🎧 播放音樂看著歌詞聽一遍 🔊 There's a heat in the pavement, my mercury's raising Don't know if it's love or if it's ovulation When you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail The mist from the fountain is kissing my neck The liquid crystal is in my grip Anyone with a snake tongue, I show 'em the chambers of my heart Now I know you don't deal much in love and affection But I really do think there could be a connection I burn, and I sing, and I scheme, and I dance Some days, I'm a woman, some days, I'm a man, oh I might have been born again I'm ready to feel like I don't have the answers There's peace in the madness over our heads Let it carry me o-o-o-o-on On Ah Ah Today, I'll go to Canal Street, they're piercing my ears I'm making a wish when the needle goes in Take an aura picture, read it, and tell me who I am (Show me who I am) Now I know you don't deal much in love and affection But I really do think you can make an exception It's a beautiful life, so I play truant I jerk tears, and they pay me to do it, oh I might have been born again I'm ready to feel like I don't have the answers There's peace in the madness over our heads Let it carry me o-o-o-o-on On Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah, ah, ah Ah Let it break me down till I'm just a wreck Till I'm just a voice living in your head It's a fucked-up world, been to hell and back But I've sent you a postcard from the edge The edge Mm, oh Oh 📝 單字｜片語｜文法 🎯 Basic Vocabulary｜初級單字 • nail (n.) 釘子 • liquid (adj.) 液態的 💦 • tongue (n.) 舌頭 👅 • connection (n.) 連結 • burn (vi.) 燃燒 🔥 • peace (n.) 平靜；安寧 • madness (n.) 瘋狂；混亂 • needle (n.) 針 💉 • tear (n.) 眼淚 💧 • till (conj.) 直到 (= until) • postcard (n.) 明信片 🎑 • edge (n.) 邊緣、邊界（歌詞中引申為「一種接近精神崩潰、困境或絕望的邊界」） 🎯 Intermediate Vocabulary｜中級單字 • pavement (n.) 人行道 • hammer (n.) 鐵鎚 🔨 • mist (n.) 水霧；薄霧 🌫️ • fountain (n.) 噴泉 ⛲️ • chamber (n.) 腔、室 • exception (n.) 例外 • wreck (n.) 健康或精神嚴重受損的人 • hell (n.) 地獄 🎯 Advanced Vocabulary｜高級單字 • mercury (n.) 水銀；溫度 • ovulation (n.) 排卵 • crystal (n.) 水晶 🔮 • grip (n.) 緊握、握住；控制 • affection (n.) 喜愛；愛慕 • scheme (vi.) 策劃；密謀 • canal (n.) 運河 • pierce (vt.) 刺穿、刺破 • aura (n.) 光環；氣場 • truant (n.) 逃學者、曠課者 • jerk (vt.) 突然激起；使猝然一動 🎯 Extra Word｜補充單字 • fucked-up (adj.) 糟透的；混亂的；瘋狂的 🎯 Phrases & Idioms｜片語 & 慣用語 • liquid crystal 液晶（歌詞指「手機」）📱 • in one’s grip 在某人掌握中 • a snake tongue 毒蛇般的舌頭（比喻說話尖酸刻薄、嘴賤）🐍 • the chambers of one’s heart 某人的心房／內心深處 • deal in… 從事／經營／涉及……（歌詞中引申為「不善於表達愛與情感」） • be ready to + V 準備好做某事 • carry sb on 帶領某人繼續前進 • make a wish 許願 • go in 插入；進去 • an aura picture/photo 靈氣／光環攝影 • make an exception 破例 • play truant 逃學、翹課 • jerk tears 使人突然流淚；催淚 • break sb down 使某人崩潰 🎯 Grammar & Usage｜文法句型 • 「連綴動詞 look」用法 look + like + 名詞 表示「看起來像……」 🎧 When you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail. → 因為 nail 是名詞，所以 look 後面要加 like。 當你手裡拿著鐵錘，所有東西都看起來像釘子。 🎯 Notes｜註解 ／Fun Facts｜小知識 • my mercury's raising 是一種比喻說法，意思是「我的體溫在上升」或「我感覺越來越熱」，常用來形容：情緒上的激動、興奮或緊張；生理上的發熱、燥熱感。 此處的 raise 在某些方言中可作為不及物動詞，但在正式的英文文法中，raise 通常作及物動詞，故此句的 raising 應改為不及物動詞 rising 才符合正規文法。 • “When you're holding a hammer, everything looks like a nail.” 這句歌詞源自英文諺語 “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.”（如果你只有一把錘子，那麼所有東西看起來都像釘子）。 這個諺語又稱為「馬斯洛鐵鎚法則」，出自美國心理學家馬斯洛的著作。 馬斯洛指出，如果一個人習慣於用一種方法解決問題，那麼他會傾向於把所有問題都用這種方法來解決，即使這種方法並不適用。 • an aura picture/photo 指的是用特殊攝影技術拍攝出來的「人體能量場（Aura）的影像」，也可稱作「靈氣／光環攝影」。在靈氣照片中，除了被拍攝者的樣貌，還會出現一層五顏六色的光暈，這被認為是個人情緒、能量、甚至性格狀態的反映。

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