Elevator Operator

Oliver Paul, twenty years old
奧利弗保羅，二十一歲
Thick head of hair, worries he's going bald
一頭濃密的頭髮卻擔心著禿頂
Wakes up at quarter past nine
早上九點十五起來
Fair evades his way down the 96 tram line
直接規避了96路電車的方向
Breakfast on the run again, he's well aware
早餐又要路上解決了，他很清楚
He's dropping soy linseed Vegemite crumbs everywhere
大豆亞麻籽鹹味醬麵包渣掉了一地
Feeling sick at the sight of his computer
看著視野裡的電腦就感覺噁心
He dodges his way through the Swanston commuters
躲開斯旺斯頓的上班族
Rips off his tie, hands it to a homeless man
解下領帶，給了一個無家之士
Sleeping in the corner of a metro bus stand and he screams
睡在地鐵等車站的一角，他大喊
'I'm not going to work today
“今天我不會工作的
Going to count the minutes that the trains run late
要數數地鐵遲到了幾分鐘
Sit on the grass building pyramids out of Coke cans'
坐在草坪上用可樂罐搭金字塔！”
Headphone wielding to the Nicholas building
戴著耳機進入尼古拉斯式的建築
He trips on a pothole that's not been filled in
絆倒在一個沒被填上的坑上
He waits for an elevator, one to nine
等著電梯，一層到九層
A lady walks in and waits by his side
一位女士走過來和他一起等
Her heels are high and her bag is snakeskin
她的鞋跟很高，包是蛇皮的
Hair pulled so tight you can see her skeleton
頭髮扎的那麼緊都能看見骨頭
Vickers perfume on her breath
一股Vickers香水的味道
A tortoise shell necklace between her breasts
胸間一串烏龜殼項鍊
She looks him up and down with a botox frown
用帶著整容皺紋的臉看著他
He's well used to that look by now
他早已習慣那種視線了
The elevator dings and they awkwardly step in
電梯“叮”了，他們尷尬地走進去
Their fingers touch on the rooftop button
手指都碰上屋頂鍵
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
不要跳小男孩，不要跳下屋頂
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
你還有一生的時間，你還年輕
I'd give anything to have skin like you
我付出一切也想要你這樣的皮膚
He said 'I think you're projecting the way that you're feeling
他說“我覺得你暴露了你的想法”
I'm not suicidal, just idling insignificantly
我不是想尋死，我只是在閒的瞎玩玩
I come up here for perception and clarity
我上來是要得到靈感和清淨
I like to imagine I'm playing SimCity
我喜歡想像自己在玩《模擬城市》
All the people look like ants from up here
所有人從上面看起來就像螞蟻
And the wind's the only traffic you can hear'
而風是唯一能聽見的運動”
He said 'All I ever wanted to be
他說“我想成為的
Was an elevator operator, can you help me please?'
只是電梯操作員而已，你能幫幫我嗎？ ”
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
不要跳小男孩，不要跳下屋頂
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
你還有一生的時間，你還年輕
I'd give anything to have skin like you
我付出一切也想要你這樣的皮膚
Don't jump little boy, don't jump off that roof
不要跳小男孩，不要跳下屋頂
You've got your whole life ahead of you, you're still in your youth
你還有一生的時間，你還年輕
I'd give anything to have skin like you
我付出一切也想要你這樣的皮膚