Book of Saturday
If i only could deceive you
也许我只能通过欺骗
Forgetting the game
来忘记这场游戏的存在
Every time i try to leave you
无数次想与你们告别
You laugh just the same
你们总是一笑而过
'Cause my wheels never touch the road
说我自恃清高不切实际
And the jumble of lies we told
说这些我们创作出混乱的谎言
Just returns to my back to weigh me down
到头来只会把握自己压垮
We lay cards upon a table
我们把牌俯盖在桌上
The backs of our hands
可背地里仍在出千
“And i swear i like your people”
我发誓我真心喜欢你”
The boys in the band
一个乐队里的男孩说道
Reminiscences gone astray
记忆不再是最初的模样
Coming back to enjoy the fray
只能回到现实习惯这模糊不清的假象
In a tangle of night and daylight sounds
沉浸在夜晚的浑噩和白昼的喧嚣中
All completeness in the morning
每个清晨,所有你辛苦维持的“完整性”
Asleep on your side
就躺在你的身旁
I'll be waking up the crewmen
我作为水手醒来
Banana-boat ride
让我的香蕉船开动起来
She responds like a limousine
她发动起来就像一辆轿车
Brought alive on the silent screen
带给这死寂的屏幕一些生气
To the shuddering breath of yesterday
延续昨日那颤抖的喘息
There's the succour of the needy
得到了穷人的救济
Incredible scenes
真是不可思议
“I'll believe you in the future”
他说:“也许将来我会相信你”
“Your life and death dreams ”
相信你关于生命与死亡的理想”
As the cavalry of despair
在大家看来我好似一位绝望的骑士
Takes a stand in the lady's hair
在女士的发丝上摇摇欲坠
For the favour of making sweet sixteen
不过为了延续那美好的六十年代而已
You make my life and times
你们把我的生活和时代
A book of bluesy saturdays
记在了每周六的账簿上
And i have to choose
而我却没有选择的余地
(建议联系本乐队专辑Island的制作背景了解话语中的含义)