Long Live——让我们自豪地对自己说“万岁”
你怀揣美丽的梦想，一步步默默努力，期待有一天梦想成真，期待收到无数祝福和赞赏。可是在追梦的路上，你得到的并不全是支持，你的执着可能被人嘲笑，你的成就可能遭人质疑。每当此时，你会不会被吓倒？你是否会勇敢地坚持下来，向世人证明你是真正的强者？
美国乡村乐歌手Taylor Swift的歌曲Long Live就向我们讲述了一个勇者无惧的故事。这首歌是Swift为自己的团队、粉丝以及那些曾经默默支持她的人写的。她希望通过这首歌告诉大家，她一直在努力，尽管一路走来并不是一帆风顺，但她依然会保持乐观向上的人生态度，为了梦想而勇往直前。在歌曲中，Swift有力地反驳了那些质疑她的人，她告诉大家，她会用实力来证明自己，用歌声让人们铭记。
Swift从小就喜欢音乐，经常在家乡一带登台表演，与生俱来的音乐天赋和非同寻常的创作才华使她赢得了人们的欢迎和肯定。12岁那年，Swift决心进入歌坛并开始苦练吉他。14岁时，她随家人迁往美国的音乐圣地纳什维尔。非凡的音乐才华和不懈的努力并没有让Swift的歌手之路畅通无阻，她曾为了签约四处碰壁，也曾在获奖之后遭人质疑。但这些并没有动摇她对音乐的追求，她坚定地走在自己的乡村音乐之路上，并终以骄人的成绩证明了自己的实力：2008年获得美国乡村音乐学院奖最佳新人女歌手奖，2009年获得美国乡村音乐协会奖年度最佳专辑奖，2010年获得格莱美年度专辑奖，2012年拿下格莱美最佳乡村歌手奖……如今，那个怀抱吉他、充满音乐梦想的小女孩已经蜕变成美国乐坛一颗耀眼的新星。
Swift这样的成长历程，我们应该都不陌生。随着年龄和阅历的增长，我们渐渐发现周遭的一切并不像想象中那样美好和单纯：当你籍籍无名时，别人看不起你；当你有所成就时，质疑、奚落和嘲讽又纷至沓来。该如何面对这一切？我们需要的是练就一颗坚强的心。要知道，无论发生什么，自己的信念、家人的支持和朋友的鼓励最后都能帮我们渡过难关。荣耀的光环随时可能失去，唯有内心的勇气和持之以恒的毅力才能长久闪耀光芒。所以，每次经历过风雨，我们都要对自己说声“万岁”，因为没什么大不了，只要内心强大，我们就不必害怕。毕竟，风雨过后，总有彩虹。
Long Live
I said remember this moment
In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in stands went wild
We were the kings and the queens
And they read off1) our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same
You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age
Long live the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live all the magic we made”
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered
I said remember this feeling
I passed the pictures around
Of all the years that we stood there on the sidelines
Wishing for right now
We are the kings and the queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies2)
And we held them up for our town
And the cynics were outraged
Screaming, “This is absurd”
’Cause for a moment a band of thieves in ripped-up jeans got to rule the world
Long live the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live all the magic we made”
And bring on all the pretenders
I’m not afraid
Long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life
Fighting dragons with you
I was screaming, “Long live the look on your face”
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered
Hold on to spinning around
Confetti3) falls to the ground
May these memories break our fall
Will you take a moment
Promise me this
That you’ll stand by me forever
But if God forbid fate should step in
And force us into a goodbye
If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine
Long live the walls we crashed through
I had the time of my life with you
Long, long live the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live all the magic we made”
And bring on all the pretenders
I’m not afraid
Singing, long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life
Fighting dragons with you
And long, long live that look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered