what's the difference betwen "If the night was day“ and ""If the day was night" ? 颠倒是非:confuse right and wrong，confuse truth and falsehood, turn ..upside down ......... 颠倒黑白（ 指鹿为马）confound black and white,
-statstar(tiger);
2009-12-24{406}(#5762199@0)
confuse right and wrong, call white black.你的英语和乱想啊。。。。。这首歌的主题思想是表现出一种世界的灰色情调，有一种无可奈何有玩世不恭的情感。在感情与信念中被俗套的说教所困扰。只盼黑暗变成光明，就会听到真理，只问上帝啊，你在哪里？从北美文化环境来讲，他们怎么会和你一样想“也就是说, 能听到上帝的声音, 是颠倒是非.”。 蠢啊。 我们念书从小学，到中学，大学，到博士，思想基本上都念废了。 一个字什么都用‘套’。
"IF ONLY TEARS WAS LAUGHTERS, IF ONLY NIGHT WAS DAY, IF ONLY PRAYERS WAS ANSWERED,
THEN WE WOULD HEAR GOD SAY。" 是一种情感的虚拟表达法，这种情感不是否认上帝，可能是对现实社会中人与上帝之间的疏远感到迷惑，甚至是一种无可奈何的反问：难道只有在眼泪成为讥笑，不再有夜晚，（我们的）祷告得以实现后才知道上帝？ 我这不一定对，只是觉得这几句歌词很有感情，好像是那种基督徒要表达的感情。这个世界实在是被那些听起来合理的老生常谈搞得迷糊。求主怜悯我。
wonder how u can be sure that u r not 上当 now, if u always 上当 before
-mickeyh(mickey);
2009-12-24(#5762869@0)
Now? I am just playing with them. (#5762814@0)
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-12-24(#5762877@0)
so sure it is not them playing with u?
-mickeyh(mickey);
2009-12-24(#5762911@0)
We are playing with each other.
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-12-24(#5762916@0)
it means, thinking in other way...?
-statstar(tiger);
2009-12-24(#5762145@0)
YOU GAVE US SO MANY BEAUTIFUL RHYTHM， THANKS :)
-statstar(tiger);
2009-12-23(#5760452@0)
Life on earth IS beautiful. We do not know what is heaven so let us enjoy our life on earth.
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-12-23(#5760474@0)
'creating' ourselves in spiritual life too, not only in frsh body. (it is 'tell', just mentioned)
-statstar(tiger);
2009-12-23(#5760503@0)
Spiritual life is essentially based on love, and our love depends on the character and level of our relationships.
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-12-23{283}(#5760531@0)
Relationships are the great fabric of life; to unfold them consciously and methodically is to learn to love through a work that includes all of life. It is to transform living into an art. Spiritual life and the art of living are, therefore, two ways of referring to the same thing.
RIGHT， I DIG OUT A POSTED JUST NOW, IT WORTH READING. http://bbs.creaders.net/rainbow/bbsviewer.php?trd_id=428683
-statstar(tiger);
2009-12-23(#5760582@0)
Spiritual LIFE or Relationships are the great fabric of life; to unfold them consciously and methodically is to learn to love through a work that includes all of life.
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-12-23(#5760603@0)
U r just too serious, try to have some rest duing ur effort to be a philosopher , and find a gf for urself in the comimg new year.
-mickeyh(mickey);
2009-12-24(#5762795@0)
life is a game, playing and learning. I have enough GF keep me happy.
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-12-24(#5762814@0)
原歌词：
No matter what they tell us
No matter what they do
No matter what they teach us
What we believe is true
No matter what they call us
However they attack
No matter where they take us
We'll find our own way back
I can't deny what I believe
I can't be what I'm not
I know I'll love forever
I know, no matter what
If only tears were laughter
If only night was day
If only prayers were answered
Then we would hear God say
No matter what they tell you
No matter what they do
No matter what they teach you
What you believe is true
And I will keep you safe and strong
And sheltered from the storm
No matter where it's barren
A dream is being born
No matter who they follow
No matter where they lead
No matter how they judge us
I'll be everyone you need
No matter if the sun don't shine
Or if the skies are blue
No matter what the end is
My life began with you
I can't deny what I believe
I can't be what I'm not
I know, I know
I know this love's forever
That's all that matters now
No matter what更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
You may right but for better understood we shall see "Whistle Down the Wind"
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-12-24{364}(#5763478@0)
In Whistle Down the Wind, it is performed by "The Children and The Townspeople". Amongst the children: Swallow, Brat and Poor Baby, three children who find a man living in their shed whom they believe to be Jesus Christ. No Matter What is their promise to keep him secret from 'the grown-ups', and to affirm their faith in him, 'no matter what they tell us'.
I'm quite religious. I'm a believer, but I'm not a great believer in the Catholic Church in Ireland at the moment. I'm bringing my children up as Christians, absolutely. We pray at night before they go to sleep, but I don't drag them to church every Sunday and tell them to stand there and be respectful. How can they have respect for the priests in Ireland with the way things have gone?
"We pray at night before they go to sleep, but I don't drag them to church every Sunday and tell them to stand there and be respectful."
-go4nature(zeitgeist 时代精神);
2009-12-25(#5764248@0)
right, be respectful
-statstar(tiger);
2009-12-25(#5764265@0)
本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛刚刚看了点这部歌剧"Whistle Down the Wind" 的资料介绍，真是一部很有意思的作品。作品里的那个罪犯充分地利用了孩子天真幼稚的特点，说自己就是耶稣。他取得了孩子的充分信任。当孩子遇到问题的时候，那个罪犯总是用一个个谎言，轻易地骗过孩子们。于是孩子们拼命地保护他们的耶稣，那个罪犯。