That's Why I Gave Up on Music

I’m suddenly taken back to that time
突然我回到了从前那个时候
When I waited for you underneath that blue sky
我在青空之下等着你
Passing by me in an instant
倏忽间掠过了我
Slipping from the depths of my imagination
从我脑海深处的幻想里溜走
Hey, can somebody tell me what’ll happen next
有没有人能告诉我接下来会发生什么
Say, tell me how to make it go on just another day
告诉我接下来的日子该怎么过
Looking right into your eyes
直直地看着你的眼睛
As I walk away from you one last time
在我们的最后一次离别
I’m suddenly taken back to that time
恍惚间我又回到了那段时光
All the summers that would bore me out of my mind
盛夏使我了无生趣
Didn’t I quit playing piano?
我不是放弃了钢琴吗？
Out of habit tapping on my desk to play the notes
却仍然出于习惯敲着桌面弹着琴键
Hey – can somebody tell me what I’m gonna do?
有什么人能告诉我我该去做什么吗？
“Hey, anything besides music should be okay”
“除了音乐什么都可以啊”
Everything will be okay
什么事情都行哦
If you took my heart and drew
如果你拿过我的心脏观摩
A single note just straight on through
那其中仅有一孤单的音符
No it wouldn’t disappear believe me
相信我，它不会消失
Whatever I do it just won’t disappear
不管我做了什么，它都不会消失
It’s still right here
它将一直在那里
But I’ve got it wrong again
但是我又一次错了啊
I don’t understand
我不懂啊
I don’t really care though
虽然我并不关心
Not about music or truth or the world or this life I hold
和音乐、真相、世界或是我的生活啊都没有关系
I don’t really care, no!
我真的不关心啊！
Seeing things in black or white isn’t right
非黑即白的视角是错误的啊
It’s just an excuse, right?
这只是个借口，对吧？
One thing is for sure though.
但有一件事毋庸置疑。
Everything is your fault
这一切都是你的错啊
I’m suddenly taken back to that time
恍惚间我又回到了那个时候
Growing old was the only thing on my mind
我的脑海里只想快些长大
Knowing that I someday would die
知道了我终将逝去
Was like a stab in the chest
就如心中的一根刺
Though I never understand why
虽然我从来不明白原因
“Hey, do you know what you’ll be doing one day?”
“你知道你以后要做什么吗？”
Passing by the years, I knew what I would do one day
时过境迁，我已经知道我将来要做的事
…I’d be doing nothing at all.
……我什么都不会做啊。
All your positivity ignites a hatred deep in me
你的积极向上引燃了我内心深处的怨恨
Knowing I’ll never be happy
知道了我将永无快乐
Knowing that I’ll never be enough, can’t you see?
知道了我将永不餍足，你难道不知道吗？
It haunts my every single waking dream
这在每一个不眠的梦中萦绕
But I know you know I’m right
不过我知道你知道我是对的
Though we’re different, we’re humans deep inside
虽然我们天差地别，但内心深处却都是凡人
But without love or salvation or kindness or comfort though
但是没有了爱、救赎、仁慈或慰藉
Is it really life?
那真的还是生活吗？
No!!
不是啊！
Crying when the radio plays a sappy notes is lame
在多愁善感的电台音乐下哭泣只是自欺欺人啊
But this I know
但是我知道
One thing is for sure though.
有一件事毋庸置疑。
Everything is your fault.
一切都是你的错啊。
I’ve tried but I still don’t understand why
我曾尝试过但我仍然不知道原因
Why is it we have to fight to live our own life?
为什么我们一定要奋斗去活出我们自己的生活？
Why I can’t live off doing the one thing I like?
为什么我不能靠做我喜欢的事情来活着？
I don’t care if my lyrics aren’t quite right
我的歌词不怎么妥当，我不关心
I don’t really care, no.
我真的不关心，真的。
‘Cause I think I’ve got it right
因为我觉得那就是真理
Yeah I think I’ve got it right
Yeah，我认为那就是对的
Yeah I know I’ve got it right
Yeah，我知道那就是对的
But I’ve got it wrong again
但是我还是错了啊
I don’t really understand
我真的不懂啊
I don’t really care though
虽然我并不在乎
Not about humans or truth or the world or this life I hold
无论是人类、真相、世界还是我自己的生活都没有关系
I don’t really care, no!
我真的不在乎啊！
Never giving a reply just philosophic lines
永远不给出答复只是个哲学命题
It’s just an excuse, right?
这只是个借口，不是吗？
One thing’s for sure though.
但有一件事毋庸置疑。
Everything is your fault!
一切都是你的错啊！
Even I had dreams long, long ago
曾经我也是有梦想的啊
Now it doesn’t feel the same as it did before
但现在却已经完全不同了
I’ve told you time and time again
我曾无数次告诉过你
It didn’t really matter if nothing came of it, you know
它什么都给不了我真的没有关系，你知道的
You do know.
你真的知道的
I know you know
我知道你知道的
Now I can’t do it anymore
但我已经再也做不了了啊
So now you know why I
所以现在你知道了为什么我——
So now you know why I don’t do music anymore
所以现在你知道了，为什么我放弃了音乐