If Work Permits - The Format

If Work Permits - The Format

So the wind that blows across your room
就让微风轻轻拂过你的房间
Carried cheap perfume onto your dresser
带着清新的气味到你的梳妆台前
It rained for jewelry and for credit cards
上面陈列着着珠宝和信用卡
Two tickets to a film i don't remember
还有两张电影票 那些事我已忘却
One day youll kiss your rabbits nose pick up the phone
在那一天 你吻过你养的小兔子鼻尖后 拿起起手机
To find i've been turned over
却发现我已经动过了
And youll grab that piece of gold
你尝试着抓住最后的机会
Only to find that the smell has taken over
却发现一切早已改变
Now all the things you had they arent the same
你所拥有的事物今非昔比
As what you hold
当你试着去掌控情况时
I'm standing in a room
我已经伫立在房间
Its filled with older folks pleading "baby listen"
房间里挤满了亲友 并恳求道 听我们一句吧
And i scream as loud as anyone
我竭尽全力 放声尖叫
But when asked to make a point i tend to whisper
但是他们让我说的时候 我却缄默不言
Now highways turn to tidal waves
笔直的路变成涌动的潮水
Theyre asking me to export all of your insecurities
他们就我对你不信任这一件事专门做了询问
But that wind that blows across your room
但当清风拂过你的窗前时
Its gonna set the sails and send me back to you
我将会乘着风回到你的身旁
Sometimes when sailors are sailing
当水手在无边大海上航行时
They think twice about where theyre anchoring
他们会常常思索在哪里上岸
And i think i could make better time of my time on land
我想 也许在陆地上是我最佳的选择
Ill drink less
我喝的不多
Cause lord knows i could use a warm kiss
因为主知道我会用热情的一吻
Instead of a cold goodbye
来代替冰冷的告别
I'm writing the folks back home to tell them
我把家书寄给父母 告诉他们
"hey i'm doing alright"
我现在过得很好
Its a shame what your father did to your brothers head
你爸爸酒后殴打你哥哥的事让你难以忘怀
He smashed it with a telephone
他抓起电话进行着暴行
And your mother got scared and locked the door
你妈妈尖叫着反锁着房门
You were only four but lord you remember it
四岁的你目睹着一切
So now you're scared of love
所以如今的你不敢去爱
I'm here to tell you loves not some f**king blood on the reciever
我在这儿告诉你 爱才不是什么血缘之情
Love is speaking in code
爱才不是冷冰冰的血缘
Its an inside joke
这样的爱对你来说就是笑话
Love is coming home
爱应该是一个温暖的家
Sometimes when sailors are sailing
当水手在无边大海上航行时
They think twice about where theyre anchoring
他们会常常思索在哪上岸
And i think i could make better time of my time on land
我想 也许在陆地上是我最佳的选择
Ill drink less
我喝的不多
Cause lord knows i could use a warm kiss
因为主知道我会用热情的一吻
Instead of a cold goodbye
来代替冰冷的告别
I'm writing the folks back home to tell them
我把家书寄给父母 告诉他们
"hey i'm doing alright"
我现在过得很好
Yeah i'm doing just fine
我做的棒极了
And if she seems as lonely as me
如果她和我一样孤独
Let her sink
那就让她沉沦吧
"hey i'm doing alright"
我现在过得很好
Yeah i'm doing just fine
我做的棒极了
And if she seems as lonely as me
如果她和我一样孤独
Let her sink
那就让她沉沦吧
Let her sink
让她孑然一身
Let her sink
让她习惯孤独