How can one become so bounded by choices that somebody else makes?

一个人怎会被他人的抉择所束缚

How come we both become a version of a person we don’t even like?

我们怎么都变成了自己不喜欢的模样

We’re in love with the world but the world just wants to bring us down

我们热爱这个世界，这个世界却热衷于将我们击垮

By puttin’ ideals in our heads that corrupt our hearts somehow

把理想灌输到我们的脑中，就这样腐蚀我们的心灵

When I was a child every single thing could blow my mind

当我还是个孩子的时候，世间新鲜的一切都每每让我惊奇

Soaking it all up for fun but now I only soak up wine

曾经在乐趣中享受一切，但现在我只想沉浸在葡萄美酒里

They say to play hard, you work hard, find balance in the sacrifice

他们说要尽情去玩，卖力工作，在自我牺牲中寻求微妙平衡

Yet I don’t know anybody who’s truly satisfied

我至今未遇到过谁对生活百分百满意

You better believe I’m trying (Trying, trying)

你最好相信我在尝试

To keep climbing (Climbing, climbing)

继续攀登

But the higher we climb feels like we’re both none the wiser (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

但是我们越到高处，越发感觉我们都并非智者

So I hope I learn to get over myself

所以我只希望我能学会克服自己

Stop trying to be somebody else

不要再努力着成为别人

So we can love each other for free

那样我们就能随心所欲去爱着对方

Everybody wants something, you just want me

每个人都渴求不满，而你只想要我

Why am I obsessing about the things I can’t control?

而为何我对那些我无法控制的东西如此着迷

Why am I seeking approval from people I don’t even know?

为何我要去寻求陌生人的认可

In these crazy times I hope to find something I can cling onto

在疯狂岁月，我希望找到我能紧握的依靠

‘Cause I need some substance in my life, something real, something that feels true

因为我的生活需要一些真实的东西，一些真实存在的东西，至少让我感觉很真实的东西

You better believe for you I’ve cried (I’ve cried, I’ve cried)

你最好相信我曾为你哭泣

High tides (High tides, high tides)

如同高涨的潮浪

‘Cause I want you so bad, but you can’t fight fire with fire (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

因为我太渴望你，你却难解我思念之苦

Oh-oh, oh-oh

I hope I learn to get over myself

我只希望我能学会克服自己

Stop trying to be somebody else

不要再努力着成为别人

Oh, I just want to love you, love you for free

我只想爱你，随心所欲去爱你

‘Cause everybody wants something from me, you just want me

因为每个人都想从我这里得到什么，而你想要只是我

Listen, I know how low I can go, I give as good as I get

我知道我能够有多么卑微，我会尽我所能为你付出

You get the brunt of it all ‘cause you’re all I’ve got left

你首先拥有我的一切，因为我剩下的只有你

I hope in time (Hope in time) we both will find (We’ll both find) peace of mind

我希望届时我们都能找到心灵的平静

Sometimes the road less traveled is the road best left behind (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

有时候，人迹罕至的道路才是最好的那一条道路

Well, so I hope I learn to get over myself

所以我只希望我能学会克服自己

Stop trying to be somebody else

不要再努力着成为别人

Oh, I just want to love you, love you for free, yeah

我只想爱你，随心所欲去爱你

‘Cause everybody wants something from me, you just want me

因为每个人都想从我这里得到什么，而你想要只是我

You better believe I’m trying (Trying, trying)

但你最好相信我在尝试

To keep climbing (Climbing, climbing)

继续攀登

But the higher we climb feels like we’re both none the wiser

但是我们越到高处，越发感觉我们都并非智者

The only regret I have

我唯一的遗憾

I wish that it was just a different time

是我希望能够相遇在不同的时刻

A most turbulent period of my life

我一生中最动荡的时期

I won’t have without you

没有你我无法拥有

Like it’s just like a very heavy thing to talk about

讨论起它就像提起一件沉重往事

But because of that period of time

但正好是因为那段时间

Even though it was so much fun

尽管它乐趣万般

I didn’t get to go and to make new memories with him

我还未能够和他一起创造新的回忆

There was just memories in the big storm

只有回忆关于那场逝去的风暴