Love is a Bourgeois Construct - Pet Shop Boys

Love is a Bourgeois Construct - Pet Shop Boys

I've been taking my time for a long time
我一直在谈论我的生活
Putting my feet up a lot
把脚高高抬起
Speaking English as a foreign language
把英语当作外语
Any words that I haven't forgot
用我还没忘记的单词
I've been thinking how I can't be bothered
我一直在想，为什么我不愿意
To wash the dishes or remake the bed
洗盘子或者修床
What's the point when I could dust instead
要是不做这些而去擦灰，又有何重要
I've been hanging out with various riffraff
我与许多流氓厮混
Somewhere on the Goldhawke Road
在金贩道上
I don't think it's gonna be much longer
而这不会持续太久的
Till I'm mugging up on the penal codes
直到我拼命去记刑法典
So I've given up on the bourgeoisie
我已放弃了资产阶级身份
Like all their aspirations it's a fantasy
就像他们的志向，仅仅是个笑话
When you walked out you did me a favor
你走出来就算帮了我一个忙了
You made me see reality
你让我认清现实
That love is a bourgeois construct
爱就是资产阶级建筑
It's a blatant fallacy
是个无耻的谎言
You won't see me with a bunch of roses
我不会捧着一束玫瑰
Promising fidelity
承诺对你忠诚
Love doesn't mean a thing to me
爱对我来说算不上什么
Talking tough and feeling bitter
说出来很困难，觉得很痛苦
We're better now it's clear to me
我们现在好多了，我再清楚不过
That love is a bourgeois construct
爱就是资产阶级建筑
So I've given up the bourgeoisie
我已放弃了资产阶级身份
Bourgeois Bourgeoisie
资产阶级，资产阶级
While the bankers all get their bonuses
银行家们得到奖金的时候
I'll just get along with what I've got
我还是像原来那样生活
Watching the weeds in the garden
看着花园中的杂草
Putting my feet up a lot
把脚高高抬起
I'll explore the outer limits of boredom
我在探寻厌倦的极限
Moaning periodically
周期性的悲叹
Just a full-time lonely lay about
我就是个全职的无业游民
That's me
这就是我
When you walked out you did me a favor
你走出来就算帮了我一个忙了
It's absolutely clear to me
我再清楚不过
That love is a bourgeois construct
爱就是资产阶级建筑
Just like they said at university
就像他们在大学里说的
I've been taking my time for a long time
我一直在谈论我的生活
With all the schadenfreude it's cost
那些幸灾乐祸就是代价
Calculating what you've lost
数数你失去了什么吧
Now I'm digging through my student paper bags
我翻找我的学习资料袋
Flicking through Karl Marx again
再次浏览马克思的理论
Searching for the soul of England
寻找英国的灵魂
Drinking tea like Tony Benn
像东尼贝恩那样喝茶
Love is just a bourgeois construct
爱就是资产阶级建筑
So I'm giving up the bourgeoisie
我已放弃了资产阶级身份
Until you come back to me
直到你回到我身边
Bourgeois Bourgeoisie
资产阶级，资产阶级
Talking tough and feeling bitter
说出来很困难，觉得很痛苦
We're better now it's clear to me
我们现在好多了，我再清楚不过
That love is a bourgeois construct
爱就是资产阶级建筑
So I've given up the bourgeoisie
我已放弃了资产阶级身份