Some people live for the fortune
一些人想腰纏萬貫
Some people live just for the fame
一些人想名滿天下
Some people live for the power yeah
一些人想一手遮天
Some people live just to play the game
一些人只想遊戲人生
Some people think that the physical things
一些人認為只有物質的東西
Define whats within
才能定義生命的本質
And I‘ve been there before
我經歷過這樣的生活
That lifes a bore
確是相當無趣
So full of the superficial
充斥了膚淺虛假的東西
Some people want it all
一些人想擁有一切
But I dont want nothing at all
但是我什麼都不想要
If it aint you baby
如果沒有你，寶貝
If I aint got you baby
如果沒有你，寶貝
Some people want diamond rings
一些人想要鑽戒
Some just want everything
一些人想要擁有一切
But everything means nothing
但是這一切沒有任何意義
If I aint got you yeah
如果沒有了你
Some people search for a fountain Promises forever young
一些人窮盡一生尋找不老之泉
Some people need three dozen roses
一些人想要三打玫瑰
And thats the only way you prove you love them
彷彿這樣才能證明你的愛意
And in a world on a silver platter
在世界這個偌大的銀盤上
And what would it be
探索這些到底有什麼意思
No one to share, no one who truly cares for me
沒人分享，沒人真正在乎我
If I aint got you with me baby
如果我沒有了你，寶貝
Nothing in this whole wide world dont mean a thing
在這個偌大的世界上一切都沒有了意義
If I aint got you with me baby
如果我沒有了你，寶貝
Some people live for the fortune
熙熙庸人 為財而來
Some people live just for the fame
攘攘庸人 為名而往
Some people live for the power yeah
絡絡庸人 為權而爭
Some people live just to play the game
繹繹庸人 遊戲人生
Some people think that the physical things
如許庸人 貪戀物慾
Define whats within
妄作定論 以度浮生
And I‘ve been there before
餘亦悲伏 往信此徵
That lifes a bore
竊以而為 命該尋常
So full of the superficial
虛情假意 肆謔張狂
Some people want it all
庸人如故 攬盡所圖
But I dont want nothing at all
寡慾如我 並無他想
If it aint you baby
若無君兮 餘將何處
If I aint got you baby
若無君兮 餘將何往
Some people want diamond rings
庸人極欲 珠翠金玉
Some just want everything
庸人浮誇 覬覦繁華
But everything means nothing
猶未可知 得亦為失
If I aint got you yeah
若無君兮 餘無可往
Some people search for a fountain Promises forever young
庸人沉淪 妄尋永生
Some people need three dozen roses
庸人嘗求 迷戀徘徊
And thats the only way you prove you love them
痴以為之 可鑑情愛
And in a world on a silver platter
世似銀卣 腹懷萬載
And what would it be
深究底細 詎知何必
No one to share, no one who truly cares for me
餘無良人 牽掛憐惜
If I aint got you with me baby
若無君兮 餘無念兮
Nothing in this whole wide world dont mean a thing
浩渺斯世 滄海微粒
If I aint got you with me baby
若無君兮 餘何戀兮
對於ALICIA KEYS的FANS來說，這首歌曲的確是心中無法逾越的高峰。將這首歌的詞和曲分開來欣賞也是一種享受。歌詞就是一首完整的詩，將愛情的想法表達的淋漓盡致，將一切世俗的物質排除在外。或許一些人認為歌詞太過童話，也許愛情的確無法孤身獨立在金錢、權利、名譽之外。不過這種想法是難能可貴的，即使我們無法做到，我們也應該去欣賞並爭取，畢竟真愛無價。
