My brown eyes 我的棕色眼睛

Two pools of mud 泥两池

Resting in two dark moons 搁在两个暗的月亮

They turn the tide into a flood 他们力挽狂澜成洪水

And the bloodshot lines in the whites 而在白人中的血丝线

Map every A road in this town 该地图每一条道路在这个小镇

All the glare of the city lights, 城市的灯光都刺眼，

Every cul-de-sac we've talked down. 每一个小路小路，我们已经谈过了。

   

Over time they build up the city 随着时间的推移，他们建立的城市

And our arguments show it all 而我们的论据证明这一切

Every ring road, every motorway 每一个环行路，每一个高速公路

Displayed in crease and wrinkle 在折痕及皱纹显示

Until my face is a map you have folded up 直到我的脸是一张地图，你都折叠起来

One hundred, one thousand times 百，千次

   

You know it starts pretty rough 你知道它开始很粗糙

And ends up even worse 并最终更糟

And what goes on in-between 和什么在中间

I try to keep it out of my thoughts 我尽量保持它从我的想法

   

Your blue eyes 你的蓝眼睛

Are like the deepest and warmest seas 像最深和最温暖的海洋

As the salt elevates my body 由于盐提升我的身体

They float my heart up past my teeth 他们漂浮我的心脏了过去的我的牙齿

And with the water and the Cypriot sun 与水和塞浦路斯太阳

Would your psoriasis bleach and be gone? 将你的牛皮癣漂白剂和消失？

Would it fix the pallor of my skin? 难道解决我的皮肤苍白？

Would my freckles all meld into one? 请问我的雀斑都融合成一个？

   

Your body above me, sobbing down 你的身体在我上面，抽泣着下降

My cheeks wet from your tears 我的脸颊，从你的泪湿

They extinguish each of the burning thread veins 他们每个扑灭燃烧的线程脉

Flow down to my ears 流下来到我的耳朵

Now they rest in two tiny reservoirs 现在他们安息在两个小水库

That overfed the wedded canals 那吃太多的执着运河

   

You know it starts pretty rough 你知道它开始很粗糙

And ends up even worse 并最终更糟

And what goes on in-between 和什么在中间

I try to keep it out of my thoughts 我尽量保持它从我的想法

   

And life, life is a long time 而生活，生活是一个漫长的时间

Too long to my mind, too long by far 太长了我的心，太长迄今为止

Between my waterfalls and your landslides 我的瀑布和您之间的山体滑坡

There's cartography in every scar 有制图在每一个疤痕

Life, life is a long time 生命，生命是一个漫长的时间

Too long to my mind, too long by far 太长了我的心，太长迄今为止

   

Because it starts pretty rough 因为它启动时相当粗糙

And ends up even worse 并最终更糟

And what goes on in-between 和什么在中间

I try to keep it out of my thoughts 我尽量保持它从我的想法

   

You know it starts pretty rough 你知道它开始很粗糙

And ends up even worse 并最终更糟

And what goes on in-between 和什么在中间

I try to keep it out of my thoughts 我尽量保持它从我的想法