Ain't No Reason 毫无道理

Brett Dennen

 

There ain't no reason things are this way    

事情变得这个样子毫无道理

It's how they've always been and they intend to stay    

事情总是这样发展保持这样的状态

I can't explain why we live this way                

我无法解释为什么我们这么活着

We do it everyday      

我们每天都这么做

Preachers on the podium speaking the saints  

牧师在讲台上宣讲圣言

Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change  

先知在人行道乞求变化

Old ladies laugh from the fire escape  

老妇在火灾逃生口笑着

Cursing my name     

咒骂我的名字

 

 

I got a basket full of lemons and they always taste the same

我有一篮柠檬，它们味道总是不变

I wonder if the pigeon with the broken wing  

我在想断翼的鸽子

You could spend you whole life working for something 

你可以花一生为什么而工作

Just to have it taken away    

最终努力却付诸东流

 

 

People walk around pushing back their desks  

人们走来走去推他们的桌子

Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets 

拿着支票像穿戴项链手镯

Talking about nothing, not thinking about death 

空话连篇，从没想过死亡

Every little heartbeat every little breath  

每一次微弱的心跳，每一次微弱的呼吸

 

 

People walk a tight rope on a razor's edge  

人们在危险旁边打赌

Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons  

带着他们的伤痛仇恨和武器

It could be a bomb, or a bullet or a pin  

也许是炸弹，或者子弹，或者别针

Or a thought, or a word, or a sentence  

或者一个想法，一个词，一句话

There ain't no reason things are this way  

事情变得这个样子毫无道理

It's how they've always been and they intend to stay

事情总是这样发展保持这样的状态

I dont't know why i say the things i say  

我不知道我为什么这么说

But i say them anyway    

但我毕竟这么说了

But love will come set me free   

但爱会让我自由

Love will come set me free, I do believe    

爱会让我自由，我相信

Love will come set me free, I know it will  

爱会让我自由，我知道它会

Love will come set me free    

爱会让我自由

Prison walls still standing tall   

监狱高墙耸立

Some things never change at all   

有些事永远不变

Keep on building prisons gonna fill them all  

继续建造监狱只会有更多犯罪

Keep on building bombs gonna drop them all  

制造炸弹则会销毁一切

Working your fingers bare to the bone  

你的手指亲抚白骨

Breaking your back to make yourself useful  

折断你的背只为利用你

Laugh along, it's filled with cold   

继续微笑，一切依然冰凉

Suffocating slow     

慢慢窒息

 

 

The wind blows wild and i may move   

狂风大作，也许我会走

But politicians lie and i am not fooled  

政客撒谎，我不会上当

You don't need no reason nor a three-piece suit

你不需要理由或者三件外套

To argue the truth     

去和真理争辩

The air on my skin,and the world under my toes 

微风吹拂我的皮肤，世界在我脚下

Slavery stitched in to the fabric of my clothes 

奴隶的苦力织进了我的衣服

Chaos and commotion wherever i go   

混乱和暴动永远存在，不管我走向何方

Love i try to follow     

我试着追随爱

Love will come set me free    

爱会让我自由

Love will come set me free, I do believe  

爱会让我自由，我相信

Love will come set me free, I know it will  

爱会让我自由，我知道它会

Love will come set me free    

爱会让我自由

There ain't no reason things are this way  

事情变得这个样子毫无道理

It's how they've always been and they intend to stay

事情总是这样发展保持这样的状态

I can't explain why we live this way  

我无法解释我们为什么这么活

We do it everyday    

我们每天这么做