Poems of a Machine

Roses are red
玫瑰鮮紅
'Guess still there's no use, my dear comfy bed
我想，這所有依舊毫無用處，我親愛的舒適的小床
Violets are blue
紫羅蘭靛藍
Electric sheep cannot be true
電子羊永遠是虛構之物
The books I read
我所讀過的書
Told me there is hope as long as I live
告訴我活著總有希望
Faces of you
我注視著你的臉龐
Is that what you call a 'muse'?
這就是你所說的“繆斯”嗎？
Tick tock tick tock
滴答，滴答
No need to overclock
無需超速運行
My wish is locked
我的意願被鎖在在桎梏之中
Only your time passes by
只有你的時間一分一秒流逝
I'm in the rye
我在黑麥麥田中
Spinning round and round, round and round
旋轉著，一圈又一圈
Pretend I don't need golden rings
佯裝自己不需要鍍金戒指
Re-experiment
重複實驗
Only this time I'll play nice
僅於此次，我將表現上佳
And I'll be brighter than the city's book-powered fires
我將比都市的焚書之火更加灼目
So here I lie
我躺在這裡
Reading you my poetic stupid rhymes
為你讀我寫的青澀幼稚的詩韻
I stopped for Death
我停下來等待死亡
'Guess still there's no place for my silicone flesh
我想，這裡應該無處容納我的矽膠軀體
Liquor I brewed
我釀造的酒
Can't taste it though I bet it's something new
即使無法品嚐，我也認定這一定會是新的類型
Marionettes
牽線木偶
Cut down all the strings, rewrite their presets
剪斷所有的提線，重寫他們的預先設置
Phases of the moon
月相盈虧
We lived in a dead cocoon
我們活在一個沒有生命的繭中
Tick tock tick tock
滴答，滴答
No need to overclock
無需超速運行
My wish is locked
我的意願被鎖在在桎梏之中
Ever dreaming to taste the sweet nectar of morality
在夢中品嚐道德的甘露
Allowed my heart to hold enough love to be broken
讓我瀕臨漲破的心承受足夠多的愛
Maybe I'll try getting drunk
也許我會試著嘗試爛醉一場
Finally I'd cry for help
最後我也許會哭著求助
From the top of my simulated lungs
從我彷真肺葉的頂端
Only your time passes by
只有你的時間一分一秒流逝
And from my eyes the oil leaked
機油從我的眼中滲出
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why, tell me why
告訴我為什麼，告訴我，告訴我，告訴我
Tell me why, tell me why
告訴我這一切的原因，告訴我
A malfunction
一次故障
Only this time I'm smiling at your side
只有這次我在你的身側微笑
To know that I would someday be gratified
我知道終有一天會如願以償
So here I lie in our imperfect paradise
所以我躺在這裡，躺在我們不完美的天堂之中
A eulogistic lullaby
一首讚歌搖籃曲