i spend my hours doing alchemy
我把时间都用来进行炼金术
i mix my yellows and my blues to make a shade of green
我混合黄色与蓝色,创造出绿色的阴影
prosaic practice of depravity
枯燥乏味的堕落实验
suspending innocents above their disbelief
让无辜的人们悬在他们的不信之上
i wish that i could paint a pretty picture onto everything
我希望能为一切都画出一幅美丽的画
and leave a mark upon the world that felt like anything
在这世界上留下那任何一点痕迹都好
but maybe that's the essence of an artist and their legacy
但或许这是艺术家和他们遗产的本质
just chasing down a sense of infamy
只是在追逐一种恶名远播
put brush to canvas with a pirouette
像跳芭蕾般在画布上挥毫画笔
a simple motion makes the consequence intricate
一个简单的动作就让结果变得交错综合
all the little nothings and my parapet
所有毛皮小事与我筑起的高牆
i hope it's something that you don't forget
我希望这是你不会忘怀的东西
cadmium red is the ground beneath
镉红是脚下的地面
cadmium orange, everything i see
镉橙,我眼中所见的一切
cadmium yellow is the air i breathe
镉黄是我呼吸的空气
cadmium colors painted inside me
镉色渲染着我的内在
i can make autumn from a single leaf
我可以用一片叶子创造出整个秋天
steal a fine picture like a first class thief
像顶尖窃贼般偷走一幅精美的画作
make the water work like you won't believe
让水发挥得令你不可置信
find a new world that can set you free
找到一个能让你自由的新世界
how could anybody ever live like me?
到底有谁会像我一样生活
i spend my hours doing alchemy
我把时间都用来进行炼金术
i make a life refining zinc inside the smeltery
我在熔炼厂提炼锌度日维生
it's not exactly where i want to be
这并不是我想待的地方
but wanting doesn't matter when there's mouths to feed
但为了嗷嗷待哺的人,想要什么并不重要
i wish that i could paint a pretty picture of a fantasy
我希望我能画出一张充满幻想的画作
and turn a feeling to a living for my family
并且把那份感受转为家庭的生计
instead i make the metals in the pigments in my reverie
而我只能在白日梦中製作染料的金属
and maybe that can be enough for me
或许这就已经足够了
oh, isn't it funny facing destiny?
噢,面对命运难道不是很可笑吗
it's like a knife inside twisting my arteries
就像是一把刀在我动脉里扭动
god, i want for nothing but identity
天啊,我要的不多只要个身分
i think that something might be wrong with me
我想我可能有些问题
cadmium red is the ground beneath
镉红是脚下的地面
cadmium orange, everything i see
镉橙,我眼中所见的一切
cadmium yellow is the air i breathe
镉黄是我呼吸的空气
cadmium colors painted inside me
镉色渲染着我的内在
antegrade fever, 101 degrees
顺行性发烧,101度
shatter my body with a gentle breeze
一阵轻风就能粉碎我的身体
dammit, i am real and i have my dreams
真该死,我是真实存在的而且我有梦想
watch me burn brighter 'til i fail to breathe
看着我越焚烧越耀眼,直到我无法呼吸
how could anybody ever live like me?
到底有谁会像我一样生活
(baby, do you know what it's like to die?)
(宝贝,你知道死亡是什么感觉吗?)
(to see the sparkle fade from inside your eye?)
(看着你眼中的光芒消失?)
i can't remember what it's like to feel autonomy
我已经记不得自主是什么感觉
can't even feel it in the moments that you left to me
甚至在你残留给我的时间里也感受不到
(i don't wanna leave with a work undone)
(我不想留下未完成的作品就先离开)
(the paint can barely dry 'fore it fills my lungs)
(颜料还没乾就已充斥着我的肺)
i keep a bullet in the chamber, mocking me
我在枪膛里留着一颗子弹,嘲笑着我
but i don't wanna feel it coming out of me
但我不想感受到它从我体内穿出
i don't want-
我不想——
i spend my hours doing alchemy
我把时间都用来进行炼金术
i mix my yellows and my blues to make a shade of green
我混合黄色与蓝色,创造出绿色的阴影
chasing impossible philosophy
穷追不捨那不可能的哲学
and hoping that this poison ain't the death of me
并且祈祷这毒药不会成为我的终点
cadmium red is the ground beneath
镉红是脚下的地面
cadmium orange, everything i see
镉橙,我眼中所见的一切
cadmium yellow is the air i breathe
镉黄是我呼吸的空气
cadmium colors painted inside me
镉色渲染着我的内在
i can make autumn from a single leaf
我可以用一片叶子创造出整个秋天
steal a fine picture like a first class thief
像顶尖窃贼般偷走一幅精美的画作
make the water work like you won't believe
让水发挥得令你不可置信
find a new world that can set you free
找到一个能让你自由的新世界
how could anybody ever live like-
到底有谁会像我一样生huó——
(baby, do you know what you wanna hear?)
(宝贝,你知道你想听什么吗?)
('cause you can say the word, make it oh so clear)
(因为你可以说出那个词,让一切变得是如此明白)
we're all just searching for a sense of solidarity
我们都只是在寻找一种团结感
to hold each other close and confiscate our destiny
彼此紧抱着并夺回我们的命运
(no one wants to leave with a work undone)
(没有人想留下未完成的作品离开)
(we only need a brush we can pass along)
(我们只需要一支可以传承的画笔)
i kept a bullet in the chamber for a rainy day
我在枪膛里留了一颗子弹,未雨绸缪
but what's the point in planning for it anyway?
但计画这还有什么意义?
i've got too many colors for a shade of grey
我已经拥有太多的颜色,无法容下灰色的阴影
and i can make it autumn every single day!
我可以让每天都变成秋天!
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