I was choking on a cornflake 我被噎在玉米片

You said "Have some toast instead" 你说：“有一些烤面包，而不是”

I was sleeping maybe three hours 当时我正在睡觉，也许3小时

You said "You should get to bed" 你说：“你应该去睡觉”

I was waiting at the church door 我守候在教堂门口

For the minister to show 为臣，以显示

I was looking at the new year 我一直在寻找新的一年

You said "Walk before you crawl" 你说：“你走之前爬”

   

I was feeling like a loser 我当时的感觉就像一个失败者

You said "Hey, you've still got me" 你说：“嘿，你仍然有我”

I was feeling pretty lonely 我感觉很孤独

You said "You wanted to be free" 你说：“你想成为自由的”

I was looking for a good time 我一直在寻找一个好时机

You said "Let the good times start" 你说：“让美好的时光开始”

With a quiver of your eyelid 随着你的眼皮上的震撼

You took on someone else's part 你拿了别人的一部分

   

Maybe I'm a little greedy 也许我有点贪心

You said "Think before you speak" 你说：“先思考后说话”

Sometimes I'm a little seedy 有时候，我有点邋遢

You said "Everyone is weak" 你说：“每个人都是弱者”

Now I feel a little better 现在我感觉好一点

Is there something I can do? 有什么我可以做什么？

But I never heard the answer 但我从来没有听说过的答案

I never had a clue 我从来没有一个线索

   

But what about me 但是关于我的

I don't really see 我真的不看

How things will improve 事情将如何改善

If all you want is to stay loose 如果你想要的是保持宽松

   

There's a little echo calling 有一个小的回声调用

Like a miner trapped inside 就像被困矿工

If I tell her of this moment 如果我告诉这一刻的她

She will in me doubts confide 她会在我解惑倾诉

And she's on me like a blanket 而她对我像一条毯子

Like a stalk of wilting grass 像枯萎的草秆

I'm not sure about her motives 我不知道她的动机

I'm not sure about her past 我不知道她的过去

   

But my faith is like a bullet 但我的信念就像是一颗子弹

My belief is like a bolt 我的信念就像一个螺栓

The only thing that lets me sleep at night 这让我彻夜难眠的唯一的事

A little carriage of the soul 灵魂的小马车

If it starts a little bleaker 如果它开始一点点暗淡

Then the year may yet be gold 那么一年还可能是金

Happiness is not for keeping 幸福，不是饲养

Happiness is not my goal 幸福不是我的目标

   

But what about me 但是关于我的

I don't really see 我真的不看

How things will improve 事情将如何改善

If all you want is to stay loose 如果你想要的是保持宽松

But what about them 可是你知道他们

You play mother hen 你玩母鸡

To a gaggle of gangling youth 为了瘦长的青年鹅群

All you want is to stay loose 你想要的是保持宽松

   

I was living through the seconds 我住秒数

My composure was a mess 我镇定得一塌糊涂

I was miles from tenderness 我是从柔情公里

It was dark outside, the day it was lying in pieces 外面一片昏暗，白天就躺在件

Everything is flat and dreary 一切都是平的悲凉

I couldn't care what's in the news 我不关心什么是对新闻

Television is the blues 电视是蓝调

Television is hysterical laughter of people 电视是人们歇斯底里的笑声

   

And I know it could be me 我知道这可能是我

I'm always asking for more 我总是要求更多

I keep running round in circles 我一直跑团团转

I keep looking for a doorway 我一直在寻找一个门口

I'm going to need two lives 我将需要两个人的生命

To follow the paths I've been taking 跟着我一直在服用的路径