歌词
I was a Junior in high school when I turned the TV on.
高三的一天我打开了电视看到
James Huberty went to a restaurant, shot everyone up with a machine gun.
詹姆斯 休伯蒂去了一家餐厅用机枪扫射人群
It was from my hometown.
这事发生在我的家乡
We talked about it til the sun went down.
我们一整天都在谈论这件事直到太阳下山
Then everybody got up and stretched and yawned and then our lives went on.
然后人们站起来伸懒腰打哈欠，生活恢复如常
And I just left Safeway, when I walked through my doorway.
当我刚刚离开瑟夫为超市走过我的门口时
When a guy took a boat to an island and shot up a bunch of little kids up in Norway.
有人坐船去了一个岛上，在挪威射杀了一群儿童
Called a few of my friends round here, but no one much really cared.
打电话给在附近的我的几个朋友却没人真正关系
But I did, because I've got a lot of friends there.
但我关心啊，我有好多朋友在那儿呢
I just arrived in Seoul, by way of Beijing.
我去首尔途径北京
I had an hour to myself in my hotel when I turned on the TV.
我自己在旅馆看了一个小时电视
It was quite a thriller, CNN was promoting the Batman killer.
真是吓人，CNN又播出暴徒凶杀事件
His eyes were glazed like he was from Mars.
他的眼睛光亮得像是来自火星
Yesterday he was no one, today he was a star.
昨天他还是无名小卒今天他就成了明星
I was down in New Orleans, at the Hotel Monteleone.
我下到新奥尔良住在蒙特利昂娜酒店
Enjoying some time all to myself when I turned the TV on.
我打开了电视享受独自一人的时光
There were shootings in a Portland mall.
报道波兰机场发生枪击
It was everyday America and that's all.
对于美国不过是普通的一天。
It was just another one walked down Royal Street, the rest of the world was out having fun.
这只是又一个走下御街，与世界其他地方毫无关系。
December fourteenth, another killing went down. 12
月14日又发生了一起谋杀事件
I got a letter from a fan he said Mark say a prayer for Newtown.
我收到一封粉丝的信上面说要为新镇祈祷
I ain't one to pray, but I'm one to sing and play for women and children and moms and dads and brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts.
我不爱祈祷，但我为众人歌唱
December twenty-fifth, and I was just laying down.
十二月二十五日我刚躺下
I picked up a pen, I wrote a letter to the guy in Newtown.
我拿起笔回信给新镇的那人
I said I'm sorry about the killings, and the teachers who lost their lives.
我说我为谋杀和死去的老师们感到难过
I felt it coming on, I felt it in my bones and I don't know why.
我感觉这就要发生，我从身体深处有这感觉却不知道为什么
So when Christmas comes and you're out running around.
所以当圣诞节来临你们出去欢庆时
Take a moment to pause and think of the kids who died in Newtown.
花点时间想想那些死在新镇的孩子
They went so young, who gave their lives.
他们那么年轻就失去了生命
To make us stop and think and try to get it right.
让我们好好想想吧
Were so young, a cloud so dark over them.
如此年轻就被暗黑乌云笼罩
And they left home, gave their mom and dad a kiss and a hug.
在他们和父母吻别离开家后
So when your birthday comes and you're feeling pretty good,
所以当你生日兴高采烈的时候
baking cakes and opening gifts and stuffing your mouth with food.
烤着蛋糕打开礼物往嘴里塞吃的的时候
Check it off for the children who lost their lives.
想想那些失去生命的孩子
Think of their families and how they mourn and cry.
想想他们的家人是如何哀恸痛哭
When you're gonna get married and you're out shopping around,
当你准备结婚当你外出购物
take a moment to think about the families that lost so much in Newtown.
想想新镇受损残缺的家庭
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