Slight Figure Of Speech - The Avett Brothers

Slight Figure Of Speech - The Avett Brothers

They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win
他们都说 你肯定得输几场才能反败为胜
It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting
我所坐的位置很难找到
They say that this is where the fun begins
他们说 这就是有趣的地方
I guess it's time that I was quitting
我想 我开始有了放弃的念头
A slight figure of speech
我只能轻声念叨
I cut my chest wide open
我的胸膛感到一阵剧痛
They come and watch us bleed
他们都前来围观 看着我们打得头破血流
Is it art like I was hoping now
现在 这是否和我期待的一样充满看点
They said "I hope that you will never change"
他们说 我希望你永远不会改变
I went and cut my hair
我去理发店剪掉了头发
They say "Don't take your business to the big time"
他们说 不要在关键时刻讨价还价
I bought us tickets there
我给大家买了票
A slight figure of speech
我只能轻声念叨
I cut my chest wide open
我的胸膛感到一阵剧痛
They come and watch us bleed
他们都前来围观 看着我们打得头破血流
Is it art like I was hoping now
现在 这是否和我期待的一样充满看点
What did you expect
你有着怎样的期待
And what did you forget
你忘记了是什么
That to live you let go of me with each step
给你继续前进的勇气 让你将我节节击溃
It becomes a progression
这似乎变成了升级版的战斗
I won't let regret manifest
我不会让悔恨
To aggression
变成进攻的动机
Are you to assess what I've been
你是在试探我的能力吗
What I am Or become
我是否难以战胜 或者我是否会变得战无不胜
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
你是否能停下来 接受这一切愚不可及的
It can be to
现实
Attack those around 'cause you're
你不停对身边的人进行攻击 因为你
True to color a town a time or a place
太争强好胜 一座城市 一段时光 或一片土地
It's not you it's not mine
这不属于你 也不属于我
And besides it is gone
另外 它已经消失不见
And you never will find it again
你再也无法将它找回
But I don't want to fight
但是 我不想再次大打出手
I just ask let me be
我只想请你放过我
I won't give the chance to be my enemy
我不想和你成为敌人
So go home
所以 回家吧
Think it through
好好想想
A jet plane and a big idea
一架喷气飞机 一个好主意
I jump over the sea
我纵身跃入大海
What ifs hot on my trail
如果一路上酷热难熬怎么办
But that can't catch me no
但是 这也无法阻挡我 不
A slight figure of speech
我只能轻声念叨
I cut my chest wide open
我的胸膛感到一阵剧痛
They come and watch us bleed
他们都前来围观 看着我们打得头破血流
Is it art like I was hoping now
现在 这是否和我期待的一样充满看点