The Pretender

I'm going to rent myself a house
我想给自己租一间屋子
In the shade of the freeway
在高速路的斑驳阴影中
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
我想在每天清晨做好我的午餐
And go to work each day
然后去工作
And when the evening rolls around
当夜幕降临
I'll go on home and lay my body down
我回家躺下休息
And when the morning light comes streaming in
当晨曦流入
I'll get up and do it again
我起床，日复一日
Amen
阿门
Say it again
再一次
Amen
阿门

我想知道生活会怎样改变
I want to know what became of the changes
我们期待爱情到来
We waited for love to bring
或只是在终将到来的觉醒中
Were they only the fitful dreams
翻来覆去
Of some greater awakening
我意识到时间匆匆流逝
I've been aware of the time going by
人们说，终于，就像眨眼一样结束
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
但是每当晨曦流入
And when the morning light comes streaming in
你将再次起来
You'll get up and do it again
阿门
Amen
裹挟在对爱的渴望之中

为金钱拼命奋斗
Caught between the longing for love
在汽笛声与教堂钟声汇流之处
And the struggle for the legal tender
那个旧货商敲击着他的芬达吉他
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
那些思索战争的老兵
And the junk man pounds his fender
在红绿灯处酣然入梦
Where the veterans dream of the fight
孩子们严肃地等待着
Fast asleep at the traffic light
那个卖冰淇淋的小贩
And the children solemnly wait
伪装者徘徊的身影
For the ice cream vendor
在寒夜中渐行渐远
Out into the cool of the evening
他知道所有的梦想和希望
Strolls the Pretender
都在这里终始
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
恋人们的笑声划破夜晚
Begin and end there
来去匆匆

什么都没留下给局外人
Ah the laughter of the lovers
只能选择继续奋斗
As they run through the night
用他们的力量撕裂这个世界
Leaving nothing for the others
然而满载着他们梦想的船
But to choose off and fight
还在扬帆远航
And tear at the world with all their might
我要找到一个我自己的女孩
While the ships bearing their dreams
她能告诉我那笑声的含义
Sail out of sight
这样我们就能在空洞机械的梦中

找回丢失的色彩
I'm going to find myself a girl
然后我们戴上太阳镜
Who can show me what laughter means
缠绵至耗尽力气
And we'll fill in the missing colors
当晨曦流入
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
我们日复一日
And then we'll put out dark glasses on
一如过往
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
我想做个无忧无虑的傻瓜
And when the morning light comes streaming in
努力赚钱
We'll get up and do it again
他们宣告的主张
Get it up again
直达肆意挥霍者的心灵

他们坚信任何都可能是假象
I'm going to be a happy idiot
在那些金钱能买到的物质中
And struggle for the legal tender
然而真爱应该是一个斗争者
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
你在那里吗？
To the heart and the soul of the spender
为伪装者祈祷
And believe in whatever may lie
那个曾经启程的年轻人
In those things that money can buy
没想到终究也会投降
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender