Dear Frustrated Superstar - Nerina Pallot

Dear frustrated superstar
亲爱的失意巨星
Your mother's waiting in the car
你母亲在车里等候
To whisk you off to your new premiere
准备载你奔赴新片首映
And all the friends who knew your name
那些曾记得你名字的朋友们
Are waiting
正在等待
Wondering what became
好奇着那个女孩的下落
Of the girl that they once knew but never loved
那个他们认识却从未珍视过的女孩
They never loved
他们从未真心相待
So every city tells the lie
每座城市都在编织谎言
Of beggars
关于乞丐
Tramps and butterflies
流浪汉与蝴蝶
Of all these things
在这一切之中
Then what am I
我究竟算什么
A princess in a threadbare gown
穿着破旧礼服的公主
A gaudy
还是庸俗的
Painted circus clown
彩绘的小丑面具下
A child who lost her key and can't get home
迷途孩童找不到回家的钥匙
All the things I never was
那些我永远无法成为的模样
A traitor in the western wars
西方战场上的叛徒身影
A girl who did it just because
任性而为的叛逆少女
Do or die
要么全力以赴
Or don't at all
要么彻底放弃
Prepare to suffer for your call
为你选择承受苦难
Some things have to hurt or they're not true
有些伤痛必须真实才算存在
They can't be true
否则便不算真实
When you die
当生命终结时
You'll wonder
你会困惑
Was that it
这就是全部吗
Will you think of how you'd wished you lived
是否会想起曾经渴望的生活
Well
那么
You're here now
你如今在此驻足
Yes you're here now
是的 你终于在此停留
So I only want to be up there
而我渴望站在更高处
With a hundred others
与千百人并肩
I don't care
我不在乎
'Cause I'm here now
因我已抵达此处
Yes I'm here now
是的 我此刻就在这里
Papers
镁光灯下
Books
书籍
Philosophy
哲学
An envelopes eternity
信封里封存的永恒
I count each passing minute
我细数流逝的每分
Hour
每时
Day
每日
Wonder how I smile so well
不解自己为何能笑得如此完美
Wonder how they never tell
疑惑他们为何从不提起
There's really no one living here at all
这里其实空无一人居住
So here a line from god's own song
此刻传来天籁之音
To comfort you when things go wrong
抚慰你遭遇困境时的心灵
My children never visit me
我的孩子们从不来看望我
Go searching in my sky at night
夜晚在我的天际寻觅
They must be there to set alight
他们定在那里点燃光芒
Their mothers aching heart is so unsure
母亲们忐忑的心如此彷徨
I'm so unsure
我也同样迷茫
When you die
当生命终结时
You'll wonder
你会困惑
Was that it
这就是全部吗
Will you think of how you'd wished you lived
是否会想起曾经渴望的生活
Well
那么
You're here now
你如今在此驻足
Yes you're here now
是的 你终于在此停留
So I only want to be up there
而我渴望站在更高处
With a hundred others
与千百人并肩
I don't care
我不在乎
'Cause I'm here now
因我已抵达此处
Yes I'm here now
是的 我此刻就在这里
Dear frustrated superstar
亲爱的失意巨星
I really hope you get that far
衷心愿你抵达梦想远方
If not
若非如此
I hope you live
愿你安好
I hope you live
愿你安好