Why I Can’t Draw - The Smith Street Band

Why I Can't Draw - The Smith Street Band
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I found an old notebook filled up with pictures
翻开旧笔记本 泛黄照片映入眼帘
Found my friends in hospital beds with
朋友们躺在病床上 脸上
Facial stitches
缝着伤痕
We sat around the table drinking
我们围坐桌边饮酒
Hoping no one would ever die
祈祷无人会离去
A scribble of an elephant with
潦草画着大象 旁边写着
Why I can't draw and why everyone is evil
为何我画不好 为何人心险恶
Written above it in faded black ink
褪色的黑色墨水记录着过往
Heated debate about the legal system
关于法律制度的激烈辩论
Let's have a rally
让我们集会吧
Let's start a revolution
掀起一场革命
Set fire under our feet
点燃脚下的火焰
Do our best not to stamp it out
尽力不让它熄灭
And all I can see through the rooftops
透过屋顶和烟囱
And the chimneys is the top of a billboard
我只看见广告牌顶端
That reads love
写着"爱"字
And I think It's an advert for
我想这不过是
Nasal spray technology
鼻喷技术的广告
But in my current state it doesn't matter much
但此刻的我已无暇顾及
And these things are consuming
这些琐事吞噬着我
But there's more to me than
但我的灵魂深处
Lack of sleep and anxiety
不止失眠与焦虑
And darling
亲爱的
You've befriended drop-outs and drifters
你与失意者和漂泊者为伍
So why would you expect anything different
又怎能期待不同的结局
This is a summer song
这是首夏日之歌
And I want you all to sing along
我要你们齐声应和
And a woman with a face
有位面容憔悴的女子
That slid right down to the top of
衣领滑落至胸口
Her dress told me
她低声告诉我
I'd succeed because
终将功成名就
I'd been touched by a goddess
我曾被女神眷顾
If society's taught me anything
若说社会教会我什么
It's that writing is much easier than speaking
那便是书写比言语更轻松
That walking is best done in silence
沉默独行最为自在
And rooftops are best left leaking
任屋顶漏雨也无妨
And as we boarded up the walls
当我们修补着墙壁
Where our fists had fell the night before
昨夜拳头落下的痕迹
I said I'm sorry that I shout
我说抱歉我如此激动
I'm not sorry but I don't put out
并非真心悔过 只是不愿妥协
I'm sorry
我很抱歉
I don't understand things unless
除非能在事物中
I find music in them
寻得韵律 否则难以理解
And I know that you feel like I left you
我知道你觉得被我抛弃
But you left me without much of a choice
但当初你也没给我选择余地
I haven't learn to draw but at least
虽未学会绘画 但至少
I've never lost
我从未迷失方向
Never lost my voice
从未失去自己的声音
These things are consuming
这些烦恼正在吞噬我
But there's more to me than
但我的灵魂深处
Lack of sleep and anxiety
不止失眠与焦虑
And darling
亲爱的
You've befriended drop-outs and drifters
你与失意者和漂泊者为伍
So why would you expect anything different
又怎能期待不同的结局
This is a summer song
这是首夏日之歌
And I want you all to sing along
我要你们齐声应和