tape deck

From my tape deck there's a recklessness
我的收音機播放著
Inflections of the world we want
我們對理想世界不顧一切的追求
All my friends, my rusty truck
我的所有朋友我生鏽的卡車
We're just specks of love, directionless
我們只是愛情的塵埃沒有方向
Call this band just what we want
隨心所欲地命名這個樂隊
We can change the name from month to month
一個月就換一次名字
Four guitars and zero drums
四把吉他沒有手鼓
We sounded folk but we wanted to be punk
我們聽似民謠卻想成為朋克
In a world post punk
在一個後朋克世界
My friend had an old guitar
我的朋友有一把舊吉他
He took some lessons didn 't get very far
他上過幾節吉他課但沒能堅持多久
An Ibanez with one knob stuck
一個旋鈕卡住的電吉他
Said, 'You can have that thing for fifty bucks'
他說那東西竟要50美元
Laura got a bass but it got no amp
Laura有一把貝斯但沒有擴音器
Borrowed skills but never gave it back
她向別人借了就再也沒還
Luke is just learning how to strum
Luke在學如何彈吉他
But since he was the worst
但他彈得最爛
We made him play the drums
所以我們讓他去敲鼓
Play the drums
敲鼓時
You may find
你也許會發現
In the palm
在你的
Of your hand
手掌心
There's a flame
有一束火苗
As it burns
它燃燒著
As it climes
升溫著
As it turns
然後變成
To a blaze
一團火焰
Well this flame
這束火苗
It won't last
不會一直燃燒
Here it comes
它來了
Hold it close
就要握緊
Cause this blaze
因為這團火焰
Can be fast
轉瞬即逝
Set it free now there it goes
現在讓它自由它走了
Luke's mom said that after school
Luke的媽媽說放學後
We could rehearse in the living room
我們可以在客廳裡排練
But that sure didn't last too long
但她不久後肯定要後悔
Guess she didn't know we'd play Fugazi songs
我猜她不知道我們要排練Fugazi的歌
We played these songs in the talent show
我們在一場選秀裡表演過這些歌
And all of the girls would be in the front row
所有的女孩都在前排
But in the end we just chickened out
但最後我們卻被噓下了台
Because we can't sing
因為我們唱不好
We can only shout
我們只會嚷嚷
Only shhh
只有噓聲
You may find
你也許會發現
In the palm
在你的
Of your hand
手掌心
There's a flame
有一束火苗
As it burns
它燃燒著
As it climes
升溫著
As it turns
然後變成
To a blaze
一團火焰
Well this flame
這束火苗
It won't last
不會一直燃燒
Here it comes
它來了
Hold it close
就要握緊
Well this blaze
這團火焰
Will be fast
轉瞬即逝
Set it free now there it goes
現在讓它自由它走了