When you say nothing at all by Alison Krauss

It’s amazing how you can speak right to my heart

Without saying a word

You can light up the dark

Try as I may I could never explain

What I hear when you don’t say a thing

The smile on your face

Lets me know that you need me

There’s a truth in your eyes

Saying you’ll never lee me

A touch of your hand says

You’ll catch me wherever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

All day long I can hear people talking aloud

But when you hold me near

You drown out the crowd

Old Mr. Webster could never define

What’s been said between your heart and mine

The smile on your face

Lets me know that you need me

There’s a truth in your eyes

Saying you’ll never lee me

The touch of your hand says

You’ll catch me wherever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

The smile on your face

Lets me know that you need me

There’s a truth in your eyes

Saying you’ll never lee me

The touch of your hand says

You’ll catch me wherever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

Words & Phrases

1. light up：照亮，如：Firework lit up the sky with their explosions of red and gold. （红色和金黄色的焰火照亮了天空。）

light up 也可以指“让人的脸部放光彩，容光焕发”，如：A rare smile lit up his stern features. （他那难得一见的微笑给他死板的脸平添了一些生气。）

2. drown out： 淹没；（声音等）盖过；压倒。

在歌中，“you drown out the crowd”可意译为“所有尘嚣即离我们远去”。

3. old Mr. Webster：相信大家都听过大名鼎鼎的“韦氏字典”（美国人自己出的字典，在性方面相当于中国的新华字典）。