Heal the World

Verse 1

There's a place in your heart, and I know that it is love
And this place could be much brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try, you'll find there's no need to cry
In this place, you'll feel there's no hurt or sorrow
There are ways to get there, if you care enough for the living
Make a little space, make a better place

Chorus

Heal the world, make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying, if you care enough for the living
Make a better place for you and for me

Verse 2

If you want to know why, there's a love that cannot lie
Love is strong; it only cares for joyful giving
If we try we shall see, in this bliss we cannot feel fear or dread
We stop existing and start living
Then it feels that always, love's enough for us growing
Make a better world, make a better world

Bridge

And the dream we were conceived in will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling life, wound this earth, crucify its soul
Though it's plain to see, this world is heavenly, be God's glow

Verse 3

We could fly so high, let our spirits never die
In my heart I feel you are all my brothers
Create a world with no fear, together we'll cry happy tears
See the nations turn their swords into plowshares
We could really get there, if you cared enough for the living
Make a little space, to make a better place

주요 표현

• get there : 어떤 장소에 도착하다 → 어떤 목표나 과제를 달성하다
  • "When do you think you can get there?" (언제 거기 도착할 것 같아요?)
  • "I'm sure you'll get there in the end." (결국에는 당신이 해낼 거라고 확신합니다.)
  • "It's not easy, but we are getting there." (쉽진 않지만, 다 해 갑니다.)
• make space (= make room) : 공간을 만들다 (가사에서는 마음에 여유를 가지다)
  • "Can you make some space for my clothes in the closet?" (옷장에 제 옷 넣을 공간 좀 만들어 주겠어요?)
• heal / heal over : 치유하다, 낫다 / 상처가 아물다
  • "I hope it will heal over without any scars." (흉터 없이 상처가 아물길 바랍니다.)
• for the living vs for a living : 살아있는 것들을 위해서 / 생계를 위해서
  • "John delivers pizza for a living." (존은 생계를 위해서 피자를 배달합니다.)
• bliss : 더 없는 행복
  • "Ignorance is bliss." (모르는 게 약이다.)
• conceive : 잉태하다 / 어떤 생각·계획을 마음속에 품다, 생각해내다
  • "Mary conceived Jesus through the power of the holy spirit." (마리아는 성령의 힘으로 예수를 잉태했습니다.)
  • "Steve Jobs conceived many great things that most people never imagined." (스티브 잡스는 대부분의 사람들이 상상조차 못 했던 여러 굉장한 물건을 생각해냈습니다.)
• grace : 신의 은총 / 식사 전 감사기도 / 유예기간
  • "It was only by the grace of God that we survived." (우리가 살아난 것은 오로지 신의 은총 덕분입니다.)
  • "Let's say grace." (감사기도를 올립시다.)
  • "You have a 5 day grace period after the due date." (지불 만기일이 지난 뒤 5일까지는 봐드립니다.)
• crucify : 십자가에 못박다 / 호되게 비판하다, 괴롭히다
  • "The politician was crucified by the media over a bribery scandal." (그 정치인은 뇌물 추문과 관련해 언론의 호된 비판을 받았습니다.)
• plain : 분명한, 명백한
  • "He made it plain that he didn't want to deal with it any more." (그 사람은 더 이상 그 일에 관여하고 싶지 않다는 뜻을 분명히 했습니다.)
• beat swords into plowshares : 검을 두드려 쟁기의 날로 만들다 (전쟁에 쓸 자원을 평화적인 일에 쓰다)
  • "They will beat their swords into plowshares." (그들이 검을 두드려서 쟁기의 날을 만들 겁니다.)