中文歌詞:你以為你很剛強，你總是告訴我和所有的人，你已足夠堅強。你沒必要奮戰到底，也不必總是追求完美，請讓我為你分擔，就在今夜。你聽我說啊，我一定要讓你明白，你不必獨自承擔一切。每當我看到鏡中的自己，就像看到了你，每當我……

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   Lyric

Sometimes you can't make it on your ownBy U2

Tough, you think you've got the stuff
You're telling me and anyone
You're hard enough

You don't have toput up a fight
You don't have to always be right
Let me take some of thepunches
For you tonight

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have togo it alone

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

We fight all the time
You and I… that's alright
We're the same soul
I don't need… I don't need to hear you say
That if we weren't so alike
You'd like me a whole lot more

Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

I know that we don't talk
I'm sick of it all
Can - you - hear - me - when - I -
Sing, you're the reason I sing
You're the reason why the opera is in me…

Where are we now?
I've got to let you know
A house still doesn't make a home
Don't leave me here alone...

And it's you when I look in the mirror
And it's you that makes it hard to let go
Sometimes you can't make it on your own
Sometimes you can't make it
The best you can do is tofake it
Sometimes you can't make it on your own

 Words and phrases

1． Tough, you think you've got the stuff：You believe that you are strong in nature（你認為，堅強是你的內質）

2． put up a fight：to engage in a battle，to struggle against odds（奮勇戰斗，抵抗）

3． punch：blow with the fist（拳頭，打擊）

4． go it alone：to undertake a project or responsibility without the presence or help of others（單干，獨自做，沒有別人幫助、獨立承擔一項任務或責任）

5． You're the reason why the opera is in me…：（據波諾介紹說，父親生前喜歡歌劇，所以，他也漸漸迷戀上了歌劇里的男高音。本支曲子就取樣了一段歌劇旋律）

6． fake it：（偽裝，即使痛苦或孤獨也不要外露）