My mother once told me 我妈妈曾经告诉我

The thicker your skin 较厚的皮肤

The better off you'll be when this world brings you down 好了，你就可以在这个世界带给你失望

Well it's trying to control me 以及它试图控制我

And leave me without hope 留下我没有希望

In the past I've been burned 在过去，我已经被烧毁

But I've lived and I've learned 但是我活，我已经学会了

   

Beneath the shelter of the pouring rain 下大雨的庇护

In the absence of this fear and pain 如果没有这种恐惧和痛苦

I will finally bid my ball and chain 我将最终竞标我的球和链

A fond farewell 溺爱的告别

   

On the road that leads me to my place 在那使我对我的地方道路

I will rid my heart of past disgrace 我要摆脱我过去的耻辱心脏

I will finally bid this sluggish pace 我终于受挫步伐缓慢

A fond farewell 溺爱的告别

   

When I heard their reservations 当我听到他们的保留意见

When I read their bitter words 当我看到他们痛苦的话

I shined a light upon their wisdom no matter how absurd í照在他们的智慧的光，无论多么荒谬

And it broke my heard to pieces 它打破了我听到了碎片

And I questioned my own beliefs 我问我自己的信念

My dignity was gone 我的尊严没了

But it's time to move on 但它是时候继续前进

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

Say goodbye to feeling sorry for myself 告别为自己感到难过

To begging others for far too much help 为了乞求别人太多的帮助

This is my hand, these are the cards that I've been dealt 这是我的手，这是我一直的牌

Only I can make these changes, nobody else 只有我才能进行这些更改，没有其他人

Say goodbye to those sleepless nights 告别那些不眠之夜

Those corridors with no end in sight 这些走廊，在看不到尽头

A driven man with these words I write 从动人用这句话我写的

I'm making peace with my soul tonight 我正在和平与我今晚的灵魂

   

[Chorus] [合唱]