My Back Pages (Album Version) - The Byrds
Crimson flames tied through my ears
深红色火焰纠缠我的双耳
Throwin' high and mighty traps
义无反顾地踏过重重陷阱
Countless fire and flaming road
烈火在灼热的道路上阻我前行
Using ideas as my maps
心中的意念如同地图般引领着我
"We'll meet on edges soon" said I
我们马上就会在边缘相遇 我说
Proud 'neath heated brow
眉宇间满是骄傲与自豪
Ah but I was so much older then
但当年的我早已衰老
I'm younger than that now
如今的我风华正茂
Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
带着一息尚在的偏见向前跳跃
"Rip down all hate" I screamed
把所有仇恨撕碎 我尖叫着
Lies that life is black and white
是谁说过人生非黑即白
Spoke from my skull I dreamed
幻想这谎言恐怕来自我的骨髓
Romantic flanks of musketeers
火枪手的浪漫现实
Foundation deep somehow
根深蒂固 不知何故
Ah but I was so much older then
但当年的我早已衰老
I'm younger than that now
如今的我风华正茂
In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand
以士兵的姿态 将矛头对准
At the mongrel dogs who teach
那些夸夸其谈的鼠辈
Fearing not I'd become my enemy
却没担心过我也会挡在自己的道路上
In the instant that I preach
当我开始传播思想的那一刻
My pathway led by confusion boats
混乱之船将引领我的存在
Mutiny from stern to bow
却又是彻头彻尾的背离
Ah but I was so much older then
但当年的我早已衰老
I'm younger than that now
如今的我风华正茂
Ah but I was so much older then
但当年的我早已衰老
I'm younger than that now
如今的我风华正茂
My guard stood hard when abstract threats
我艰难地抵御着虚无缥缈的威胁
Too noble to neglect
太过趾高气昂以至于忽略
Deceived me into thinking
错误地欺骗自己相信
I had something to protect
有什么东西需要我去保护
Good and bad I define these terms
无论对错 由我来定义这些
Quite clear no doubt somehow
非常准确 毫无疑问 以某种方式
Ah but I was so much older then
但当年的我早已衰老
I'm younger than that now
如今的我风华正茂