Time Trades - Jeffrey Lewis

Time Trades - Jeffrey Lewis
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Time is gonna take so much away
时光终将带走太多
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
但时间也会给你交换的契机
Time is gonna take so much away
时光终将带走太多
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
但时间也会给你交换的契机
You gotta did something that you can get nicer at
去做能让你日益精进的事
You gotta did something that you can get wiser at
去做能让你智慧沉淀的事
You better did something that you can get better at
你该选择能让自己成长的事
'Cause that's the only thing that time will leave you with
因为这才是时光留下的印记
'Cause time is gonna take so much away
时光终将带走太多珍贵
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
但时间也会给你交换的契机
It might be cabaret it could be poetry
或许是剧场霓虹 抑或诗句翩跹
It might be trying to make a new happy family
或许是构筑新家的温暖笑颜
It could be violin repair or chemistry
提琴修缮的专注 化学方程的光亮
But if it's something that takes lots of time that's good
凡需时光沉淀的 都值得珍藏
'Cause time is gonna take so much away
时光终将带走太多珍贵
But there's a way that time can offer you a trade
但时间也会给你交换的契机
Because your looks are gonna leave you
因为容颜终将褪去
And your citys gonna change too
城市也会面目全非
And your shoes are gonna wear through
鞋履终有磨破之时
Yeah time is gonna take so much away
是啊 时光会带走太多东西
But there's a way that you can offer time a trade
但你可以与时间做个交易
You gotta did something that you can get smarter at
去钻研能让你更聪慧的事
You gotta did something you might just be a starter at
去尝试你或许刚起步的事
You better did something that you can get better at
你该选择能让自己成长的事
'Cause that's the thing that time will leave you with
因为时间终会留下印记
And maybe that's why they call a trade a trade
或许这就是所谓的等价交换
Like when they say the
就像人们常说的
You should go and learn a trade
你该去学门手艺
The thing you did don't have
你付出的努力
To be to learn a trade
未必只为谋生
Just get something back from
只是要从时光里
Time for all it takes away
赎回它带走的一切
It could be many things it could be anything
可能是万千可能中的任意一种
It could be expertise in
或许能成为
Middle Eastern traveling
中东旅行专家
Something to slowly sow
慢慢播种
The balance life's unraveling
平衡生活的纷乱
You have no choice you have
你别无选择只能
To pay time's price
付出时间的代价
But you can use the price to
但你可以用这代价来
Buy you something nice
为你准备一份特别的礼物
Something you can only buy with lots of time
只有时光才能换取的珍贵馈赠
So when you're old you blow
待你年迈之时 定会惊艳
Some whippersnapper's mind
那些年轻后辈的目光
It might be researching a book
或许是潜心钻研的著作
That takes you seven years
耗费你七年光阴
A book that helps to make the path
一本指引我们通往
We take to freedom clear
自由之路的明灯
And when you're done
当你完成时
You see it started with a good idea
会发现一切源于一个好念头
One good idea could cost
一个绝妙灵感可能耗费
You thousands of your days
你数千个日夜光阴
But it's just time that you'd be spending anyway
但这不过是你终将流逝的时光
You have no choice you have to pay time's price
别无选择 必须支付时间的代价
But you can use the price to
但你可以用这代价来
Buy you something nice
为你准备一份特别的礼物
So I've decided recently
于是我最近下定决心
To try to trade more decently
要以更体面的方式蜕变