The Greatest Living Englishman - David Sylvian

The Greatest Living Englishman - David Sylvian
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Here we are then here we are
我们在这里 我们在这里
Notes from a suicide
来自自杀的笔记
And he will never ever be
而他永远无法成为
The Greatest Living Englishman
最伟大的英国人
It's such a melancholy blue
这是如此忧郁的蓝色
Or a grey of no significance
或是毫无意义的灰色
Plastic coated surfaces
塑料覆盖的表面
A space to place his suitcase
一个放置他行李箱的空间
As it's passed from A to B
当它从A传递到B
But it's such a melancholy blue
但它是如此忧郁的蓝色
The curtains round the bed are drawn
床边的窗帘被拉上
Broadcast voices from the ward
病房里传来广播的声音
The humming of machines hurt
机器的嗡嗡声刺耳
But there are distances between
但彼此之间存在着距离
Yes there are distances between
是的，彼此之间存在着距离
His aspirations visited him nightly
他的抱负每晚都来拜访他
And amounted to so little
最终却如此微不足道
Too much self in his writing
他的文字中充斥着太多自我
Now he will never ever be
如今他永远无法成为
The Greatest Living Englishman
最伟大的英国人
The engine shifts into second gear
引擎换到二档
They're all aboard accounted for
所有人都已上车，准备就绪
It's a journey he must make alone
这是一段他必须独自完成的旅程
The black sheep boy is leaving home
那个叛逆的孩子即将离开家
It's been rehearsed a thousand times or more
这一切已经排练了千百遍
He's well prepared of that he's sure
他确信自己已准备充分
But still it's such a melancholy blue
但依然笼罩着忧郁的蓝色
As he erased a page of history
当他抹去一页历史
Much as he'd intended to
正如他原本所愿
He wouldn't speak or show you he was happy
他不会开口 也不会表露喜悦
Though you'd meet him with your eyes
尽管你用目光与他相遇
There was a wall that always stood between you
但你们之间始终隔着一堵墙
He'd shut himself outside
他把自己关在外面
And the love that he engendered
他所激发的爱
Would never be enough
永远不够
For him to feel alive
让他感到活着
Warm and tender
温暖而温柔
He'd shut himself outside
他把自己关在外面
Not a fake or a sham
不是虚假或伪装
But dug in deep and fighting
而是深深扎根并战斗
The world could not embrace a man
这个世界无法接纳一个人
With so much self in his writing
他的文字中充满了自我
And he was never gonna be
他永远无法成为
The Greatest Living Englishman
最伟大的英国人
He had ideas above his station
他的理想超越了现实
Minor virtues go unmentioned
微小的美德无人提及
Little England you fit like a straightjacket
狭小的英格兰像一件束缚衣
Hemmed by the genius of others
被他人的天才所限制
He said
他说
To conquer the world is not to the trace
征服世界并非追寻的足迹
Remove even the shadow of the memory of your face
抹去你面容记忆的每一丝痕迹
A grey of no significance
一片毫无意义的灰暗