Not Because It’s Easy, But Because It’s Hard

歌词
Knock knock, are you there?
敲敲门,你在吗?
Sorry to wake you, my fellow bear
亲爱的小熊,抱歉打扰了你的美梦
I'll slip this song under a rock somewhere
我会悄悄地把这首歌藏到某块石头下
So you can hear it when it's summer
到了夏天你便能听到它
It hurts to hear you been exhausted
得知你一直以来奔波劳碌我很难过
I've seen too many people 'round me haunted
我见过许多心神憔悴的人
By the cruelest to-do lists
他们被残酷至极的计划表支配
Longer than the end credits of movies
而那些计划表比电影片尾的名单还要冗长
It shocked me to hear about Avicii
Avicii的事情让我很震惊
Did you see that documentary?
你看过他的纪录片吗
I read Avicii means hell in Buddhism
Avicii在佛教中的意思是无间地狱
And hell is what his dream had become
而他的梦想最终却变成了地狱
That scene when he tried to cancel those shows
他想要取消表演的那一幕
Made me think back on some years ago
让我忆起陈年旧事
So scared of letting anyone down
那时的我多么害怕自己回你让人失望
I worked myself slowly into the ground
于是我不知疲倦地工作
Felt the cortisol pumping through my sleep
我能感受到皮质醇在我入睡时不断增多
When an ad flashed by in my Facebook feed
我在脸书上看见一个广告
A cheap DNA cloning kit
是关于低价克隆DNA的
Didn't know technology had made it there yet
我还从没想过科技已经如此发达
Connected it to a USB hub
只需连上数据接口
Dabbed saliva on a cotton bud
用棉球收集唾液
Gave my passwords to all my email accounts
填写每个邮箱的密码
And slowly a body rose from the ground
一个克隆人便诞生了
With more clones of me we would have moretime
克隆人越多,我们拥有的时间就越多
One could write the tune and the other therhymes
一个作曲,一个写词
A third could focus on the business
第三个专门谈生意
And a fourth would send greeting cards for Christmas
第四个用来寄送圣诞贺卡
But soon our focus fell apart
可不久我们就会分心
I said "guys, if all of us do our part
我说:“各位,只要每个人都做好自己的本分,
We could make it to the moon with our art
我们就可以做出最棒的艺术作品。”
Not because it's easy, but because it's hard
这看似简单的事情,其实很难
But because it's hard
这其实很难
我听到那些克隆人自吹自擂
I heard the clones bragging
他们以熬夜工作为荣
About all the sleep they'd been missing
他们还晒出自己嘴上啜饮冰沙
They posted vids of them sipping
而双目仍不松懈的视频
On a smoothie while their eyes were twitching
咖啡作午餐,邮件当晚餐
Coffee for lunch, email for dinner
那些照片里我们形体依旧
In those press photos we ve never looked thinner
只是多了胜利者专属的疲惫感
Exhaustion only happens to a winner
我们却视其为光荣的象征
Wear it like a badge of honour
直到克隆人1号
It was not until clone number one
因心悸而住院
Was hospitalized with palpitations
人们才开始关心他们所作所为
That they asked themselves what they'd done
人们才开始对他们的状况感到震惊
And were horrified by what they had become
这些劳动奴隶才开始反抗他们的雇主
And the slaves turned on their master
他们一边踢我的屁股一边录视频
Filmed me while they kicked my ass there
以“粉碎资本主义制度”为标题
And posted it with the caption
将视频上传互联网
Smash the capitalist system
我希望你能在熊洞里睡个好觉
我希望你能重新做好自己
So I hope you slept well in your bear's den
如果你需要时间
I hope you're back on your feet again
下个月什么也别干了,一切交给我吧
But if you should need the time to
Take the next month off and I'll cover for you
专辑信息
1.Revenge of the Nerds
2.Who Really Needs Who
3.On the Edge of Time
4.Joining a Cult
5.Hibernation
6.Cosmetic Store
7.Showering in Public
8.Not Because It’s Easy, But Because It’s Hard
9.Forever Young, Forever Beautiful
10.Failure
11.Silent Night
12.Election Day