Indie pop · TWOLODY ORIGINALS
The Taxi Driver's Homework
«The Taxi Driver's Homework» unisce le lingue inglese e giapponese. Il genere musicale è Indie pop.
Testo e traduzione ↓
inglese ↔ giapponese
Informazioni sulla canzone
I primi versi abbinati sono «My homework waited underneath the meter.» e «宿題はメーターの下で待っていた。». Leggi il testo completo nelle due lingue qui sotto e seguilo nel lettore.
A taxi driver studies between fares to build a new future for his family. Indie pop, 101 BPM, jangly guitar, organic drums, wistful female lead, intimate conversational verses
Impara con questa canzone
Ascolta ogni verso e confronta la traduzione. Twin passa alla stessa frase nell’altra lingua; Echo ti aiuta a ricordarne il significato prima di mostrarla.
Due lingue. Una melodia.
Testo e traduzione
Verse 1
My homework waited underneath the meter.
宿題はメーターの下で待っていた。
I drew a roof on the back of a fare receipt.
料金の領収書の裏に屋根を描いた。
A passenger asked why my triangles had windows.
乗客は三角形になぜ窓があるのかと尋ねた。
Chorus
The fare receipt can hold a house beyond this journey.
領収書はこの旅の先の家を描いておける。
A pencil waits beside the turning wheel.
ハンドルの横で鉛筆が待つ。
The roof line keeps a room for my daughter's laughter.
屋根の線は娘の笑いのために部屋を残す。
Verse 2
My daughter lent me her small ruler after school.
放課後、娘が小さな定規を貸してくれた。
Chorus
The fare receipt can hold a house beyond this journey.
領収書はこの旅の先の家を描いておける。
A pencil waits beside the turning wheel.
ハンドルの横で鉛筆が待つ。
The roof line keeps a room for my daughter's laughter.
屋根の線は娘の笑いのために部屋を残す。
Bridge
I fixed the roof and showed it at our kitchen table.
屋根を直して台所のテーブルで見せた。
My daughter drew her window wider than the ruler.
娘は定規より広い窓を描いた。
Tomorrow's fares would wait below a better little roof.
明日の料金の紙は、少しよくなった小さな屋根の下で待つ。
Final Chorus
The fare receipt can hold a house beyond this journey.
領収書はこの旅の先の家を描いておける。
A pencil waits beside the turning wheel.
ハンドルの横で鉛筆が待つ。
The roof line keeps a room for my daughter's laughter.
屋根の線は娘の笑いのために部屋を残す。
