You were a song I couldn't sing 你是一首我不会唱

Caught like a bear by the bees 抓到像熊的蜜蜂

With its hand in a hive 凭借其在蜂巢手

Who complains of the sting 谁刺的抱怨

when I'm lucky I got out alive! 我很幸运，我得到了活着出去！

   

A life at best left half-behind 人生在世，充其量左半背后

The taste of the honey 蜂蜜的味道

Still sweet on my tongue 还是甜蜜的我的舌头

And I'd run (Lord knows I've tried) 而且我跑（上帝知道我已经试过）

But there's no place on Earth 但有地球上没有任何地方

I can hide from the wrong I've done 我可以从错误我已经做了隐藏

   

Then I saw a mountain and I saw a city 然后，我看到了一座山，我看到了一个城市

Steadily sinking but suspiciously calm 不断下沉，但平静的可疑

It wasn't an end, it wasn't a beginning 这不是结束，这不是一个开始

But a ceaseless stumbling on 但不断的绊脚石

   

there, strapped like a watch on my wrist 在那里，就像绑在我的手腕上的手表

that's finished with gold but can't tell time! 这是完成了黄金，但不能告诉时间！

was all or what little pleasure exists 一切都还是有点乐趣存在什么

Seductive sold and useless mine 诱人的销售，无用矿

   

Our horse was fast and first from the gate 我们的马是速度快，从第一门

with the lead of a length at the sound of the gun 同的长度，在枪的声音引

ant the last of our cash laid down to fate (at 17 to 1) 蚂蚁最后我们的现金定下来的命运（ 17比1）

but the final stretch in the rear of the pack 但在最后阶段，在包装盒的背面

That nag limping bad in the back 这老马在后面一瘸一拐坏

We reluctantly gave all the money we'd saved 我们不情愿地给了所有我们想要省下来的钱

A fifth to the commonwealth and the rest to the track! 第五联邦的，其余的赛道！

   

then I saw a forest grow in the city 然后我看到在城市森林发展

And a driftwood wall of birdhouse gourds 和禽舍葫芦的浮木墙

And I'm still waiting to meet a girl like my mom 而我仍然在等待，以满足这样的女孩我妈

(who's closer to my age) （谁是更接近我的年龄）

   

the true light of my eyes is a Pearl 真光我的眼睛是珍珠

Equally emptied to equally shine 同样清空平等地照耀

And all or what little joy in the world 全部或什么小欢乐世界

seemed suddenly simple and endlessly mine 似乎一下子简单，无休止地矿

   

I was once the wine and you were the wineglass, 我曾经是葡萄酒和你的酒杯，

I was once alive when you held me, 当你抱着我我曾经是活着的，

but G-d became the glass, 但G- ð成为玻璃，

all things left are emptiness 离开所有的东西都是空虚

but oh, you're just a little girl 但是哦，你只是一个小女孩

if you look out and see a trace 如果你看出来，看不到一丝

of a dark bed that was once my face 黑暗的床，曾经是我的脸

in the clarity of such grace, 在这样的恩典的清晰度，

you'll forget all about me 你会忘记所有关于我的