今回紹介するのは、アメリカのシンガーソングライター・Taylor Swift (テイラ・スウィフト)のAll You Had To Do Was Stay(オール・ユー・ハド・ドゥー・ワズ・ステイ)。
彼女にとって5枚目のアルバム「1989」の収録曲で、アルバムの5曲目を飾ります。
歌詞は、元恋人に対して、タイトル通り「貴方にそばにいて欲しかった」と嘆く気持ちが綴られています。
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Now that it's just too late, well, could've been easy
もう遅すぎるよね、簡単なことだったのに
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
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[Intro]
(Hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey)
(Hey, hey, hey)
[Verse 1]
People like you always want back
貴方みたいな人って、すぐに戻そうとするよね
The love they gave away
一度手放した愛を
And people like me wanna believe you
そして私みたいな人は、貴方みたいな人を信じようとする
When you say you've changed
「僕は変わったよ」って言われると
The more I think about it now
考え込むほどに
The less I know
答えがわからなくなるの
All I know is that you drove us
ただ1つ言えることは、
Off the road
貴方のせいで私の気持ちが揺れ動いてることかしら
[Chorus]
(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was stay
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
Had me in the palm of your hand, then
手のひらの上で私を転がして、
Why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
私は貴方を受け入れたのに、どうして離れちゃったの?
(Stay) Hey, now you say you want it back
そして今度は「君に戻ってきてほしい」って?
Now that it's just too late, well, could've been easy
もう遅すぎるよね、簡単なことだったのに
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
[Post-Chorus]
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
All you had to do was stay
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
[Verse 2]
Here you are now, callin' me up
貴方は私に電話をかけてきた
But I don't know what to say
何を話せばいいのかな
I've been pickin' up the pieces
貴方が粉々にしてしまった破片を
Of the mess you made
私は拾い集めてた
People like you always want back
貴方みたいな人って、すぐに戻そうとするよね
The love they pushed aside
自ら追いやってしまった愛を
But people like me are gone forever
私みたいな人って、去ってしまうともう戻って来ないのよ
When you say goodbye
貴方が私に「さよなら」と言ってしまえばね
[Chorus]
(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was stay
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
Had me in the palm of your hand, then
手のひらの上で私を転がして、
Why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
私は貴方を受け入れたのに、どうして離れちゃったの?
(Stay) Hey, now you say you want it back
そして今度は「君に戻ってきてほしい」って?
Now that it's just too late, well, could've been easy
もう遅すぎるよね、簡単なことだったのに
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
[Post-Chorus]
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
All you had to do was (Stay, stay, stay, stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
[Bridge]
Let me remind you
教えてあげるわ
This was what you wanted (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
これが貴方が求めていたこと
You ended it
貴方が終わらせたのよ
You were all I wanted (Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh)
貴方は私がずっと求めてた人だった
But not like this
でもそうじゃなかったみたいね
Not like this, not like this
そうじゃなかったみたいね
Oh, all you had to do was
貴方にして欲しかったことは…
[Chorus]
(Stay) Hey, all you had to do was stay
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
Had me in the palm of your hand, then
手のひらの上で私を転がして、
Why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
私は貴方を受け入れたのに、どうして離れちゃったの?
(Stay) Hey, now you say you want it back
そして今度は「君に戻ってきてほしい」って?
Now that it's just too late, well, could've been easy
もう遅すぎるよね、簡単なことだったのに
All you had to do was
貴方にして欲しかったことはこれだけだったのに
(Stay; Ah) Hey, all you had to do was stay
そばにいて欲しかった
Had me in the palm of your hand, then
手のひらの上で私を転がして、
Why'd you have to go and lock me out when I let you in?
私は貴方を受け入れたのに、どうして離れちゃったの?
(Stay; Ah) Hey, now you say you want it back
そして今度は「君に戻ってきてほしい」って?
Now that it's just too late, well, it could've been easy (All you had to do was stay)
もう遅すぎるよね、簡単なことだったのに
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
[Post-Chorus]
(Ah) All you had to do was (Stay; Oh)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
All you had to do was (Stay; Ooh)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
All you had to do was (Stay)
貴方にそばにいて欲しかった
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