Joke me something awful
跟我开糟糕的玩笑
Just like kisses on the necks of"just friends"
就像落在脖子上的亲吻,说着我们只是朋友
We're the kids who feel like dead ends
我们就像是走投无路的孩子
And I want to be known for my hits
我想要因为我的歌名声大震
Not just my misses
不是因为我的女友们
I took a shot and didn't even come close
我孤注一掷,但是一败涂地
At trust and love and hope
没有信任,爱和希望
And the poets are just kids who didn't make it
诗人们只是不得志的孩子
Who never had it at all
从来没有拥有过什么
And the record won't stop skipping
录的歌不断地被跳过
And the lies just won't stop slipping
谎言不断
And besides my reputation's on the line
除此之外,我的名声岌岌可危
We can fake it for the airwaves
在电视里我们可以假装
Force our smiles baby half dead
逼着自己微笑,宝贝,假装听不到
From comparing myself to everyone else around me
不断把自己和周围的人作比较
Please put the doctor on the phone
请让医生接下电话
Because I'm not making any sense
因为我什么都想不通
Blame everyone but me for this mess
责怪除了自己之外的所有人,怪他们造成了这糟糕的局面
And my back has been breaking from this heavy heart
这沉重的心压垮了我的背
We never seemed so far
我们从未感觉如此远离彼此
I'm hopelessly hopeful
我无助地希望着
You're just hopeless enough
而你无助到了极点
But we never had it at all
但是我们从来没有拥有过什么
And the record won't stop skipping
录的歌不断被跳过
And the lies just won't stop slipping
谎言不断
And besides my reputation's on the line
除此之外,我的名声岌岌可危
We can fake it for the airwaves
在电视里我们可以假装
Force our smiles baby half dead
逼着自己微笑,宝贝,假装听不到
From comparing myself to everyone else around me
不断把自己和周围的人作比较