歌词
It's at times such as this she'd be tempted to spit
每次这样她都忍不住吐口水
If she wasn't so ladylike
如果她不那么淑女
She imagines how she might have lived
她想象她本该怎样生活
back when legends and history collide
当传说与历史碰撞
So she looks to her prince finding he's so charmingly
她指望她的王子发现他如此迷人
slumped at her side
倒在她的身旁
Those days are recalled on the gallery wall
那些日子只能在画廊的墙壁上回想起
And she's waiting for passion or humour to strike
她等待激情和幽默的冲击
What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
如何是好,我们该如何对待这全然无益的美丽
All this useless beauty
全然无益的美丽
Good Friday arrived, the sky darkened on time
耶稣受难之日,天空灰暗
'Til he almost began to negotiate
直到他将要谈判之时
She held his head like a baby and said "It's okay if you cry"
她像孩子一样捧起他的头,说你可以哭泣
Now he wants her to dress as if you couldn't guess
现在他想让她穿得神秘莫测
He desires to impress his associates
好给他的同伴留下印象
But he's part ugly beast and Hellenic deceased
但他是丑陋野兽和已故希腊人的一部分
So she finds that the mixture is hard to deny
所以她发现这种混合难以被否认
What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
如何是好,我们该如何对待这全然无益的美丽
All this useless beauty
全然无益的美丽
She won't practice the looks from the great tragic books
她不会从伟大的悲剧书中练习演技
That were later disgraced to face celluloid
之后面对电影她会丢尽颜面
It won't even make sense but you can bet
那没有意义,但可以打赌
If she isn't a sweetheart or plaything or pet
如果她不是情人、玩具或宠物
The film turns her into an unveiled threat
电影会让她陷入暴露无遗的威胁中
Nonsense prevails, modesty fails
流言蜚语四起,形象破坏
Grace and virtue turn into stupidity
优雅和美德转眼成为愚昧无知
While the calendar fades almost all barricades to a pale compromise
当日历泛黄褪色,所有的争论都变成无力的妥协
And our leaders have feasts on the backsides of beasts
我们的领袖供奉野兽
They still think they're the gods of antiquity
他们依然认为它们是古老的神
If something you missed didn't even exist
如果你思念的事物根本不存在
It was just an ideal -- is it such a surprise?
那就只是个理想,很惊讶吗?
What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
如何是好,我们该如何对待这全然无益的美丽
All this useless beauty
全然无益的美丽
What shall we do, what shall we do with all this useless beauty?
如何是好,我们该如何对待这全然无益的美丽
All this useless beauty
全然无益的美丽
专辑信息
1.The Other End (Of the Telescope)
2.Little Atoms
3.All This Useless Beauty
4.Complicated Shadows
5.Why Can't a Man Stand Alone?
6.Distorted Angel
7.Shallow Grave
8.Poor Fractured Atlas
9.Starting to Come to Me
10.You Bowed Down
11.It's Time
12.I Want to Vanish