Break the Shell - India Arie

Break the Shell - India Arie (印地雅·艾瑞)

I met a prophet dark as the night
我遇到一位先知暗如黑夜
She could see into my soul
她能看见我的灵魂
Said she'd been watching and had some advice
说她已经看到 有一些建议
She said shadows make you whole
她说影子让你完整
A life without pain is a wolf in sheep's clothes
没有疼痛的生命就像是披着羊皮的狼
Cause if you listen to the lessons that it holds
因为你听课
You'll find the gold
你将发现金子
Child it's time to break the shell
孩子 该打破这个躯壳了
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
生活将会受伤 但意味着有感觉
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
如果你只做自己 你不能触摸天空
You cannot fly until you break the shell
直到你破茧而出你才能飞翔
I can remember when I was a child
我能记得当我还是小孩时
How the grown folks seemed so crazy
成人看起来多么疯狂
Why are they so angry why are they so loud
为什么他们如此生气为什么他们如此吵闹
And when I grow up that's never ever gonna be me
当我长大我绝不会这样
That was the moment that I decide
那就是我决定的时刻
That I would build a wall
我将建一面墙
Just shy of six feet tall
只有六英尺高
Too strong to fall
很坚固不会倒塌
Child it's time to break the shell
孩子 该打破这个躯壳了
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
生活将会受伤 但意味着有感觉
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
如果你只做自己 你不能触摸天空
You cannot fly until you break the shell
直到你破茧而出你才能飞翔
Courage is not being hard
勇敢不是很困难
It's time to peel back all of the layers
该剥开所有的皮
You put between who You're meant to be
你被放在你想要成为人
And who You are
和你本身之间
And go be who You are
做你自己
So much disappointment to finally understand
如此多的失望最终被理解
That there is no such thing as perfect
没有完美的事情
Were all simply doing the best that we can
我们只是尽我们所能
And we have a choice to live or truly be alive
我们可以选择生存或者真正地活着
(This is your life)
你的生活
Child it's time to break the shell
孩子 该打破这个躯壳了
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
生活将会受伤 但意味着有感觉
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
如果你只做自己 你不能触摸天空
You cannot fly until You break the shell
直到你破茧而出你才能飞翔
Child it's time to break the shell
孩子 该打破这个躯壳了
Life's gonna hurt but it's meant to be felt
生活将会受伤 但意味着有感觉
You cannot touch the sky from inside yourself
如果你只做自己 你不能触摸天空
A bird cannot fly until it breaks the shell
一只鸟直到破壳而出才会飞翔
Do with these words what you will
随着你的心做
It's time for us to be for real
我们该面对现实了
You'll be stuck on the ground until
你将卡在土地上
You finally break the shell
直到你最终突破自己