The Oak Tree
Kicking dust up, I'm wearing out my shoes
拂去了灰尘，穿破了鞋子
I can't make my mind up
我无法作出决定
I've got too much to lose
我有太多东西害怕失去
I'm old enough to leave home
我已经长大，可以离家
But way too young to know what I should do
但对于该做的事，年轻的我仍然迷茫
I'm treading water
我停滞不前
I'm trying to keep my head above the ground
我努力让自己勇敢面对
So would you come with me up to the oak tree?
所以你愿意与我携手来到橡树下吗？
Time will stop for us again
时间会为我们停滞
Look back, remember when
回顾往昔
Yeah, we were just eighteen, under the oak tree
那年我们正值十八，在那棵橡树下
Safer than we'd ever been
感到从未有过的安全
Hold on to innocence
别让天真逝去
Where has the time gone? I'm feeling old and gray
时间都去哪了？如今我感到苍老无力
Trying to breathe revival into my broken ways
努力想要为那破碎的生活注入生命的气息
I'm old enough to leave home
我已经长大，可以离家
But way too young to carry all the blame
但我仍然太年轻，无法承受所有的责备
I'm treading water
我停滞不前
I'm trying to keep my head above the ground
我努力让自己勇敢面对
So would you come with me up to the oak tree?
所以你愿意与我携手来到橡树下吗？
Time will stop for us again
时间会为我们停滞
Look back, remember when
回顾往昔
Yeah, we were just eighteen, under the oak tree
那年我们正值十八，在那棵橡树下
Safer than we'd ever been
感到从未有过的安全
Hold on to innocence
别让天真逝去
We were young, oh, we were young
我们曾经年轻 噢 我们曾经年轻
And we had time
我们曾经有大把的时间
How I hate the feeling that time
我是多么痛恨
It keeps slipping away
那种时间偷偷流逝的感觉
The child in me is kicking; don't let a moment pass
肚子里的孩子正踢着我 告诉我不能再轻易浪费一分一秒
'Cause I can't bear to witness my parents age so fast
因为他无法忍受看着他的父母如此快地老去
They're way too young to fly home
他们还太年轻，无法回到家乡
And I can't stand to watch the hourglass
也无法忍受看着沙漏静静流动
I'm treading water
我停滞不前
I'm trying to keep my head above the ground
我努力让自己勇敢面对
I'm treading water
我停滞不前
I'm trying to keep time from running out
我努力让时间慢些再慢些
So would you come with me up to the oak tree?
所以你愿意与我携手来到橡树下吗？
Time will stop for us again
时间会为我们停滞
Look back, remember when
回顾往昔
Yeah, we were just eighteen, under the oak tree
那年我们正值十八，在那棵橡树下
Safer than we'd ever been
感到从未有过的安全
Hold on to innocence
别让天真逝去
We were young, oh, we were young
我们曾经年轻 噢 我们曾经年轻
And we had time
我们曾经有大把的时间
Oh,to be young, oh, to be young
噢 我想要年轻 噢 我想要年轻
And to have time
我想要时间