Waste of Paint-Bright Eyes

[ti:Waste Of Paint] [ar:Bright Eyes] [al:Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Waste of Paint - Bright Eyes (明亮的眼睛)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供 [00:09.71]I have a friend he's mostly made of pain
我有个朋友 他浑身浸透苦痛 [00:13.52]He wakes up drives to work
每日醒来 驱车工作 [00:14.89]And then straight back home again
又径直回到空洞房中 [00:18.51]He once cut one of my nightmares out of paper
他曾将我的梦魇剪成纸雕 [00:22.57]I thought it was beautiful I put it on a record cover
我觉得美得惊心动魄 印在唱片封套 [00:27.51]And I tried to tell him he had a sense of color
我总想告诉他 你拥有 [00:32.20]And composition so magnificent
惊艳的色彩感知与构图天赋 [00:35.57]And he said "Thank you please but your flattery is truly not becoming me
他却说"承蒙谬赞 这盛誉令我惶恐" [00:42.19]Your eyes are poor You are blind
你的双眼贫瘠 视而不见 [00:44.44]You see no beauty could have come from me
你看不到 我身上也能绽放美丽 [00:48.62]I am a waste of breath of space of time "
我只是在浪费呼吸 空间 与时间 [00:58.91]I knew a woman she was dignified and true
我认识一位女士 她端庄而真诚 [01:02.84]Her love for her man was one of her many virtues
对丈夫的爱是她众多美德之一 [01:07.96]Until one day she found out that he had lied
直到某天 她发现他满口谎言 [01:11.95]And she decided the rest of her life
于是她决定余生 [01:13.76]From that point on would be a lie
从此都将活在虚妄之间 [01:17.19]But she was grateful for everything that had happened
但她对过往一切心怀感激 [01:21.87]And she was anxious for all that would come next
又对未来种种充满焦虑 [01:25.99]But then she wept
可最终她潸然泪下 [01:27.55]What did you expect In that big
你还能期待什么呢 在那栋 [01:29.61]Old house with the cars she kept
停满豪车的老宅里 [01:31.86]"Oh " and "such is life " she often said With one day leading to the next
她总念叨着"唉"和"这就是人生" 日复一日 [01:38.10]You get a little closer to your death which was fine with her
离死亡更近一步 她却安之若素 [01:42.34]She never got upset and with all the days she may have left
她从不曾动怒 余生所剩的日子里 [01:47.09]She would never clean another mess or fold his shirts or look her best
再不必收拾残局 熨烫衬衫或精心梳妆 [01:54.33]She was free to waste away alone
她终于自由 独自凋零 [02:05.56]Last night my brother he got drunk and drove
昨夜我兄弟酩酊驾车 [02:09.49]And this cop pulled him off to the side of the road
被警察截停在路旁 [02:13.61]And he said "Officer Officer You have got the wrong man
他嚷着"警官 警官 您抓错了人 [02:18.13]No no I'm a student of medicine
不不 我是医学院学生 [02:19.81]The son of a banker you don't understand "
银行家之子 您根本不懂" [02:23.68]The cop said "No one got hurt
警察说 "幸好没人受伤 [02:25.12]You should be thankful And your carelessness
你该心存感激 而你的粗心大意 [02:28.93]It is something awful And no
实在糟糕透顶 不行 [02:33.36]I can't just let you go And though your father's name is known
我不能就这样放你走 尽管你父亲声名显赫 [02:38.10]Your decisions now are yours alone
但现在的决定都得你自己承担 [02:41.34]You're nothing but a stepping stone
你不过是块垫脚石 [02:45.15]On a path to debt to loss to shame "
通往债务 损失 与耻辱的路上" [02:57.94]The last few months I have been living with this couple
过去几个月我一直和这对夫妇同住 [03:02.12]Yeah you know the kind who buy everything in doubles
没错 你知道那种人 什么东西都要买双份 [03:07.12]They fit together like a puzzle
他们天造地设 就像拼图般契合 [03:11.48]And I love their love and I am thankful that someone actually
我羡慕他们的爱情 感恩这世上真有人 [03:16.88]Receives the prize that was promised by all those fairy tales that drugged us
得到了童话故事许诺的奖赏 那些麻醉我们的童话 [03:24.80]And they still do me I'm sick lonely no laurel tree just green envy
而我依然沉溺其中 病态 孤独 没有桂冠 只有嫉妒的绿意 [03:30.42]Will my number come up eventually
我的幸运号码何时才会中奖 [03:33.67]Like Love is some kind of lottery
难道爱情不过是场抽奖游戏 [03:36.53]Where you can scratch and see what is underneath It's "Sorry"
刮开涂层才能看见底下写着"抱歉" [03:43.34]Just one cherry "Play Again " Get lucky
一颗樱桃 "再玩一次" 祈求好运 [03:53.01]So I have been hanging out down by the train's depot No I don't ride
我常在火车站台游荡 却从不搭乘 [03:58.89]I just sit and watch the people there
只是静坐观察来往行人 [04:02.26]And they remind me of wind up cars in motion
他们让我想起上发条的玩具车 [04:06.38]The way they spin and turn and jockey for positions
看他们旋转调头 争抢位置的模样 [04:11.44]And I want to scream out that it all is nonsense
我多想呐喊这一切多么荒谬 [04:15.30]All your lives one track can't you see it's pointless
你们的人生单轨前行 难道不觉徒劳 [04:19.86]But then my knees give under me
直到我的双膝突然失去力气 [04:22.85]My head feels weak and
我的头脑昏沉无力 [04:24.54]Suddenly it is clear to see that it is not them but me
恍然间看清 问题不在他们而是我自己 [04:28.84]Who has lost my self-identity
迷失了自我本真 [04:32.02]As I hide behind these books I read while scribbling my poetry
躲在书堆后写诗 假装文字能救赎 [04:38.02]Like art could save a wretch like me
妄想艺术拯救可悲的我 [04:41.01]With some ideal ideology that no one can hope to achieve
抱着无人能及的理想主义 [04:47.19]And I am never real; it is just a sketch of me
从未真实存在 只是我的轮廓草图 [04:50.43]And everything I made is trite and cheap
我创造的一切都如此平庸廉价 [04:54.55]And a waste of paint of tape of time
不过是颜料 胶带 时间的虚掷 [05:09.72]So now I park my car down by the cathedral
此刻我将车停在教堂旁 [05:14.58]Where floodlights point up at the steeples
探照灯照亮尖顶的轮廓 [05:18.95]Choir practice was filling up with people
***排练的人渐渐坐满 [05:22.88]I hear the sound escaping as an echo
我听见飘散的歌声化作回响 [05:28.25]Sloping off the ceiling at an angle
沿着穹顶的弧度倾斜流淌 [05:32.80]When voices blend they sound like angels
当众声交融 宛如天使在吟唱 [05:37.55]I hope there is some room still in the middle
但愿这世间仍有容身之处 [05:42.10]But when I lift my voice up now to reach them
可当我向天穹放声呼喊时 [05:46.53]The range is too high way up in heaven
音域却高不可攀 直达天堂 [05:50.46]So I hold my tongue forget the song
于是缄默不语 忘却旋律 [05:53.64]Tie my shoe and start walking off
系紧鞋带 转身离去 [05:56.83]And try to just keep moving on with my broken heart and my absent God
带着破碎的心与缺席的神 继续前行 [06:02.44]And I have no faith but it is all I want
我毫无信仰 却渴望被救赎 [06:07.14]To be loved and believe in my soul in my soul
渴望被爱 渴望灵魂的皈依 灵魂的皈依