震耳欲聾的樂聲間，聽見自我的聲音

Brand New - Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't

i am heaven sent, don't you dare forget.
我是來自天堂的禮物，你怎敢遺忘
i am all you've ever wanted,
我是你心中慾望的化身
what all the other boys all promised.
是其他男孩向你保證的代表
sorry i told. i just needed you to know.
原諒我的坦白，我只是需要你知道這一切
i think in decimals and dollars.
我以為在量化的空間內
i am the cause to all your problems, shelter from cold.
我就是你所有問題的根源，寒冬時的棲身處
we are never alone.
我們從不寂寞
coordinate brain and mouth.
如同協調一致的口腦
then ask me what's it like to have myself so figured out.
然後你問我如何想通一切
i wish i knew...
我真希望我知道...

i hope this song starts a craze.
我希望這首歌引起狂熱
the kind of song that ignites the airwaves.
能夠成為點燃電台熱播的金曲
the kind of song that makes people glad to be where they are,
能夠讓人們慶幸於自己所在之處的歌曲
with whoever they're there with.
不管他們伴於何人身旁
this is war.
這是場戰爭
every line is about who i don't wanna write about anymore.
每句歌詞都關係著那位我不想再提及的人
hope you come down with something they can't diagnose,
希望你身受無名之疾所苦
don't have the cure for.
無藥可救
holding on to your grudge.
按耐住你內心的怨恨
oh it's so hard to have someone to love.
喔，要找到心愛的人是如此困難
and keeping quiet is hard.
要避而不談同樣困難
'cause you can't keep a secret if it never was a secret to start.
你無法保有秘密 因為打從一開始這就不是個秘密
at least pretend you didn't wanna get caught..
但請你至少表現得有所隱瞞

we're concentrating on falling apart.
我們專注於感情的裂痕上
we were contenders, we're throwing the fight
我們彼此競爭，卻又不斷互相放水
i just wanna believe, i just wanna believe,
我只是想要相信，我只是想要相信
i just wanna believe in us.
我只是想要相信我們之間的感情

oh, we're so c-c-c-c-c-controversial.
喔 我們如此喜愛爭論
we are entirely smooth.
卻又相處地這般圓潤
we admit to the truth,
我們必須承認
we are the best at what we do.
彼此已表現出最好的一面

and these are the words you wish you wrote down.
而你懷抱期望所寫下的文字
this is the way you wish your voice sounds,
正如同你的心聲
handsome and smart.
如此才貌兼具
oh my tongue's the only muscle on my body that works harder than my heart.
喔 我的舌頭成為全身唯一運作地比心臟還辛勤的肌肉
and it's all from watching tv,
而這都來自於看電視時
and from speeding up my breathing.
以及我不斷加速的呼吸
wouldn't stop if i could.
我不會阻止這一切的發生
oh it hurts to be this good.
喔 這樣的痛楚是多麼美妙
you're holding on to your grudge.
你按耐住內心的怨恨
oh it hurts to always have to be honest with the one that you love.
喔 對所愛的人真誠總伴隨著傷害
oh, so let it go..
喔 所以讓它成為過去吧

we're concentrating on falling apart.
我們專注於感情的裂痕上
we were contenders, we're throwing the fight
我們彼此競爭，卻又不斷互相放水
i just wanna believe, i just wanna believe,
我只是想要相信，我只是想要相信
i just wanna believe...
我只是想要相信...

we're concentrating on falling apart.
我們專注於感情的裂痕上
we were contenders, we're throwing the fight
我們彼此競爭，卻又不斷互相放水
i just wanna believe, i just wanna believe,
我只是想要相信，我只是想要相信
i just wanna believe in us.
我只是想要相信我們之間的感情

this is the grace that only we can bestow.
這是只有我們負擔得起的優雅
this is the price you pay for loss of control.
這是你失去控制的代價
this is the break in the bend,
這是彎曲處的裂縫
this is the closest of calls.
這是關係聯繫上的終點
this is the reason you're alone,
這是你孤獨一人的原因
this is the rise and the fall.
這正是人生的起伏

we're concentrating on falling apart.
我們專注於感情的裂痕上
we were contenders, we're throwing the fight
我們彼此競爭，卻又不斷互相放水
i just wanna believe, i just wanna believe,
我只是想要相信，我只是想要相信
i just wanna believe...
我只是想要相信...

we're concentrating on falling apart.
我們專注於感情的裂痕上
we were contenders, we're throwing the fight
我們彼此競爭，卻又不斷互相放水
i just wanna believe, i just wanna believe,
我只是想要相信，我只是想要相信
i just wanna believe in us.
我只是想要相信我們之間的感情


P.S.
這首真是他媽的難翻，
Brand New的歌詞一向已充滿意境著名，
上網查歌曲的意義常常可以看到老外在討論，
真是費了我好大的功夫。
查詢的過程中還發現八卦，
這首歌是主唱寫給前女友與其劈腿的對象，
而該女劈腿的對象居然是TBS的吉他手，
同時也是主唱一起長大的朋友...
So Sad