Your drums, we're drumming, your drums 你的鼓，我们击鼓，你的鼓

Your drums, we're drumming, your drums 你的鼓，我们击鼓，你的鼓

   

You can't say that I'm going no where 你不能说，我要去任何地方

'Cause you don't know where I'm coming from “因为你不知道我从哪里来

And you can't say that I'm going no where 而且你不能说我要去任何地方

When I have been trying to reach you for so long 当我一直在找你这么久

   

Your drums, we're drumming, your drums 你的鼓，我们击鼓，你的鼓

   

Friends say I've got something wrong, 朋友说我有什么不对，

'Cause I've been trying to reach you for so long 因为我一直在找你这么久

For so long, I've tried 这么久，我已经试过

To reach you, baby, don't you know that 为了达到你，宝贝，你不知道，

   

I've been treading water for your love, 我一直在踩水你的爱，

Whether I sink or swim, it's you I'm thinking of 我是否下沉或游泳，这是你我所想的

I've been treading water for your love 我一直在踩水你的爱

As my light grows dim maybe I'm not strong enough, oh 至于我的光暗淡的增长也许我不够强大，呵呵

   

Your drums, we're drumming, your drums 你的鼓，我们击鼓，你的鼓

Your drums, we're drumming, your drums 你的鼓，我们击鼓，你的鼓

   

I can't say where I'm going, no where 我不能说我要去哪里，没有哪里

This feeling goes on and on 这种感觉推移和

I can't say that I'm going somewhere 我不能说，我要去的地方

When I've been failing to reach you for so long 当我已经不能达到你那么久

   

For so long, I've tried 这么久，我已经试过

To reach you, baby, don't you know that 为了达到你，宝贝，你不知道，

   

I've been treading water for your love, 我一直在踩水你的爱，

Whether I sink or swim, it's you I'm thinking of. 我是否下沉或游泳，这是你我所想的。

I've been treading water for your love 我一直在踩水你的爱

As my light grows dim maybe I'm not strong enough, oh 至于我的光暗淡的增长也许我不够强大，呵呵

   

Maybe all along (all along) 也许始终（一直）

I've been holding on (holding on) 我一直持有（持有）

To the promise that you need some time 为需要一段时间的承诺

Making everything into a story 把什么事都一个故事

Making sure I never get to feel happy 确保我从来没有感到快乐

Taking everything you do my own way 以你所做的一切我自己的路

Thinking that you're begging me, please 以为你求我，请

   

I've been treading water for your love, 我一直在踩水你的爱，

Whether I sink or swim, it's you I'm thinking of. 我是否下沉或游泳，这是你我所想的。

I've been treading water for your love 我一直在踩水你的爱

As my light grows dim maybe I'm not strong enough, oh 至于我的光暗淡的增长也许我不够强大，呵呵

   

Your drums, we're drumming, your drums 你的鼓，我们击鼓，你的鼓

Your drums, we're drumming, your drums 你的鼓，我们击鼓，你的鼓