歌词
I remember in my younger years
我记得在我小时候
Walking to the city pool
在我去城里游泳池的路上
Got yelled at, called a faggot
经常被人嘲弄 被人叫死基佬
From this kid I knew in school
这个辱骂我的孩子 我在学校里认识的他
His dad, and dad before him
从他爷爷那辈 到他爸爸
Lived outside of town
都是干的离家打工的营生
With a lack of education
他们没受过多少教育
And the options weren't around
所以他们也没得选择
Sometimes I'd see that boy in class
有时候上课我会看到他
With bruises on his eyes
常常是鼻青脸肿 眼睛上满是瘀伤
Red and pretty swollen
皮肤通红 起了很大的鼓包
Tears tangled up in pride
衣服上撕扯的破洞 是他骄傲的象征
Repeating memorized rhetoric
重复着记下的花言巧语
About it being God's way
说我们要按上帝的旨意行事
If I don't follow the Good Book
如果我不遵从《圣经》里说的那样
There'd be some hell to pay
那我将会付出代价
I don't blame you how you turned out
我不会因为你这样而责备你
A habit's hard to break
我知道 人本性难移 习惯难改
You were born into what you became
也许你生来就是这个样子
And I was born this way
而我自己 自然也是这样
I can try to show compassion
我可以试着表现我的同情
Before you take that shot
在你扣动扳机之前
Out here in the open
就在这荒郊野外
Whether I like it or not
无论我是否愿意
Driving back from a party
派对结束 我独自开车回家
With friends on a Saturday night
周六那晚 刚刚和朋友分别
I slowed down to a wreckage
我在一处车祸残迹旁放慢了速度
In the coldest part of night
就在夜里最寒冷的时候
That boy who called me faggot
那个叫我死基佬的男孩
Lie bleeding, almost dead
此刻躺在地上 已经濒临死亡
He wrecked that truck from drinking
他饮酒过度 开着车出了事
And the windshield met his head
挡风玻璃直接被他的头撞上
Well I pulled him from the driver seat
我从驾驶座上把他拖出车来
Said help is on its way
告诉他 马上就有人来了
Put my hand up upon his chest
我把手搭上他的胸膛
And said it'll be okay
告诉他 很快就会好起来的
When he focused on my likeness
当他看清了我的模样
I could see it in his eyes
我从他的眼神里读懂
Everything he'd been taught to hate
他骨子里一直讨厌的这类人
Would finally save his life
最终拯救了他的生命
And the irony about this
而这之中最讽刺的是
I told him with a smile
我笑着告诉他
Your God must work in stranger ways
你的上帝对你来说可能有些奇怪吧
Than your heart will allow
这就是现实 只是你的心无法接受
He caught his breath between the tears
啜泣之中 他逐渐喘过气来
His eyes bloodshot and dim
他眼神黯淡 眼睛里布满血丝
His rebel-flag, tattooed hand
他满是刺青 宣称自由的手
Holding mine to his
也搭在了我的手上
He said please don't blame me for how I turned out
他让我千万不要怪他 对我的所作所为
I learned a little late
这些道理 他明白得有一些迟
I was born into what I became
我生来是我现在的样子
And you were born this way
而你 也有你成长的方式
I can try to show compassion
我可以试着表现我的理解
That might be all I've got
可能我也只能这么做
Out here in the open
就在这荒郊野外
Whether I like it or not
无论我是否认同
(Instrumental Outro)
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