[chorus] [合唱]

Some people gotta learn the hardway 有些人得学会在Hardway

I guess I'm the kinda guy 我想我算是那种

That has to find out for myself 这要找出自己

I had to learn the hardway, Father 我不得不学习在Hardway ，父

I'm on my knees and I'm crying for help 我对我的膝盖，我的呼救声

   

Now I've been high and I've been low 现在，我已经很高，我一直低

I've been some places that you will not go 我去过一些地方，你会不会去

I never thought there would come the day 我从来没有想过会有那么一天

When I wished I never would've lived this way 当我想我永远不会在这里住这样

But I've been searching for a long, long time 但我一直在寻找一个很长很长的时间

I thought the devil was a friend of mine 我以为魔鬼是我的一个朋友

I turned my back on everything that was true 我转身的一切是真实的

And wasted years that belong to you 而虚度年华属于你

   

[repeat chorus] [重复合唱]

   

It took so long for me to see 花了这么长的时间我去看看

That I'm a victim of nature and me 我是自然和我的受害者

Left to myself I realize 留给我自己，我知道

I am the maker of my own demise 我是我自己的灭亡制造商

   

But you accept me every time and again 但是你每次都接受我又一次

And never mention just how selfish I've been 而从来不提，我是多么的自私

Why must it always take me so long to see 为什么一定要经常带我这么久，看

That I have fallen but you will forgive me? 我所下降，但你会原谅我吗？

   

[repeat chorus 2x] [重复合唱2倍]

   

The warning signs are like flares in the night 警告标志都像在夜间发作

Still I proceed my greed is in spite of the fire 我还是继续我的贪婪，尽管火

I know that's bound to burn 我知道这是必然要烧

Why is it that I always gotta learn... 为什么我总是得学...

The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway 对在Hardway的在Hardway ，我不得不学习在Hardway

The hardway, the hardway, I had to learn the hardway 对在Hardway的在Hardway ，我不得不学习在Hardway