The first girl that I fell for was a fair and faithful fighter 我爱上了第一个女孩是一个公平和忠实的战士

She smouldered with a will to save the world 她闷燃用意志来拯救世界

I did my best to help her, yeah I stood shoulder to shoulder 我尽力帮她，是我站在比肩

On the front lines with my visionary girl 在我的有远见的女孩最前线

   

I wish that she had cared for me 我想，她对我的关心

But in the end her ideologies 但最终她的思想

Occupied the fortress of her heart 占领了她的心脏要塞

I wrote her 15 songs, but still we had to part 我写了15首歌曲，但我们仍然不得不分手

   

And if music was the food of love 如果音乐是爱情的食粮

Then I'd be a fat romantic slob 然后，我会成为一个胖子浪漫大懒虫

Well music, it's my substitute for love 好音乐，这是我的替代品的爱

   

The last girl that I loved she was a low and lusty liar 我爱她，最后女孩是低和妖媚骗子

She set my heart on fire, but made me choke 她把我的心脏就火了，但让我窒息

Her beauty was a sight to see, but she didn't save it all for me 她的美貌被眼前的景象看，但她并没有将它保存为我所有

I found other fires by following the smoke 我发现其他火灾的浓烟以下

   

I wish that she had either cared for me or 我想，她不是对我的关心和

let be me 让是我

But she chased me from mind and from my home 但她追我的心灵和我的家

I wrote her 16 songs, but I ended up alone 我写了16首歌曲，但我独自结束了

   

And if love is really all that we need 如果爱情真的是所有我们需要的

Then even all my singing is never gonna save me 那么即使我所有的歌声是绝对不会救我

Music it's my substitute for love 音乐是我的替代品的爱

   

Well I've had many different girls inside my bed 嗯，我有很多不同的女孩我的床里

But only one or two inside my head 但是，只有一个或两个我的脑海里

These days I cuddle up to my guitar instead 这些天，我拥抱了我的吉他，而不是

But oh, what I would give, not to stumble but to really fall in love 但是，唉，我就想，不要摔倒，但真正谈恋爱

And I could substitute my singing for the sound of someone sleeping next to me 我可以代替我唱的人声睡在我旁边