歌词
I keep giving up on love
我一直试图放弃爱
Running away
一直在逃避
Body dumped on me road
一具尸体被扔到公路上
When I was six
当时我六岁
Stabbed to death and left on the bricks
那尸体被刺死 扔到了路边的砖石上
No training that week
那周没有足球训练
My coach couldn't speak
我的教练吓到说不出话
Blood on his hands as the man died at his feet
血溅到了他的手上 那男人在我们脚边死去
And me
我
I stood at the scene
我愣住了 瞪着这场面
No sheets to block the bodies we dream
被单盖着尸体 盖不住我们对死亡的恐惧
They stay evergreen
恐惧长存
Senior infants show and tell
高年级的学生们口口相传
What did ya do the weekend, are ya well?
“你们周末看见啥了，感觉还好吗？”
Stand in front of the class as they ask
我站在教室前排，他们问着
Ya tell them you looked at the blood left on the road,
我说我看见街上有血迹
from the man who slept in the field outside your window
来自一个在我家窗外睡觉的男子
Got thrown out of a car with a knife through his heart
他被扔出了车窗外 一柄尖刀贯穿心脏
In the morning stars
在凌晨的星空下
Terrified
我惊惧无比
I went quiet and I stood
静静站立
And I started to run from love
从此开始逃避爱
'Cause you're told
因为我被告知
You need to grow cold to grow old
一个人变得冷漠 才是成长
I was 7, in that same field beside me gaff
我七岁时 在我房子旁边的同一片空地
Kicking through the leaves and the grass
在树叶和草丛间游戏
Until two garda rock up batons in hand
直到两个警察挥舞着警棍走过来
And leave ya crying for your Mam
我呆立在原地 哭喊着找妈妈
And this is no dramatics
这不是什么戏剧
This is no tales of 90's classics
不是什么90年代的佚事传说
You spend your whole life being brave
我将在整个人生中 尝试变得勇敢
And you hope things will change
期望事物好起来
So don't ****ing ask me why I don't want to age
所以别**的问我为什么不想长大
It just marks the time of things staying the same
只是因为年龄增长 标志着一切没有变好
But the songs sound fun, and you dance with your mates
虽然如此 音乐仍然美妙 我和朋友们尽情舞动
And it's grand then
通宵狂欢
Until the next day
直到黎明
I keep giving up on love
我一直试图放弃爱
Running away
一直在逃避
Then you're 9, 10, and 11
之后我长大，九岁——十岁——十一岁
In the same place the garda got ya at 7
在那个我7岁时被警察抓住的同一片空地
Takin' the sides off trains with stones
和朋友们拿石头击碎路过火车的玻璃
We did that 'cause we were broke
这样做是因为 我们身无分文
We did that 'cause we had no hope
因为我们没有希望
Or place to go
因为我们无路可走
Or well
因为别的什么
We did that 'cause we didn't say no 20 years ago
这样做是因为 我们当年没有拒绝回答那桩谋杀的细节
And it still comes out still when we get vocal
我们长大成人 仍然记得那件事
Singing in the local
但我们学会了坦然面对死亡
A lonely feeling came over me stealing
对自由和爱的渴望盈满内心（化用Brendan Behan歌曲“The Auld Triangle”）
Some sober as a judge
我清醒如自己的审判者
The other boys out the nut
那些走出阴影的朋友们也如此
And all of us dancing like there's no one left in the world but us
所有人跳舞狂欢 我们是世界的中心
And these days it feels like there isn't
那些日子快乐而虚幻
There's no way to put that loss into words
那种怅然若失的感觉无法用语言表达
But we'll wrap arms around shoulders and scream love from our lungs
但我们会高举双臂 大声表达出爱
We'll escape to Friday football and hugs
我们逃到周五的足球比赛 互相拥抱
And tell tales of nights and days spent in teenage fun
讲着我们少年时共度的日日夜夜
'Cause the world is a cruel, cruel place without the love
这世界极端冷酷 没有爱意
So we'll spend the rest of our life being brave
所以我们将在此后的生命里变得勇敢
And hope that things will change
期望着事物改变
And age will still mark the time in the same way
虽然年龄增长 标志着事物没有变好
But I'll hold on a little tighter
但我将会咬牙坚持
To the love of my mates
回报我朋友们的爱
Forever and a day
永远如此
I keep giving up on love
我一直试图放弃爱
Running away
一直在逃避
I know, I know whispering words of freedom
我低声说出象征自由的话语
It's been a while since I've seen your face
我不曾与你相见 已有一段日子
I can't face the day
每一天都是煎熬
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