Jewel Kilcher自于美国阿拉斯加，有着不俗美貌的创作型才女歌手，她那把如矿泉水般清亮透彻又极富穿透力和感染力的美妙嗓音被赞誉为现今流行乐坛最有才华且最出色的歌手之一。这首动感经典的《stand》是jewel的第六张专辑《0304》的主打歌，歌曲虽然是讲家庭暴力以及社会种种丑陋现象的，歌词中充满了对于现实的迷惑和不解，看似叙述的口吻，包含了莫大的讽刺和叛逆意味。但听起来一点也不生硬，很有韵律，加上jewel清澈且有磁性的嗓音，清新自然，很是让人喜欢。
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作词 : KILCHER, JEWEL/MENDEZ, LESTER A
Walk in a corner shop
走进一家巷角的超市
See a shoplifting cop
看见一个正在偷窃的警察
See the old lady with a gun
看见一个老太太端着枪
See the hero try 2 run
看见我们的英雄却想要逃跑
Nothing's what it seems, I mean
事情有时不像我们表面看到的那样
It's not all dirty, but it's not all clean
非黑即白 泾渭分明
There's children paying bills
孩子们正在付账
There's monks buying thrills
修道士正在寻求刺激
There's pride for sale in magazines
这里的杂志上出售尊严
There's pills for rent 2 make u clean
这里也出租洗涤灵魂的药丸
Marvin Gaye, there's no brother, brother
马文盖伊那儿没有兄弟(著名的反战歌曲《What's Going On》)
Woody Guthrie's land can't feed Mother
伍迪·格思里的土地也不能养育母亲（被称为“第二国歌”的《This Land Is Your Land》）
Mothers weep, children sleep
母亲哭泣，孩子入睡
So much violence ends in silence
那么多的暴力都在沉默中结束
It's a shame there's no one 2 blame
遗憾的是没有人对这一切负责
For all the pain that life brings
对于这些生活带来的伤害
If u will just take me It might just complete me
如果你能和我一起承受，那么伤口也许就会被抚平
And together we can make a stand
然后我们就能够一起忍受
A waitress brings me lunch
一个女服务员端来我的午饭
We meet but do not touch
我们看了一眼，但却没有碰
On TV, D.C. is selling lies
首都电视台正在售卖谎言
While in the corner, King's dream dies
然而在这个角落，马丁路德金的梦想破灭了
Go 2 the counter, pay for me and my friend
去到收银台，为我和我的朋友买单
A homeless man pulls out a roll, says it's on him
一个乞丐摊开一卷钞票，说他来买单
The mayor has no cash
市长没有现金
He said he spent it on hookers and hash
他说他把钱都花在了吃喝嫖赌上
Mothers weep, children sleep
母亲哭泣，孩子入睡
So much violence ends in silence
那么多的暴力都在沉默中结束
It's a shame there's no one 2 blame
遗憾的是没有人对这一切负责
For all the pain that life brings
对于这些生活带来的伤害
If u will just take me It might just complete me
如果你能和我一起承受，那么伤口也许就会被抚平
And together we can make a stand
然后我们就能够一起忍受
U will love me, I will love u
你会爱我，我也会爱你
U will love me, I will love u
你会爱我，我也会爱你
Mothers weep, children sleep
母亲哭泣，孩子入睡
So much violence ends in silence
那么多的暴力都在沉默中结束
It's a shame there's no one 2 blame
遗憾的是没有人对这一切负责
For all the pain that life brings
对于这些生活带来的伤害
If u will just take me It might just complete me
如果你能和我一起承受，那么伤口也许就会被抚平
And together we can make a stand
然后我们就能够一起忍受
Mothers weep, children sleep
母亲哭泣，孩子入睡
So much violence ends in silence
那么多的暴力都在沉默中结束
It's a shame there's no one 2 blame
遗憾的是没有人对这一切负责
For all the pain that life brings
对于这些生活带来的伤害
If u will just take me It might just complete me
如果你能和我一起承受，那么伤口也许就会被抚平
And together we can make a stand
然后我们就能够一起忍受
Mothers weep, children sleep
母亲哭泣，孩子入睡
So much violence ends in silence
那么多的暴力都在沉默中结束
It's a shame there's no one 2 blame
遗憾的是没有人对这一切负责
For all the pain that life brings
对于这些生活带来的伤害
If u will just take me It might just complete me
如果你能和我一起承受，那么伤口也许就会被抚平
And together we can make a stand
然后我们就能够一起忍受
