Yeah, yeah (woo!)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That's the way every day goes
这世界每日运作的原理
Every time we've no control
便是意外降临 人皆无济于事
If the sky is pink and white
天际的白光晕开粉红云团
If the ground is black and yellow
漆黑的沥青上画着双黄线
It's the same way you showed me
就像你曾教会我
Nod my head, don't close my eyes
接受失控之事 而非蒙眼畏缩
Halfway on a slow move
缓缓相依 对前路心存希冀
It's the same way you showed me
这正是你所带给我的
If you could fly, then you'd feel south
若你能飞翔 寒霜降临就向南迁徙
Up north's getting cold soon
因为凛冬即将封锁我之所在
The way it is, we're on land
无需担心 你我仍脚踏大地
Still I'm someone to hold true
并且我能道出的真知灼见
Keep you cool when it's still alive
让你能保持对生命的热忱
Won't let you down when it's all ruin
也能让你在面对残败腐朽时 面不改色
Just the same way you showed me, showed me
正如你曾向我袒露的...
You showed me love
是爱
Glory from above
这份无上的爱
Regard, my dear
你我屏息凝视 亲爱的
It's all downhill from here
行到此处 即见下坡与坦途
In the wake of a hurricane
在飓风席卷之时苏醒
Dark skin of a summer shade
夏日在肌肤留下晒痕
Nosedive into flood lines
卡特里娜过境的新奥尔良 水位骤降
Tall tower of milk crates
塔高百尺 孩子们曾站上木箱 跃入浊流
It's the same way you showed me
这曾是你所带来的
Cannonball off the porch side
小孩在门廊边堆起纸箱炮车
Older kids trying off the roof
年长的 便爬过洪流中的屋脊
Just the same way you showed me (You showed)
正如你所展现的那样
If you could die and come back to life
如果一个人在僵死窘境中重获新生
Up for air from the swimming pool
就像在冰冷的泳池中渴求空气
You'd kneel down to the dry land
你已在龟裂干涸的赤地跪下
Kiss the Earth that birthed you
亲吻那容你降生的大地母亲
Gave you tools just to stay alive
是她给予你生的支持
And make it out when the sun is ruined
天崩地裂 为你开辟唯一的绿洲
That's the same way you showed me, showed me
这是母亲所给予的
You showed me love
你用爱把我哺育
Glory from above
至高无上
Regard, my dear
这爱正是为生所造
It's all downhill from here
光辉如洪流 冲垮天国的白色石墙
Remember life, remember how it was,Climb trees, Michael Jackson, it all ends here
还记得生活最初的模样 爬上MJ的“给予之树” 一切在此终结
Say what up to Matthew, to Shoob
聊聊Matthew与Shoobie的故事(参见《Boys Don‘t Cry》)
Say what up to Danny
还有Danny
Say what up to life immortality
向永生之理屈膝
Bending up my Nikes
我穿旧的Nike(当胜利女神振翅翱翔)
Running out the melpomene, nicotine
脱然间 为生计奔波 (歌唱缪斯沦为悲剧)
Stealing granny cigs (Take it easy)
我习惯顺走奶奶家的香烟
Gimme something sweet
燃烧我这摇曳的烛火 换取片刻甜蜜
*****, I might like immortality
在这永恒的幻境 或许我会沉溺其中
This is life, life immortality
这便是生命 直至不朽