<1. 歌手 & 背景介绍>
The Fray 属于另类摇滚乐队，2002年在美国丹佛市成立，由4人组成，包括：同为校友的Isaac Slade（主唱和钢琴）和Joe King（吉他，演唱）以及后加入的Dave Welsh（吉他）和Ben Wysocki（鼓手及打击乐器）。The Fray乐队风格与英国的Coldplay相似,是新一批乐坛新兴血液中受英式乐队影响较深的一支，也保留了美国90年代传统摇滚的气质，还有点时尚乐队的冲劲。但THE FRAY的特点在于乐队对钢琴的钟爱，也许就是因为钢琴，才使得他们的音乐有种别的气质。旗帜般飘扬的主音唱腔颇具英式感,骨子里还是保守的美式作风，时不时来点情绪性的激扬调调，他们不是那种风格一脉相承的乐队，截取各家之长是他们一个显而易见的强项。

 <2. 歌词>

Some things we don't talk about
Rather * do without and just hold the smile
Falling in and out of love(1)
Ashamed(2) and proud of, together all the while
You can never say never
While we don't know when
But time and time again
Younger now than we were before

Don't let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go…

Don't let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go…

Picture, you're queen of everything
Far as the eye can see under your command(3)
I will be your guardian(4) when all is crumbling(5)
I'll steady(6) your hand
You can never say never
While we don't know when
But time, time and time again
Younger now than we were before

Don't let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go…

Don't let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go…

We're pulling apart
And coming together again and again
We're pulling apart
But we pull it together
Pull it together, together again…

Don't let me go …

 <3. 注释>

(1) fall 
落下，降落 Leaves fall from the trees. 
变成，成为 They first met at university and later fell in love.
爱上某人fall in love with sb/ fall for sb

(2) ashamed 羞愧的,感到难为情的
She was ashamed of having failed in the examination.

(3) command 
控制，命令 He was told to command his temper. 
也可以做名词 He has a hundred men under his command.

(4) guardian 
保护者,守护者;管理员 There should be a guard or janitor in this building 
监护人 He became the legal guardian of his brother’s daughter.

(5) crumble
破碎,碎裂 She crumbled the bread and fed the chicks.
崩溃,灭亡,消失In the end, the Roman Empire crumbled

(6) steady
稳定的,不变的 The price of the fruit remains steady.
使稳固;使稳定 Steady the ladder for me.
使镇定;使坚定 He steadied his nerves before he defended himself.