The City

This city never sleeps
這城市永不眠
I hear the people walk by when it's late
深夜我聽見人們經過的腳步聲
Sirens bleed through my windowsill
警報聲在我的窗沿流淌
I can't close my eyes
我無法合上眼睛
Don't control what I'm into
無法控制灌湧進身體的各種感覺
This tower is alive
這高塔還活躍
The lights that blind keep me awake
炫目的燈光讓我醒著
With my hood up and lace untied
我扣上帽子，沒拉繩子
Sleep fills my mind
睡意充斥大腦
Don't control what I'm into
無法控制我的感官接收什麼
London calls me a stranger
倫敦喚我為陌生人
A traveller
一個過客
This is now my home, my home
這兒現在是我的家，我的家了
I'm burning on the back street
我在小巷裡燃燒
Stuck here sitting in the backseat
我困坐在後座上
And I'm blazing on the street
然後我在街道上閃耀
What I do is not up to you
我做什麼和你無關
'Cause if the city never sleeps
因為如果這城市永不眠
then that makes two, yeah
那麼現在不眠者有兩人了
The pavement is my friend
人行道是我的朋友
And it will take me where I need to go
它將我帶去我應往之所
I find it trips me up
但我發現它將我絆住
and puts me down
將我放倒在地
This is not what I'm used to
這不是我過去習慣的那樣
The shop across the road
路對面的那個商店
fills my needs and gives me company
滿足我的需求，給予我陪伴
when I need it
在我需要的時候
Voices speak through my walls
但聲音穿牆而來，嘈嘈雜雜
And I, I don't think I'm gonna make it
而我，我沒覺得我會習慣這個
past tomorrow
即使明天過後
London calls me a stranger
倫敦喚我為陌生人
A traveller
一個過客
This is now my home, my home
這兒現在是我的家，我的家了
I'm burning on the back street
我在小巷裡燃燒
Stuck here sitting in the backseat
我困坐在後座上
And I'm blazing on the street
然後我在街道上閃耀
What I do is not up to you
我做什麼和你無關
'Cause if the city never sleeps
因為如果這城市永不眠
then that makes two
那麼現在不眠者有兩人了
My lungs hurt
我的肺如火燒
And my ears bled
我的耳朵在流血
With the sound of the city life
因為城市的聲音
echoed in my head
在我的腦袋裡不斷迴盪
Do I need this to keep me alive?
我需要這些存活下去嗎？
The traffic stops and starts
車流停停走走
But I need to move along
而我需要獨自前行
I'm from a city where the rain won't cease
我來自於一個雨永不會停的城市
Pollution in the air matches that on the street
街上空氣裡所有塵埃都被雨水洗淨
'Cause the black smoke gets you head into a muddle like
因為黑煙會熏得你大腦糊塗就像
walking into elephant syringes in the puddle like
走進充滿泥漿的大象鼻管
I was a country boy when I moved out
我離開的時候還是個鄉村小男孩
Grew up too fast for my family to find out
我成長得太快，連我的家人也難認出現在的我
Now I try to stop my music running into nosedives
現在我嘗試著停下我音樂滑入深淵的傾向
Can't resort to arrogance with white lies
我沒法自欺自騙，沒法依靠自己的驕傲
Now
現在
This city won't erase me
這城市還不會抹去我
But I can't help to see how this dark city changed me
但我已經能看見這黑暗的城市如何改變我
It's all the same scene, music is my life
一直以來音樂是我的生命
But I try to fight whatever I need to hide from
但我努力和那些我應該隱藏的東西抗爭
North, south, east, west, London's my home now
東南西北，倫敦現在是我的家了
Knees weak, but we never slow down
我雙膝酸軟，但我們不會放慢腳步
Now I start to do my music properly
現在我開始正確地做我的音樂
And stay from all the negative **** that will follow me
然後遠離所有會跟著我的那些負面情緒
London calls me a stranger
倫敦喚我為陌生人
This is not my home now
這兒現在是我的家
Home
家
I'm burning on the back street
我在小巷裡燃燒
Stuck here sitting in the backseat
我困坐在後座上
And I'm blazing on the street
然後我在街道上閃耀
What I do is not up to you
我做什麼和你無關
'Cause if the city never sleeps
因為如果這城市永不眠
then that makes two
那麼現在不眠者有兩人了
I'm burning on the back street
我在小巷裡燃燒
Stuck here sitting in the backseat
我困坐在後座上
And I'm blazing on the street
然後我在街道上閃耀
What I do is not up to you
我做什麼和你無關
'Cause if the city never sleeps
因為如果這城市永不眠
then that makes two
那麼現在不眠者有兩人了