Bare Bones

I remember what my daddy taught me
父親昔日的敦敦教誨猶在我的耳畔
Bout how one risky is in a cold ditch
他總說別去冒險，別跌入冰冷的泥潭
And one more thing about good and evil
他也曾經苦心教導，要我明辨是非黑白
You cant tell which is which
無奈世道險惡冗雜，真相總是難以言明
Well , if the rest is lost and history
好吧，其餘的囑託，也許也被丟失遺忘
Or maybe wasted on a fool like me
或因我天性愚鈍，參不透世態炎涼
And that these bare bones
但舊時父親所說的種種樸素真理
Would leave me something after all
終究會給我留下為人處世的智慧吧
Old Hamlets done now, dead and gone
哈姆雷特父親的亡魂，早已消逝遠去
And theres no ghost who walks
世上或許也不再有，行走於人間的幽靈
Poor tells you everything he knows
貧苦的人會告訴你他知悉的一切
With no tongue to talk
卻不訴諸言語，彷若無聲控訴
It seems the truth is hidden where the sun dont shine
真相似乎被掩埋在暗無天日的地方
And Im never certain if its theirs or mine
我說不清，也道不明這是他者的混沌，還是本我的秘辛
Its just the bare bones
畢竟這世上種種樸素的真理
They give you that much after all
只在冥冥之中指引著你前行

人們宣稱上帝的福音會降臨於世
They preached the gospel down in
人們宣稱真理必隱藏於教育之中
They preached it in school
但我永遠不會去想他們是否所言非虛
It never made much sense to me
因為人生本就神秘，深究並無意義
Wonder if it was supposed to
你儘管去看看百萬富翁們的康莊大道
You go on down a millionaires road
觀察一會兒，然後告訴我你看到了什麼
Watch a while, tell me what do you see
尋求真相的過程本身，只是一場豪賭
The truth itself, nothing but a gamble
它從未擔保，給追尋者以絕對的自由
It might or might not set you free
我想，我那可愛的老父親真的很難讀懂
I guess, my old man was hard to read
我也無法明確地告訴你
And I dont really know what
何為我所信仰的一切
I believed
但，這世間種種樸素的真理
But in these bare bones
終究是蘊含了一些可愛的奧義吧
Theres something lovely after all