeans got to rule the world

Long live the walls we crashed through

All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you

I was screaming， “Long live all the magic we made”

And bring on all the pretenders

I’m not afraid

Long live all the mountains we moved

I had the time of my life

Fighting dragons with you

I was screaming， “Long live the look on your face”

And bring on all the pretenders

One day we will be remembered

Hold on to spinning around

Confetti3) falls to the ground

May these memories break our fall

Will you take a moment

Promise me this

That you’ll stand by me forever

But if God forbid fate should step in

And force us into a goodbye

If you have children someday

When they point to the pictures

Please tell them my name

Tell them how the crowds went wild

Tell them how I hope they shine

Long live the walls we crashed through

I had the time of my life with you

Long， long live the walls we crashed through

All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you

I was screaming， “Long live all the magic we made”

And bring on all the pretenders

I’m not afraid

Singing， long live all the mountains we moved

I had the time of my life

Fighting dragons with you

And long， long live that look on your face

And bring on all the pretenders

One day we will be remembered

1.read off：記下

2.trophy [?tr??fi] n. 戰利品，獎品

3.confetti [k?n?feti] n. (婚禮、狂歡節中拋撒的)五彩紙屑