La
I was turning nineteen on a cold December night
在十二月一个寒冷的冬夜 我过完了十九岁生日
Burning like kerosene for nearly half of my life
我前半生如煤油灯般微弱摇曳
And I barely had the GPA to make it out of Eugene
差点拿不到足够高的成绩以逃离家乡
You can blame it on me with a ADHD while
你可以怪我是因为多动症
I'm falling asleep during the Sat's
才会在高考时呼呼大睡
And as I pack my bags and headed to a foreign land
当我带着行李远走他乡时
One way ticket on a one way plane
我手中紧攥着单程机票
Laying my head down alone each night
在每个孤独的夜晚垂下头
The same devil's calling and that same old fight
一复一日同恶魔的呼唤作斗争
'Cause this one's for middle surfs living in the middle love
这首歌送给平凡生活中的人们
Where they coming from and a halfway rush of blood
致以他们的出身和曾经的热血
This ones for those first prayers to heaven on a road that seems never ending
献给初次为天堂祈祷 还将走过漫漫长路的人们
For all the heartbreak dreamers waiting for the light
献给尽力寻找生活意义
Looking for just one reason to get through the night
等待黎明的心碎追梦人
Every long lost believer caught in the fight
祝福在苦痛迷惘中挣扎已久的信徒
All the heartbreak dreamers gonna be alright
所有曾今心碎的追梦人都会重见光芒
Everybody sing
让我们一起唱
La
And I was turning twenty five in a city that don't sleep
我在一个繁华的不夜城生活了二十五年
Was feeling only half alive to the dreams that I keep
曾今许诺的梦想已奄奄一息
And I kept on waiting only she's waiting for me
而我仍未放弃 坚持等待着
You burning down lane on a quarter tank of pain with soles off your feet
你遍体鳞伤 用切肤之痛为自己闯出一条道路
And you've been waiting and praying for the right one to come
你祈祷已久 希望对的人能来到你身边
Watch the rising and the falling of another setting sun
却只等到日升日落 一成不变
Nobody seems quite good enough for you
似乎没人足已和你般配
Except the wrong one she keep running back to
而牵挂着的她却一次次投进错的人怀中
So this one's for Mike still waiting for his wife
这首歌送给痴情等待妻子回来的迈克
This one's for grandma losing the love of her life
献给逝去一生挚爱的外祖母
This ones for those first prayers to heaven on a road that seems never ending
献给初次为天堂祈祷 还将走过漫漫长路的人们
For all the heartbreak dreamers waiting for the light
献给尽力寻找生活意义
Looking for just one reason to get through the night
等待黎明的心碎追梦人
Every long lost believer caught in the fight
祝福在苦痛迷惘中挣扎已久的信徒
All the heartbreak dreamers gonna be alright
所有曾今心碎的追梦人都会重见光芒
Everybody sing
让我们一起唱
La
And this one right here ah this is for the fat girls
这首歌献给身材丰满的女孩儿们
This one is a is for the little brothers
献给年纪尚幼的弟弟们
This is for the schoolyard wimps for the childhood bullies who tormented them
献给在孩童时期受尽欺凌的弱者
To the former prom queen and to the milk-crate ball players
献给过去的舞会皇后 献给努力练习的球员们
For the nighttime cereal eaters and for the retired elderly walmart store front door greeters
献给在深夜仍孑然一身的人们 送给曾献身卑微工作的退休者
Shake the dust
重新振作起来吧
This is for the benches and the people sitting upon
这首歌送给长凳和坐在长凳上的人们
For the bus drivers driving a million broken hymns
送给得到人们满满祝福的公车司机们
To the men who have to hold down three jobs
送给为了照顾孩子
Simply to hold up their children
兼做三份工作的男人们
For the nighttime schoolers and for the midnight bike riders trying to fly
这首歌献给在夜校学习的人们 和夜半骑着自行车飞奔的人们
Shake the dust
重新振作起来吧
This is for the two-year-olds who cannot be understood
这首歌送给有独特内心世界的两岁小宝宝们
Because they speak half English and half God
这些宝贝的话语一半是母语 一半是上帝的真理
Shake the dust
重新振作起来吧
For the boys with the beautiful beautiful sisters
献给那些有着美丽姐妹们的男孩
Shake the dust
重新振作起来吧
For the girls with those brothers who are going crazy
献给那些有爱疯闹的兄弟们的女孩
Those gym class wallflowers and the twelve-year-olds afraid of taking public showers
那些在健身房独自一人的 那些不敢在公共浴室洗澡的十二岁的孩子们
For the kid who is always late to class
这首歌献给那些总爱上课迟到
And forgets the combination to his lockers
和忘记储物柜密码的孩子们
And the girl who loved somebody else
献给那些有着爱慕对象的女孩儿们
Shake the dust
重新振作起来吧
This is for the hard men who want love but know that it won't come
这首歌献给那些渴求爱而不得的硬汉们
For the one's amendments who not stand up for
献给那些誊写法案 却
The ones who are forgotten
不为社会中的弱者伸张正义的人
For the ones who are told to speak only when you are spoken to
献给那些受繁文缛节约束的人们
And then they are never spoken to speak
若不逃离 他们将永难自立
Every time you stand so you do not forget yourself
你要挺起胸膛 不忘初衷
Do not let one moment go by that doesn't remind you
不要让时光白白逝去
That your heart beats hundred thousand times a day
不要忘记你的心脏每时每刻都在有力跳动
And that they have gallons of blood making every one is an Oceans
别忘记你的热血沸腾 每条血管都如同奔腾的河流
Heartbreak Dreamer - Mat Kearney