In Another Life

Biggest thing I knew about drugs in high school was, uh
高中时我对化学上瘾了解最多
Going out and drinking a beer
常常出去喝啤酒
But, uh
但是，呃
lt's all here now, uh and it don't care who it hits
现在都在这里了，不管撞到谁
There's a lot of opioids going around
到处都是危险的药物
lt makes you feel pretty damn good
这让你感觉非常好
After a few hours, you gotta take more
几个小时后，你得多吃点
And then after a while you're taking a ton and you don't feel great
过了一会儿，感觉不太好
Everyone' s just trying to escape something
每个人都在试图逃避一些事情
You know, that's it on that
你知道，就是这样

Is this the life you chose yourself
这就是你自己选择的生活吗
Or just how it ended up?
或者它是如何结束的？
Is that the yard you pictured when
这就是你儿时绘画时所描绘的院子吗
You closed your eyes and dreamed
你闭上眼睛做一会儿梦
Of children in the grass running through the sprinklers?
有多少孩子在草地上穿过洒水车喷洒出来的清凉？
Being somebody's wife?
有多少孩子成为某人的妻子？
Or were you living in another life?
还是你过着另一种生活？

When will I make it home?
我问自己什么时候回家？
When I damn well feel like driving
当我想开车的时候
Down these empty streets
沿着这些冷清如扫荡后一般的街道
That burn though our birthright
我们与生俱来的权利都被烧死了

I passed a couple of kids holding hands in the street tonight
今晚我在街上遇到了几个手牵着手的孩子
They reminded me of us in another life
他们让我想起了我们在另一个世界的生活
Am I the man of your desire?
我就是你想要的人吗？
Or just a guy from your hometown?
还是一个同乡的陌生人
Are these the arms that you saw when you
这些是你出生时看到的手臂吗
Pictured yourself wrapped around?
想象自己被包围的样子
Baby, I can vouch for the hopeless dreamer
宝贝，我可以为这个绝望的梦想家担保
When you look at me, am I the man you hoped I'd be?
当你看着我的时候，我就是你希望的那个人吗？

When will I make it home?
我什么时候才能回家
When that jukebox in the corner
当角落里的自动存储塔
Stops playing country songs of stories that sound like mine
不再播放讲述我类似经历的乡村歌曲

I spent my best years laying rubber on a factory line
我在一条工厂生产线上铺设橡胶，度过了我最好的几年
I wonder what I would've been in another life
我想知道我在另一种生活中会是什么样子
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另一种生活