HOPE

Hope I'm on my way I'm coming
希望 我在找寻你的路上 我来了
Don't, don't lose faith in me
请不要对我失去信心
I know you've been waiting
我知道你一直在等
I know you've been praying for my soul
我知道你一直在为我的灵魂祈祷
Hope, hope
希望

30 years you've been draggin' your feet telling me I'm the reason we're stagnant
30年来 你一直在拖延时间 然后你告诉我 是我的自身原因让一切都停滞不前
30 years you've been claiming you're honest and promising progress, well where's it at?
30年来 你一直声称自己很诚实 能获得很大进步 现在你的现况又是如何呢？
I don't want you to feel like a failure
我不想让你觉得自己很失败
I know this hurts
我知道这会伤你的心
But I gave you your chance to deliver
但我曾给过你兑现诺言的机会
Now it's my turn
现在轮到我了

Don't get me wrong
不要误会我的意思
(Nate you've had a great run)
“Nate 你已经很成功了”
But it's time to
但现在是时候
(Give the people something different)
展现给人们一些不同的东西了
So without further ado I'd
废话不多说
Like to introduce my
我来介绍一下
My album, my album, my album, my album, my album, my album
我即将到来的新专辑
HOPE
“HOPE”

What's my definition of success?
我对成功的定义是什么？
Listening to what your heart says
倾听你心中所想
Standing up for what you know is
你坚持做着自己认为正确的事情
Right while everybody else is
当别人都在
Tucking their tail between their legs
夹着他们的尾巴的时候
(Okay)

What's my definition of success?
我对成功的定义是什么？
Creating something no one else can
是创造别人做不到的东西
Being brave enough to dream big
敢于去追求梦想
Grinding when you're told to just quit
当你被告知要放弃的时候 你会感到痛苦
Giving more when you got nothin' left
当你一无所有的时候 你会付出更多
It's a person that'll take a chance on
这是一个愿意冒险的人
Something they were told could never happen
他们将被告知 这奇迹永远不会发生
It's a person that can see the bright side
这是一个善于观察到某些事物光明面的人
Through the dark times when there ain't one
在没有人陪伴的至暗时期
It's when someone who ain't never had nothing
一个一无所有的人
Ain't afraid to walk away from
从不怕放弃更多的利润
More profit 'cause they'd rather do something that they really love and take the pay cut
因为他们宁愿做自己真正喜欢的事情 也愿意接受减薪

It's person that would never waver
这是一个永远不会动摇
Or change who
和改变自己立场的人
They are just to try and gain some
他们只是想要得到一些
Credibility so they can feel accepted by a stranger
信任 让他们感觉到能被陌生人接受
It's a person that can take the failures in their life and turn 'em into motivation
这是一个能把生活中的失败转化为前进动力的人
It's believing in yourself when no one else does it's amazing
在别人都不相信你的时候 你选择相信自己 这本就是很神奇的一件事情
What a little bit of faith can do
你会好奇 一点点信念能做什么
If you don't even believe in you
如果你连自己都不相信自己
Why would you think or expect anybody else that's around you to
你为什么会认为 或者期望你周围的人会相信你？
I done did things that I regret
我做过让我后悔的事
I done said things I can't take back
我说过无法收回的话
Was a lost soul at a crossroad who had no hope but I changed that
曾经成为了一个在人生的十字路口失去希望的灵魂 但我靠一己之力改变了这一切

I spent years of my life holding on to things
我花了好几年的时间去明白一些道理
I never should kept full of hatred
我永远不应该充满仇恨
Years of my life carrying a lot of baggage
多年来 我思想上一直背负着沉重的包袱
That I should've walked away from
我本应该一走了之的
Years of my life wishin' I was someone different
多年来我都希望 我是另一个不同的自己
Lookin' for some validation
想要得到世人的认可
Years of my life trying to fill a void pretending I was they get it
我花了这么多年来填补空虚 假装我自己是他们了解的人

Growing pain's a necessary evil
成长的痛苦是不可避免的邪恶
Difficult to go through yes but beneficial
经历的过程甚是艰难 但是会让你受益匪浅
Some would say having a mental breakdown is a
有人会说精神崩溃是
Negative thing which on one hand I agree but
个消极的事情 这我赞成 但是另一方面
On the other hand it was the push I needed
这恰恰是我进步所需要的推动力
To get help and start the healing process see
是我寻求帮助和开始愈合过程中所需要的
If l'da never hit rocket bottom would I be the person that I am today I don't believe
如果我之前从未跌落低谷 我绝对不会是今天的我
So I'm a prime example of happens when you
所以我自己就是一个典型的例子
Choose to not accept defeat and face your demons
选择不接受失败 选择不认命 直面内心的恶魔
Took me 30 years to realize that if you wanna get the opportunity
我花了整整30年才意识到 如果你想要得到机会
To be the greatest version of yourself sometimes
有时候要做最好的自己
You gotta be someone you're not to hear the voice of reason
你得变成别人才能听到理性的声音
Having kids will make you really take a step back and look in the mirror at least for me that's what it did
初为人父会让你真正后退一步 看看镜子 至少对我来说事情确实是这样

I wake up every day and pick my son up
我每天醒来都去接我儿子
Hold him in my arms and let him know he's loved (loved)
把他拥入怀中 让他知道父爱永远在他身边
Standing by the window questioning if dad is ever going to show up (up)
他站在窗边问爸爸是否会出现
Isn't something he's gon' have to worry bout
这不是他需要担心的事
Don't get it twisted that wasn't a shot
别误会 那不是狗仔队在拍摄
Mamma I forgive you I just don't want him to
妈妈我原谅你 我只是不想让他
Grow up thinking that he'll never be enough
长大后觉得自己永远都不满足

30 years of running
30年的奔走
30 years of searching
30年的寻找
30 years of hurting
30年的伤痛
30 years of pain
30年的痛苦
30 years of fearful
30年的恐惧
30 years of anger
30年的愤怒
30 years of empty
30年的空虚
30 years of shame
30年的羞耻
30 years of broken
30年的破碎
30 years of anguish
30年的痛苦
30 years of hopeless
30年的绝望
30 years of (hey)
30年的——
30 years of never
30年的不认命
30 years of maybe
30年的可能
30 years of later
30年后——
30 years of fake
30年的虚假
30 years of hollow
30年的空虚
30 years of sorrow
30年的悲伤
30 years of darkness
30年的黑暗
30 years of (Nate)
30年的
30 vears of baggage
30年的行李
30 years of sadness
30年的伤痛
30 years of stagnant
30年的停滞
30 years of chains
30年的枷锁
30 years of anxious
30年的焦虑
30 vears of suffering
30年的痛苦
30 years of torment
30年的折磨
30 years of (wait)
30年的等待
30 years of bitter
30年的苦海
30 years of lonely
30年的孤独
30 years of pushing everyone away
30年来 一直将所有人拒之于心门外

You'll never evolve
你永远不会进化
(I know I can change)
“我知道我可以改变”
We are not enough
我们还不够
(We are not the same)
“你我并不相同”
You don't have the heart
你不忍心
(You don't have the strength)
“你没有力量”
You don't have the will
“你没有意志”
You don't have the faith)
“你没有信仰”
You'll never be loved
你永远不会被爱
You'll never be safe
你永远不会安全
Might as well give up
不如放弃吧
(Not running away)
“没有在逃避”
You don't have the guts
你没这个胆量
(You're the one afraid)
“你才是那个胆小之辈”
I'm the one in charge
我就是新的掌权者
I'm taking the (NO)
我要继承——
I'm taking the reigns...
我要继承王位...