“These Days“ Single by Bon Jovi from the album These Days Released February 6, 1996 Format CD single Genre Rock Length 6:28 Label Mercury Songwriter(s) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora Producer(s) Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Peter Collins Bon Jovi singles chronology
“Lie to Me”
(1995)“These Days”
(1996)“Hey God”
(1996)“These Days” is a song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released in February 1996 as the fourth single from their 1995 album These Days, and showcases the darker tone that Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora’s lyrics sought to achieve with the album. The song which begins with a haunting piano progression, deals with homelessness, loss of innocence and the difficulty of keeping up a relationship in the modern age. It is about people out there trying to be understood, to live their dreams.
[Verse 1]
I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if I might end up the same
There’s a man out on the corner
Singing old songs about change
Everybody got their cross to bare, these days
She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard
I guess she’s trying to be James Dean
She’s seen all the disciples and all the “wanna be’s”
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there’s nothing to hold on to but these days
[Chorus]
These days – the stars seem out of reach
These days – there ain’t a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
There ain’t nobody left but us these days
[Verse 2]
Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His momma said he was crazy – he said, “momma, I’ve got to try
Don’t you know that all my heroes died?
And I guess I’d rather die than fade away.”
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I know Rome’s still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round
These days
[Chorus]
[Outro]
These days – the stars seem out of reach
These days – there ain’t a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts
There ain’t no time to waste
There ain’t nobody left to take the blame
There ain’t nobody left but us these days
身边围绕着数不清的小布尔乔亚
他们在生命中喧嚣的追求名利
无所适从于自己的普通
人与人之间的距离与信任岌岌可危
可惜没有任何宗教信仰的我们
在经历过焦虑与动荡之后
无法追诉到生命的意义中去…
做一个眼底有熊熊火焰的人
不要对这个时代丧失了希望
纵然油尽灯枯还有我在燃烧
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