The Parade’s Still Passing By - Harry Chapin

The Parade's Still Passing By - Harry Chapin
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
I got the news today
今日传来消息
That you refused to play
你拒绝继续演出
Cause you never made number one
因你从未登顶榜首
But it's not just the words
但重要的不是言语
It's the deeds that are heard
而是被传颂的事迹
When all is said and done
当一切尘埃落定
You know the Kings take their crowns
看那些王者摘下冠冕
They melt them all down
将它们尽数熔毁
Trying to get the gold out
奋力追寻那抹璀璨
You went to hell and
你曾坠入深渊
Even when you weren't selling
即便无人问津时
You never ever sold out
也从未出卖灵魂
You weren't no leader
你并非领袖
You were more like a bleeder
更像是泣血者
Who was trying to cry for us all
为我们所有人悲鸣
You weren't no sage
你并非圣贤
But your sense of outrage
但你心中的愤慨
Sounded like a trumpet call
如号角般嘹亮
Fifteen years ago
十五年前
In the old folky show
在那老旧的民谣舞台上
You were just one voice in the crowd
你只是人群中的一个声音
But now with so few singing
如今歌唱者寥寥
Your voice would have been ringing
你的声音本该
Out 'bout twice as loud
响彻云霄
There but for fortune
若非命运垂怜
Say a small circle of friends
仅剩三五知己相伴
Some may see the changes
有人看见变迁
So few see the ends
却无人预见终点
The pleasures of the harbor
港湾的欢愉
Have come to you at last
终将抵达你心岸
You may not be marching anymore
或许你已不再领航
But the parade's still going past
但庆典仍在继续前行
I'm not taking the blame
我不会承担罪责
That we killed you
说我们害了你
You know you did that to yourself
你知道那是你自食其果
But it was kind of a shame
但这确实是个遗憾
That you played that game
你选择了那条路
Cause you were better than anyone else
因为你本可以比任何人都出色
One shot of your bottle
一杯烈酒下肚
Got you full throttle
就让你失去控制
It was the friend that was always there
他是永远陪伴在身边的朋友
But your greatest gift
但你最伟大的天赋
And the curse you lived with
也是你背负的诅咒
Was that you could always care
是你始终心怀关怀
There but for fortune
若非命运垂怜
Say a small circle of friends
仅剩三五知己相伴
Some may see the changes
有人看见变迁
So few see the ends
却无人预见终点
The pleasures of the harbor
港湾的欢愉
Have come to you at last
终将抵达你心岸
You may not be marching anymore
或许你已不再领航
But the parade's still going past
但庆典仍在继续前行