Polaroids

Please no more therapy
請停止治療吧
Mother take care of me
媽媽會照顧我的
Piece me together with a
一針一線
Needle and thread
使我完整
Wrap me in eiderdown
用鳧絨把我裹起來
Lace from your wedding gown
你婚紗上的蕾絲
Fold me and lay me down
擁抱我，放下我
On your bed
置於你的床上
Or liken me to a shoe
或者把我比作一隻鞋子
Blackened and spit shined through
被熏黑了，到處都是反光的唾液
Kicking back home to you
回到你身邊
Smiling back home
帶著微笑回家
Singing back home to you
回家唱給你聽
Laughing back home to you
回到家對你笑
Dragging back home to you
回到你身邊
I was so wary then
那時我很謹慎
The ugly American
ugly的美國
Thinner than oxygen
分量比氧氣更輕
Tough as a whore
卻像妓女一樣強悍
I said you can lie to me
我說你對我可以不坦白
I own whats inside of me
我擁有自己罷了
And nothing surprises me anymore
再也沒有什麼會令我驚喜不已的了
But forests in Germany
但，德國的森林
Kids in the Tuileries
杜伊勒里宮的孩子們
Broken down fortresses
廢墟里的堡壘
In old Italy
在過去的意大利
And claiming his victory
宣告著它勝利
Shrouded in mystery
籠罩在神秘之中
He went running away with me
他跟我一同奔跑
Back in our home New York
回到我們紐約的家
Walking these streets forlorn
孤獨地走穿梭在這些街道裡
We all in our uniforms
我們都穿著制服
Black and black
全黑的那種
Doing that slouch and jive
沒精打采地搖擺著
The artist must survive
藝術家必須生存
Weve got all we need we cried
我們得到了我們需要的一切，卻沒法停止哭泣
And we dont look back
我們不會回頭
Thinking we had it made
回想那些曾經
Poised for the hit parade
準備參加大遊行
Knee deep in accolades
深及膝蓋的讚美
The conceptual pair
概念上的一對
But ever the malcontent
但始終不滿
He left without incident
他平安無事地離開了
Vanished into thin air
消失在空氣裡
Now I am always amazed
現在我仍驚訝不已
Words can fill up a page
一張紙無法寫下我的話
Pages fill up the days
用這種方式填滿日子
Between him and me
我們之間
But the vows that we never keep
那些我們從未遵守的誓言
From bedrooms to business speak
從臥室到工作上的對話
Make me remember how cheap
讓我記得有多廉價
Words can be
還有那些說過的話
And the letters I wrote you of
還有我寫給你的信
Were those of the desperate stuff
那些是填滿絕望的東西嗎
Like begging for love in a suicide threat
就像以自殺來威脅乞求愛情
But I am too young to die
但我還年輕，人生不該就此止步
Too old for a lullaby
我還太成熟，夜晚耳邊不應響起搖籃曲
Too tired for life on the ledge
太累了，不適合膽戰心驚的生活
But I had a dream last night
但是我昨晚卻做了一個夢
Of lovers who walked the plank
走過跳板的戀人
Out on the edge of time
在時間懸崖的邊緣
Amidst ridicule
嘲笑著
They laughed as they rocked and reeled
搖晃著，笑著
Over the mining fields
在礦區上空
Coming to rest on this ship of fools
在這艘貨船上休息停留
But he just took polaroids
他只拍了張寶麗來照片
Of her smile in the light
她在陽光下發光的樣子
Of the dawn of the menacing sky
黎明破曉時的天空
And before they went overbaord
上岸前的美好一瞬
She turned and held up a card
她轉過身，拾起一張卡片
And it said Valentine
上面寫著Valentine