When I Was Young - Matt Hires

When I Was Young - Matt Hires

When I was young there was fire in my lungs
我年轻时肝火旺盛
And I just wanted someone to listen
想找个人一吐为快
Some ears to ignite with my pen and my tongue
道听途说的人惹怒了我 我奋笔疾书 愤怒斥责
Oh I knew it was all just a wish
但我知道那只是个愿望而已
But that don't mean it couldn't exist
但是这并不意味着不能实现
Just seventeen yeah I gave up my gun
我才十七岁 便放下屠刀
To play this guitar in the trenches
在战壕里玩起了吉他
To sing in the face of a man-eating sun
在灼人的阳光下尽情歌唱
That Florida heat is a *****
弗罗里达无比炎热
But I wouldn't trade nothing for it
但我对此改变不了什么
When I was young
在我年轻时
When I was young
在我年轻时
I got myself broke and beat down busted up
我身无分文 穷困潦倒
Left too many words on the tip of my tongue
很多话要说却欲言又止
But oh I was singing at the top of my lungs
但我每晚都会
Every night
放声高歌
Spinning wheels turning I fell into love
随着时间流逝 我也坠入爱河
Swallowed up in a sea of forgiveness
吞没于宽恕的海洋里
I've got a crooked killer heart
我的心变得和杀手一样扭曲
I've got bastard blood
流淌着混蛋的血液
But my God oh my God I forgive
但是 我的上帝啊 我原谅
That you keep on paying for these second hand sins
你总是饶恕那些再次犯下的罪过
When I was young
在我年轻时
When I was young
在我年轻时
I was hiding in corners to stay out of sight
我曾躲在角落里 不想被发现
Giving my best but still falling behind
我总是全力以赴 可还是会落后
But I was reborn in the dust and the pines
可我在尘埃和松树中获得了重生
Oh my
我的
When I was young
在我年轻时
Oh and now I'm getting pushed and pulled apart
如今我被人推来拉去
And I don't know where it ends or where it starts
我不知道这一切会在哪里终止哪里开始
And all of those neon lights
所有我窗外的
Outside of my window
霓虹灯
Tell me it's not 11 yet
告诉我现在还不到11点
It's getting close though
尽管快要到了
And now I just don't know what to do
而此刻我不知道要做什么
Then I said Matt you just gotta get back
我说 马特 你得回到
To those nights where you sat on the causeway
那些你坐在长堤的夜晚
All you had was six strings and a heart that beat
你只有那把吉他和一颗跳动的心
And you knew that it had to mean something
你知道那对你来说意义非凡
Yeah you knew that it had to mean something
你知道那对你来说意义非凡
I just knew it was better than nothing
我知道它聊胜于无
When I was young
在我年轻时
When I was young
在我年轻时
I played rock and roll music on broken guitars
我用破旧的吉他表演摇滚乐
Spent the whole night laying out under stars
一整晚都躺在星辰下
She told me she loved me
她告诉我她爱我
With her hand on her heart
她把手放在心口
Now I'm turning these pages and holding on tight
我紧紧地抓住这一幕幕回忆 一页页翻着
Living this life like I'm never gonna die
在我年轻时
Living this life like I'm never gonna die
像我会永生那般过着我的生活
Living this life like I'm never gonna die die die
像我会永生那般过着我的生活
When I was young
像我会永生那般过着我的生活