人生、人們、幸福
100 Tips About Life, People, and Happiness
1. True wisdom and insight is always free.
2. Give your power over to no one.
3. Going into the unknown is how you expand what is known.
4. Get a library card.
5. Spend more time around people that both challenge and respect you.
6. Remain skeptical forever.
7. Fight for what matters.
8. There is a method that works. Find it.
9. Join a movement.
10. Drink your coffee black.
11. Never let anyone photoshop a picture of you. It creates a false sense of self-confidence.
12. Read more. Especially things you disagree with.
13. Get used to feeling stupid. It’s a sign of growth.
14. It’s easy for people to talk a good game, so watch how they behave instead.
15. Learn something from everyone.
16. Find things that inspire you and pursue them, even if there’s no money in it.
17. Starve if you have to, for as long as you need to.
18. Survive on a little just to prove you can do it.
19. Get one big success at an early age. It’ll help build your confidence for bigger things.
20. Do what you say you’ll do. No one is reliable anymore.
21. Be comfortable with abandonment, even of parts of your identity.
22. Learn a new language.
23. Eat more protein.
24. Keep people around you that will tell you the truth.
25. Genius gets you nowhere. Execution is everything.
26. If given the choice of equity or cash, almost always take cash.
27. Meet new people as often as possible. Offer to help them.
28. Don’t discriminate. Connect anyone in your network to anyone else.
29. If you can’t do a pull-up, you have a problem.
30. Nobody likes a know-it-all.
31. Get a passport. Fill it up with stamps no one has ever seen.
32. Quit your horrible job.
33. Read biographies. It’s like having access to the best mentors in history.
34. Go to bed, and wake up, early. No one will bother you, letting your best work emerge.
35. Scare yourself a little bit every day. It will expand your inner map.
36. Learn to climb trees.
37. Don’t buy a lot of stuff, and only buy the stuff you really love.
38. Be humble and curious.
39. Twitter followers don’t keep you warm at night.
40. Be as useful as you can in as many circumstances as possible.
41. Show up.
42. Repeat people’s names when you meet them.
43. Turn internet access off your phone. Wifi is fine.
44. Get a deck of Oblique Strategies cards. Use them.
45. Make your home a place where you feel safe.
46. Take people up on bets. Make more bets yourself.
47. Take cold showers. They’re better than coffee.
48. Learn to enjoy hunger.
49. Make everything either shorter, or longer, than it needs to be.
50. Always remember those who helped you. Deliver two or three times as much value back.
51. But also, help people who have never helped you, and can’t.
52. When you know that pain is temporary, it affects all of your decisions.
53. Get a tattoo. Don’t worry about regret.
54. Commit to things, regularly, that are far beyond your ability.
55. Meet with friends more often than you think you have to.
56. Learn to meditate. Go on a retreat if you have to.
57. Your stories are both more and less interesting than you think.
58. Learn to really listen.
59. Walk more.
60. Ugly is just a step on the way to beautiful.
61. Get to know your neighbours.
62. Don’t take anything personally, ever.
63. Consider avoiding school. Go to lots of conferences instead.
64. As soon as you can, buy some art.
65. Apologize more than you need to.
66. Find out if there will be food there.
67. A good haircut changes everything.
68. Read Man’s Search For Meaning.
69. Say no to projects you don’t care about.
70. Do things that are uncool. Later on, they usually end up becoming cool anyway.
71. Find your voice.
72. Have some manners.
73. Learn to play chess, go, and bridge. They’ll keep you from going senile.
74. Learn about the Tetrapharmakos.
75. Find ways to cheat the system– just don’t cheat people.
76. Be like Jesus, not like his followers. (This applies to all of them.)
77. At least once, date someone that’s out of your league.
78. Examine your jealousy. You’ll learn a lot about yourself.
79. Good connections are about people, not social networks.
80. Address small problems. They will become big problems.
81. Dress like a cooler version of yourself.
82. Yes, there is such a thing as bad press.
83. Add “adventurer” to your Twitter bio. Then, become one.
84. If the internet is the best thing in your life, you have a serious problem.
85. Give away your best work for free.
86. Find mentors. Just don’t call them that.
87. Actually write on your blog.
88. Download Freedom. Use it for an hour every day.
89. Join a gym. Lift the heaviest you can. (This applies to girls too.)
90. Do some freewriting. It helps you think things through.
91. When you’re having supper with rich people, pick up the cheque.
92. Learn how to speak in public.
93. If you see someone who needs help, stop asking yourself if they need help. Instead, just help.
94. Bring a bottle of wine.
95. The best conversations are had side by side, not one in front of the other.
96. Protect your hearing. Trust me.
97. Do what’s most important first thing in the morning, before you check email.
98. Everyone feels like they’re not good enough. It’s not just you.
99. Courage is a learned skill.
100. Go to Iceland. It’s worth it.
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