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洋楽 - 【Alone Again (Naturally) - Gilbert O'Sullivan】英語

いい曲だけど、歌詞がつらすぎます・・・

ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)

ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)

Alone Again, Naturally (feat. Elton John)

Alone Again, Naturally (feat. Elton John)

Lyrics

主要フレーズ、単語

In a little while from now
If I'm not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower

  • sour: 酸っぱい、酸味のある;意地の悪い、ひねくれた、不機嫌な、気難しい
  • nearby: 近くの

Left standing in the lurch
At a church where people saying

  • left in the lurch: 困っているのに見捨られる、見殺しにされる
    • lurch: 急な[突然の]傾き[揺れ]、よろめき
    • leave someone in the lurch: 〔困っている〕(人)を見捨てる[見殺しにする]
    • Ex) The cancellation of this project has left the whole company in the lurch.

My God, that's tough, she stood him up
No point in us remaining

  • stand up someone: (人)とのデート[約束の時間]をすっぽかす、to fail to meet someone you had arranged to see:
    • Ex) He was supposed to be here at seven, so by seven thirty I began to think that he stood me up.

And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn't understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken

  • God rest one's soul: 安らかにお眠り下さい;ご冥福をお祈りします