I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous - Frank Turner

I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous - Frank Turner
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Written by：Frank Turner

Let's begin at the beginning
让我们从头开始讲起
We're lovers and we're losers
我们是恋人也是败将
We're heroes and we're pioneers
是英雄也是先驱者
And we're beggars and we're choosers
是乞丐也是挑剔者
We're skirting around the edges
我们徘徊在边缘
Of the ideal demographic
理想受众的边界之外
We're almost on the guestlist
几乎就要登上邀请名单
But we're always stuck in traffic
却总被堵在路上
We've watched our close associates
我们目睹挚友们
Up and play their parts
纷纷登台亮相
Chatting up the it girls
与名媛谈笑风生
And they're tearing up the charts
在榜单上势如破竹
While we were paying with coppers
当我们还在数着铜板
To get our rounds in at the bar
为酒吧的每一轮酒水买单
We're the C Team we're the almost famous
我们是C咖 是差一步成名的
Old friends of the stars
那些明星的老友
Justin is the last
贾斯汀是最后一位
Of the great romantic poets
伟大的浪漫主义诗人
And he's the only one among us
他是我们中唯一
Who is ever gonna make it
终将成名的人
We planned a revolution
我们曾在廉价小酒馆
From a cheap Southampton bistro
策划过一场革命
I don't remember details
细节已记不清
But there were English boys with banjos
只记得弹班卓琴的英国男孩们
Jay is our St George and he's standing on a wooden chair
杰伊是我们的圣乔治 他站在木椅上
And he sings songs and he slays dragons
他唱着歌 斩杀恶龙
And he's losing all his hair
却渐渐失去满头华发
And Adam is the resurrected spirit of Gram Parsons
亚当是格兰姆·帕森斯转世之灵
In plaid instead of rhinestone and living in South London
身着格子衫而非亮片装 栖居南伦敦
And no one's really clear about Tommy's job description
没人真正明白汤米的工作内容
But it's pretty clear he's vital to the whole damn operation
但显然他是整个事业的关键支柱
And Dave Danger smiles at strangers
戴夫·丹杰向陌生人微笑致意
Tre's the safest girl I know
特蕾是我见过最可靠的姑娘
Zo and Harps will scamper up to victory in the city we call home
佐伊和哈普斯将在我们称之为家的城市奔向胜利
We won't change our ways we will proud remain when the glory fades
我们不会改变初心 当荣耀褪去时仍骄傲如初
When the glory fades
当荣耀褪去时
Yeah I am sick and tired of people
我已厌倦那些
Who are living on the B list
活在二线名单上的人
Yeah they're waiting to be famous
他们终日等待着成名
And they're wondering why they do this
他们也在困惑为何坚持这条路
And I know I'm not the one who is habitually optimistic
我并非天生乐观之人
But I'm the one who's got the microphone here so just remember this
但此刻握着麦克风 请你们记住
Yeah well life is about love last minutes and lost evenings
生命就是关于爱 关于稍纵即逝的夜晚
About fire in our bellies and furtive little feelings
关于腹中燃烧的火焰 和隐秘的悸动
And the aching amplitudes that set our needles all a flickering
那些让指针震颤的澎湃心潮
And help us with remembering that the only thing that's left to do is live
提醒我们唯一该做的 就是好好活着
Yeah the only thing that's left to do is live
是啊 唯一该做的 就是好好活着
After all the loving and the losing
历经爱恨得失沉浮
For the heroes and the pioneers
为那些英雄与先驱者
The only thing that's left to do
唯一剩下的选择
Is get another round in at the bar
就是在酒吧再续一杯