About one year later your daddy was born and your grandma held my hand so tight 大约一年后你的爸爸出生，你的奶奶拉着我的手很紧

Oh I can’t tell the joy as she brought forth new life, by the glow of the kerosene light, by the glow of the kerosene light. 哦，我有说不出的喜悦，因为她带来了新的生命，在煤油灯的光芒，在煤油灯的光芒。

   

He’s the deflated balloon wrapped around your gait 他是泄了气的气球缠在你的步态

Cut priced to clear a past to “sell by date” 割价清除过去“按日期卖”

He’ll be fool running through the church screaming out “it’s not too late” 通过教会跑出来大喊：“这不是太迟了”，他会很傻瓜

When he does, I know that you’ll wait 当他做什么，我知道你会等

   

He’s the drunk man with bad breath coming on too strong 他是醉酒男子与过于强烈口臭未来

He’s the beauty queen that strings your heart along 他是选美皇后的字符串你的心脏沿

And he’ll answer every question in your new-age magazine wrong 他会回答你在新的时代杂志错了每一个问题

But I know you’ll love him strong 但我知道你一定会喜欢他强

   

So I’m leaving before there’s nothing to believe in 所以我离开前，没有什么可以相信

I’m just craving for a love I never knew 我只是渴望的爱，我从来不知道

Please don’t go mistreating me 请不要去虐待我

I’m not saying you’ve been misleading me 我不是说你一直在误导我

Just not needing me the way that I need you 只是不需要我，我需要你的方式

   

He’s the elephant in the room that never speaks 他在永不说房间里的大象

But you dream about him every two weeks 但是你梦到他每两个星期

I wouldn’t know his name, but you call it in your sleep 我不知道他的名字，但你把它在你的睡眠

Oh I know you love him deep 哦，我知道你爱他很深

So run back to him like you should 于是跑回他应该像你

I guess I always knew that you would 我想我一直都知道，你会

For he’s captured your heart in a way I never could 对于他的俘虏你的心脏的方式我从来就不会

So go on and love him good 这样下去，爱他的好

   

So I’m leaving before there’s nothing to believe in 所以我离开前，没有什么可以相信

I’m just craving for a love I’ve never knew 我只是渴望得到一份爱，我从来不知道

I’m the stray cat you keep feeding 我是流浪猫，你再喂

You’re the book I can’t stop reading 你的书，我不能停止阅读

But the tides are receding that it’s true 但潮汐正在消退，这是真的

   

So please don’t go mistreating me 所以，请不要去虐待我

I’m not saying you’ve been misleading me, 我不是说你一直在误导我，

Just not needing me the way that I need you 只是不需要我，我需要你的方式

Just not needing me the way that I need you 只是不需要我，我需要你的方式