歌词
Did I just hear an alarm start ringing?
我似乎听见了警报响起？
Did I see sirens go flying past?
我好像看见了警笛闪过？
Though I don't know what tomorrow's bringing
虽然不知道明天会发生什么
I've got a singular impression
但我有种奇特的感觉
Things are moving too fast
一切都发展得太快了
I'm gliding smooth as a figure skater
我一路向前 顺畅得像专业花滑选手
I'm riding hot as a rocket blast
火热得如同冲天的火箭
I just expected it ten years later
我对十年之后无比期待
I've got a singular impression
我有种奇特的感觉
Things are moving too fast
一切都发展得太快了
And you say, "Oh, no, step on the brakes
你说：“噢不，快踩刹车！”
Do whatever it takes, but stop this train
“不管付出任何代价，只要能停下这辆火车。”
Slow, slow! The light's turning red"
“慢些，慢些！红灯亮了！”
But I say: No! No!
可我却连连说不
Whatever I do
无论我做什么
I barrel on through, and I don't complain
我都会一往无前且心甘情愿
No matter what I try
无论尝试何事
I'm flying full speed ahead
我都将马力全开地向前飞进
I'm never worried to walk the wire
我从不在意行于悬索
I won't do anything just "half-assed"
我也绝不会半途而废
But with the stakes getting somewhat higher
但随着风险渐大
I've got a singular impression things are moving too fast
我开始有种奇特的感觉 事情发展都快得出乎意料
I found a woman I love
我寻见了我深爱的女人
And I found an agent who loves me
也找到对我青睐有加的出版商
Things might get bumpy but
未来也许一波三折
Some people analyze every detail
有人纠结于每个细节末节
Some people stall when they can't see the trail
有人迷失了前路就地安身
Some people freeze out of fear that they'll fail
也有人被失败吓得畏缩不前
But I keep rollin' on
但我不会停下脚步
Some people can't get success with their art
有人的作品始终无法获得成功
Some people never feel love in their heart
有人从未真心感受过爱意悸动
Some people can't tell the two things apart
也有人一直搞不清其中差别
But I keep rollin' on
可我只会继续向前
Oh, oh - maybe I can't follow through
噢 也许我也无法坚持到底
But oh, oh - what else am I supposed to do?
但我也别无选择了吧
I dreamed of writing like the high and mighty
我曾梦想成为名声显赫的作家
Now I'm the subject of a bidding war
现在我已经变得炙手可热
I met my personal Aphrodite
还遇见了我的阿芙罗狄蒂（希腊爱与美的女神）
I'm doing things I never dreamed of before
这是我以前从未预见过的生活
We start to take the next step together
我们一同向新生活迈出下一步
Found an apartment on Seventy-Third
在第七十三街租间公寓
The Atlantic Monthly's printing my first chapter
大西洋月刊开始刊登我的创作
Two thousand bucks without rewriting one word
一字未改 两千美元轻松入账
I left Columbia and I don't regret it
我才不后悔离开了哥伦比亚
I wrote a book and Sonny Mehta read it
Sonny Mehta也看过我写的书
My heart's been stolen
我的心被偷走了
My ego's swollen
骄傲自得 信心倍涨
I just keep rollin' along
我还将继续前进
And I think
我在想
Well, well, what else is in store?
还会有什么在等着我？
Got all this and more before twenty-four
在二十四岁之前 我一定将其尽收入囊中
It's hard not to be sure
我万分确定
I'm spinning out of control
我感觉天旋地转 快要失控
Out of control
快要失控
I'm feeling panicked and rushed and hurried
我感到惊慌又心急焦躁
I'm feeling outmaneuvered and outclassed
我似乎被人愚弄还被人远甩身后
But I'm so happy I can't get worried
可我仍旧快乐无边
About this singular impression
毫不忧心这奇特的感觉
I've got a singular impression things are moving too fast
我有种奇特的感觉 这一切都发展得太快了
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