growing up it was just me and my mom 长大了，这只是我和我妈

against the world 对世界

and all my sympathies were with her 和我所有的同情都与她

when i was a little girl 当我还是一个小女孩

but now i've seen both my parents 但现在我已经看到了我的父母

play out the hands they were dealt 发挥出它们的牌手

and as each year goes by 并为每年的推移

i know more about how my father must have felt 我更了解我父亲一定会感到

   

i just want you to understand 我只是想让你明白

that i know what all the fighting was for 我知道所有的战斗是为

and i just want you to understand 而我只想让你明白

that i'm not angry anymore 我不是生气了

i'm not angry anymore 我不生气了

   

she taught me how to wage a cold war 她教我如何发动一场冷战

with quiet charm 安静的魅力

but i just want to walk 但我只是想走路

through my life unarmed 通过我的生活手无寸铁

to accept and just get by 接受和刚刚获得通过

like my father learned to do 就像我的父亲学会了做

but without all the acceptance and getting by 但没有全部接受，并得到

that got my father through 通过了我的父亲

   

night falls like people into love 夜幕降临喜欢的人爱的感觉

we generate our own light 我们创造我们自己的光

to compensate 补偿

for the lack of light from above 从上面的光线不足

every time we fight 每次我们吵架的时间

a cold wind blows our way 寒风吹起我们的方式

   

but we learn like the trees 但我们知道像树

how to bend 如何弯曲

how to sway and say 如何挥洒说

   

i, i think i understand 我，我想我明白了

what all this fighting is for 什么这一切的战斗是

and baby, i just want you to understand 和宝贝，我只是想让你明白

that i'm not angry anymore 我不是生气了

no, i'm not angry anymore 不，我不生气了