Little Palaces - Elvis Costello

Little Palaces - Elvis Costello (埃尔维斯 科斯特洛)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by：Declan MacManus

In Chocolate Town all the trains are painted brown
巧克力镇上的列车 全被漆成棕褐色
On the silver paper of the wrapper
银色包装纸的褶皱间
There's a dapper little man
站着个精致的小人偶
And he wears a wax mustache
蓄着蜡制的八字胡
That he twists with nicotine fingers
他用尼古丁熏黄的手指捻着胡须
As he drops his cigarette ash
烟灰簌簌落下的瞬间
Someone comes and sleeps with it
有人来与它共眠
Then he doffs his cap
而后他脱帽致意
There's a rat in someone's bedroom
某人的卧室里有只老鼠在窜动
They're shutting someone's trap
他们正封住某人的嘴巴
They'll soon be pulling down the little palaces
很快就要拆毁那些小宫殿
And the doors swing back and forward from
门扇在前后摆动
The past into the present
从过去晃到现在
And the bedside crucifixion turns from wood to phosphorescent
床头的十字架从木质变成荧光
And they're moving problem families from
他们正把问题家庭
The South up to the North
从南方迁往北方
Mother's crying over some soft soap opera divorce
母亲为肥皂剧里的离婚情节啜泣
And you say you didn't do it but
你嘴上说着不是自己所为
You know you did of course
可心底明明知道罪魁祸首
And they'll soon be pulling down the little palaces
那些小宫殿很快就要被推倒
It's like shouting in a matchbox
如同在石膏板搭的火柴盒里呐喊
Filled with plasterboard and hope
声嘶力竭却徒留虚妄
Like a picture of Prince William in
像威廉王子肖像画
The arms of John the Pope
被教皇拥在怀中般荒诞
There's a world of good intentions and pity in their eyes
他们眼中满是善意与怜悯的世界
The sedated homes of England theirs to vandalize
英格兰那些被镇静剂麻痹的家园 任由他们肆意破坏
So you knock the kids about a bit because
所以你稍微教训了一下孩子们
They've got your name
只因他们冠着你的姓氏
And you knock the kids about a bit until
你不断教训那些孩子 直到
They feel the same
他们感同身受
And they feel like knocking down the little palaces
他们也想要推倒那些小宫殿
You're the twinkle in your daddy's eye
你是父亲眼中的星光
A name you spray and scribble
你涂鸦着某个名字
You made the girls all turn their heads and in turn
让女孩们纷纷回眸 却反过来
They made you miserable
使你陷入痛苦深渊
To be the heir apparent to the kingdom of the invisible
成为那无形王国的所谓继承人
So you knock the kids about a bit because
所以你稍微教训了一下孩子们
They've got your name
只因他们冠着你的姓氏
And you knock the kids about a bit until
你不断教训那些孩子 直到
They feel the same
他们感同身受
And they feel like knocking down the little palaces
他们也想要推倒那些小宫殿