Polaroids

Please no more therapy
请停止治疗吧
Mother take care of me
妈妈会照顾我的
Piece me together with a
一针一线
Needle and thread
使我完整
Wrap me in eiderdown
用凫绒把我裹起来
Lace from your wedding gown
你婚纱上的蕾丝
Fold me and lay me down
拥抱我，放下我
On your bed
置于你的床上
Or liken me to a shoe
或者把我比作一只鞋子
Blackened and spit shined through
被熏黑了，到处都是反光的唾液
Kicking back home to you
回到你身边
Smiling back home
带着微笑回家
Singing back home to you
回家唱给你听
Laughing back home to you
回到家对你笑
Dragging back home to you
回到你身边
I was so wary then
那时我很谨慎
The ugly American
ugly的美国
Thinner than oxygen
分量比氧气更轻
Tough as a whore
却像妓女一样强悍
I said you can lie to me
我说你对我可以不坦白
I own what's inside of me
我拥有自己罢了
And nothing surprises me anymore
再也没有什么会令我惊喜不已的了
But forests in Germany
但，德国的森林
Kids in the Tuileries
杜伊勒里宫的孩子们
Broken down fortresses
废墟里的堡垒
In old Italy
在过去的意大利
And claiming his victory
宣告着它胜利
Shrouded in mystery
笼罩在神秘之中
He went running away with me
他跟我一同奔跑
Back in our home New York
回到我们纽约的家
Walking these streets forlorn
孤独地走穿梭在这些街道里
We all in our uniforms
我们都穿着制服
Black and black
全黑的那种
Doing that slouch and jive
没精打采地摇摆着
The artist must survive
艺术家必须生存
We've got all we need we cried
我们得到了我们需要的一切，却没法停止哭泣
And we don't look back
我们不会回头
Thinking we had it made
回想那些曾经
Poised for the hit parade
准备参加大游行
Knee deep in accolades
深及膝盖的赞美
The conceptual pair
概念上的一对
But ever the malcontent
但始终不满
He left without incident
他平安无事地离开了
Vanished into thin air
消失在空气里
Now I am always amazed
现在我仍惊讶不已
Words can fill up a page
一张纸无法写下我的话
Pages fill up the days
用这种方式填满日子
Between him and me
我们之间
But the vows that we never keep
那些我们从未遵守的誓言
From bedrooms to business speak
从卧室到工作上的对话
Make me remember how cheap
让我记得有多廉价
Words can be
还有那些说过的话
And the letters I wrote you of
还有我写给你的信
Were those of the desperate stuff
那些是填满绝望的东西吗
Like begging for love in a suicide threat
就像以自杀来威胁乞求爱情
But I am too young to die
但我还年轻，人生不该就此止步
Too old for a lullaby
我还太成熟，夜晚耳边不应响起摇篮曲
Too tired for life on the ledge
太累了，不适合胆战心惊的生活
But I had a dream last night
但是我昨晚却做了一个梦
Of lovers who walked the plank
走过跳板的恋人
Out on the edge of time
在时间悬崖的边缘
Amidst ridicule
嘲笑着
They laughed as they rocked and reeled
摇晃着，笑着
Over the mining fields
在矿区上空
Coming to rest on this ship of fools
在这艘货船上休息停留
But he just took polaroids
他只拍了张宝丽来照片
Of her smile in the light
她在阳光下发光的样子
Of the dawn of the menacing sky
黎明破晓时的天空
And before they went overbaord
上岸前的美好一瞬
She turned and held up a card
她转过身，拾起一张卡片
And it said Valentine
上面写着 'Valentine'