There comes a time when you swim or sink 有来的时候你会游泳或下沉时间

So I jumped in the drink 于是我跳了饮料

'Cause I couldn't make myself clear 因为我不能让自己清楚

Maybe I wrote in invisible ink 也许我的隐形墨水写

Oh, I've tried to think 哦，我已经苦思冥想

How I could have made it appear 我怎么能做出看起来

But another illustration is wasted 但另一个例子是浪费

'Cause the results are the same “导致的结果是一样的

I feel like a ghost who's trying to move your hands 我觉得自己像一个幽灵谁在试图将你的手

Over some Ouija board in the hopes I can spell out my name 在一些占卜板的希望，我可以拼出我的名字

What some take for magic at first glance 什么乍一看有的拿魔

Is just sleight-of-hand depending on what you believe 只是戏法的手取决于你相信什么

Something gets lost when you translate 当你翻译的东西丢失

It's hard to keep straight 这是很难保持挺直

Perspective is everything 视角决定一切

And I know now which is which and what angle I oughta look at it from 我现在知道这也是我现在应该看它从什么角度

I suppose I should be happy to be misread 我想我应该很乐意被误读

Better be that than some of the other things I have become 更好的是，比一些其他的事情，我已经成为

But nobody wants to hear this tale 但没有人愿意听到这样的故事

The plot is clichéd, the jokes are stale 情节老套，笑料陈旧

And baby we've all heard it all before 宝贝，我们都听到过这一切

Oh, I could get specific but 哦，我能得到具体的，但

Nobody needs a catalog 没有人需要一个目录

With details of love I can't sell anymore 有了爱的细节，我不能再卖

And aside from that, this chain of reaction, 而除此之外，这种连锁反应，

Baby, is losing a link 宝贝，失去一个链接

Though I'd hope you'd know what I tried to tell you 虽然我希望你知道我想告诉你

And if you don't I could draw you a picture in invisible ink 如果你不这样做，我可以帮你画的隐形墨水图片

But nobody wants to hear this tale 但没有人愿意听到这样的故事

The plot is clichéd, the jokes are stale 情节老套，笑料陈旧

And baby we've all heard it all before 宝贝，我们都听到过这一切

Oh, I could get specific but 哦，我能得到具体的，但

Nobody needs a catalog 没有人需要一个目录

With details of love I can't sell anymore 有了爱的细节，我不能再卖