影视金曲：爱情无限谱浪漫插曲 How To Say Goodbye

Paul Tiernan - How To Say Goodbye

Leaving isn't quite the same, he said to me,

As running away

If you're scared or tired of what you're scared of

Well, why should you stay?

He loved to say goodbye,

And always counted out the time

Until he was free, to get up and leave

To learn how to breathe¹

Again

Slipping² out to have a cigarette³ with someone else that he'd never met

Asks her if, by the way, would she like to run away
and try to forget?

Or just not to stay, to leave without saying why
To get up and go
To catch the last train
To get in some car

And drive out again
To never come back this way....
And have to say....
goodbye

1 breathe   

vi.呼吸；vt.轻声说，流露感情，注入

参考例句：

• We have to breathe in and out so many times a minute.我们每分钟都得呼吸那么多次。
• How does a fish breathe under water?鱼在水里怎么呼吸？

2 slipping   

adj.渐渐松驰的，渐渐不行了的，渐渐变懒的v.滑( slip的现在分词 )；滑脱；下降；（健康状况等）变差

参考例句：

• The stair treads were covered with rubber to prevent slipping. 楼梯踏板上覆盖着橡胶以防滑。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I take a firm grasp on the rope from slipping. 我紧握住绳子不让它滑掉。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 cigarette   

n.香烟，纸烟，烟卷

参考例句：

• Help yourself to a cigarette.请随便用香烟吧。
• Please put that cigarette out.请把烟灭掉。