Oh my love is that a vulture? 哦，我的爱是一只秃鹰？

Don’t tell me it’s a vulture 不要告诉我这是一个秃鹫

Standing beside you 站在你身边

   

Do you see your own face in his eyes? 难道你看到自己的脸贴在他的眼睛？

Do you see him like I do? 你看他像我这样做？

   

I used to be that, when you said you believed it, 我曾经是，当你说你相信它，

I would believe it too. 我也相信这一点。

It used to be that, when you said you were leaving, 它曾经是，当你说你要离开，

I’d want to follow you, 我愿意跟着你，

But never where the dogs bark 但从来没有在那里的狗狂吠

   

And I remember praying at the dinner table 我记得祈祷在饭桌

For you to come around, 让你来到我身边，

Maybe pat me on the back, 也许拍拍我的背，

When you’re able 当你能够

   

Now I’ve a dream of you with half a face 现在我对你的梦想与半个脸

And you take me to a rooftop and skin me, 而你带我去一个屋顶和皮肤我，

Come on, Abel, are you going to skin me? 来吧，亚伯，你要剥我吗？

   

And use it as a mask to keep you in the dark, 并把它作为一个面具，让你在黑暗中，

When the shadow of the moon won’t do, 当月亮的影子不会做，

Because on you, the moon is but a pearl, 因为你，月亮不过是一颗明珠，

Stolen from your mother’s bedside, 从你母亲的床边被盗，

The day you came into the world. 这一天，你来到这个世界。

   

And still now I can hear the dogs bark. 而且还是我现在可以听到狗的树皮。

And I remember praying at the dinner table, 我记得祈祷在饭桌上，

For you to come around, 让你来到我身边，

Maybe pat me on the back 也许拍拍我的背

When you’re able 当你能够

   

Whole cities light up, 整个城市亮起来，

But nothing can compare to you, baby. 但没有什么可以比较你，宝贝。

So I stay waiting, 所以我留在等待，

Laying on the dinner table, 铺在餐桌上，

Waiting for you to hurt me 等你来伤害我

   

Come on, Abel, hurt me, hurt me, hurt me. 来吧，阿贝尔，伤害了我，伤害了我，伤害我。

Come on, Abel, cut me, cut me, serve me (‘round the table). 来吧，阿贝尔，砍我，砍我，为我服务（圆表） 。

   

And now it’s laying on the table, waiting for you on the table 现在它的铺在桌子上，在桌子上等着你

To carve it up and watch the spray go across the river-bed, 瓜分了起来，看着喷去对面的河床，

And sweet aromas fill the halls from all the bodies that came before 和甜香味填满所有之前来到尸体大厅

And that’s the body; I swear that’s the body 这就是身体;我发誓，这是身体

I remember, was laying on the dinner table 我记得，躺在餐桌上

When you came around, said, “You’ll be doing fine when you’re able.” 当你来到身边，说：“你会做得很好的时候你能。 ”

   

Oh whole cities light up, 哦，整个城市亮起来，

But nothing can compare to you, baby. 但没有什么可以比较你，宝贝。

So I stay waiting, laying on the dinner table. 所以我留下来等待，铺在餐桌上。

   

Hurt me, hurt me, hurt me, 伤害了我，伤害了我，伤害了我，

Cut me, cut me, serve me. 砍我，砍我，为我服务。