英文摇滚乐：The Offspring - Takes Me Nowhere

80年代初的南加州，还在学校念书的 Bryan Holland 和 Greg Kriesel 经常去 Orange 郡的环球俱乐部观看摇滚表演，终于有一天他们决定成立一支名为 Manic Subsidal 的乐队，当时乐队另外两名成员是主音吉它手 Doug Thompson 和鼓手 Jalme Lilja 。

歌词：

Song：Takes Me Nowhere
Artist：The Offspring

When the day begins all the guilt¹ sinks in
And I look on the wreckage² of the night
Though I try to break free, the cycle breaks me
Am I ever gonna see the light?
All the friends I've lost and the pain I've caused
Have never been enough just to make me stop
The lines I draw to look at myself
Are turning into somebody else
I know how this will end
But I'm starting up again
Turned around, inside out
'Cause this way
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Beats me up
When I go there
(I know I could start again)
When I go there
(Oh no, here we go again)
Takes me nowhere
(Oh no, here we go again)
Beats me up
Open on this scene a familiar dream
Of you telling me what I already know
Though the truth seems near, you can't get there from here
But you sure know where you gotta go
As the rumor wind blows, my infamy grows
Seeing friends above and I hit another low
The picture I paint to look at myself
Is turning into somebody else
I know how this will end
But I'm starting up again
Turned around, inside out
'Cause this way
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Beats me up
When I go there
(I know I could start again)
When I go there
(Oh no, here we go again)
Takes me nowhere
(Oh no, here we go again)
Beats me up
But today, if I change
And stop digging my own grave
I will try to set things right
'Cause this way
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Takes me nowhere
(I can't, can't see a way out)
Beats me up
When I go there
(I know I could start again)
When I go there
(Oh no, here we go again)
Takes me nowhere
(Oh no, here we go again)
Beats me up

1 guilt   

n.犯罪；内疚；过失，罪责

参考例句：

• She tried to cover up her guilt by lying.她企图用谎言掩饰自己的罪行。
• Don't lay a guilt trip on your child about schoolwork.别因为功课责备孩子而使他觉得很内疚。

2 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。