Can’t the future just wait?
未来能等一下下吗?
Can’t the deadlines come fashionably late?
最后期限能慢慢来吗?
I could push every goal back
这样我就可以推迟每个目标
Take control back
拿回我的主动权
If they’d roll back the rate
如果时间能减缓速度
At which time starts to fly
延迟起飞的时间
Never landing or standing by
从不降落或停留
Never taking a break
从不休息
Ever making me retry
从不让我重新尝试
We “nickel-and-dime” every “quarter to two”
我们总是吝啬的对待每分每秒
But maybe it’s time to let time pass through
但也许是时候让时间尽情流逝了
If the future is bright
假设未来是光明的
It doesn’t shine with that “end of the tunnel” light
但它没给我一线曙光
More like a deer in the hеadlights
更像不知所措地
Sudden red lights
闯过红灯
Or “you’re dеad” lights as the angler fish bite
或者是琵琶鱼咬人时的“您已阵亡”灯
It’s not fair
这不公平
The past is clear, but it’s clear back there
过去很清晰,这很明显
What’s ahead, no one knows
前方是什么,没人知道
But it’s closing in, we swear
但它快来了,我发誓
Still not in my prime, I have so much to do
还没到时候,我还有很多事要做
But maybe it’s time to let time pass through
但也许是时候让时间尽情流逝了
I can’t just rewrite decisions when life gets strange
当生活变得陌生时,我不能总是更改决定
Should I go with my gut
我应该跟着直觉走
On which door
打开哪一扇门
I should shut?
我应该关上吗?
I’m unsure;
我不确定
I’d keep exploring this rut
我会继续探索这条路
But what good is time without change?
但是毫无变化的时间又有什么用呢?
(Instrumental)
(乐声)
Move on
继续往前走吧
‘Cause things never last
过去的悲伤不会持续很久
Just move on
继续往前走吧
‘Cause it goes too fast, and the past has passed
岁月如梭,过去的终将过去
So move on
继续往前走吧
No one likes an ending
没人会因此结束
So what’s with the attention we keep on giving them?
那么我们一直给予他们的关注是什么?
Why are we still spending so much time dreading our lives, instead of living them?
为什么我们仍然花这么多时间来害怕生活,而不是去生活
Why do we try to divert the river
为什么我们要让河流改道
When the water is what will deliver us
将水带到
Where we need to go
需要去的地方
We may never know why
我们可能永远不知道为什么
Time is always in limited supply
时间总是有限的
But we’ll live to regret it
但我们会后悔
If we get it
如果我们得到它
And then let it slip by
然后让它溜走
It can never rewind
它就永远无法倒带
Once you’ve lost it, it’s hard to find;
一旦丢失,很难寻回
Take the journey in stride
踏上旅途吧
When your plans have been sidelined
当你的计划被搁置时
Every hourly chime could begin something new
每一小时的钟声都是新的开始
So maybe it’s time to let time pass through
但也许是时候让时间尽情流逝了
Not passing by
别擦肩而过
But passing through
而是经过
Till the well runs dry
直到井水干涸
Just passing through
只是经过