Long Lost Penpal
Hello
你好吗
Do you remember me
你还记得我么
I am your long lost penpal
我是你多年没有联系的笔友
It must have been ten years ago we last wrote
最后一次给你写信是十年前的事了吧
I don't really know what happened
我不太清楚这中间发生了什么
I guess life came in the way
我想这大概就是人生吧
Let me know if you're still alive
告诉我如果你还活着
Let me know if you ever used that knife or not
告诉我那把小刀是否用上
Hello
你好吗
Yes I remember you
是的 我想起你了
I've got a husband and two children now
我现在已经有了丈夫和两个孩子了
I work as an accountant and make fairly good money
成了一名会计师 收入也不错
I still have your letters you used a pink pen to write them
但我仍然留着你的那些信 伴着你粉红色的字迹
And you would comfort me
你安慰我
when my tears would stain the ink
当我的眼泪化开墨迹的时候
And I would send you mix tapes with Kate Bush on
而我会寄给你凯特布什的卡带
I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters
不得不承认有时候我在信中说了谎
Tried to make life better than it was
试着把我的生活描述得更加美好
I still wasn't kissed at sixteen
直到16岁我才有了初吻
And I still need a friend
我仍然需要一个朋友
There was this letter
就是这封信
I never told you this back then
我再也没有回给你
But it would be fair to say it saved my life
但坦诚的说 就是这封信挽救了我的生活
I sat in the window
我坐在窗边
The only one left out from a party again
又成了派对上唯一被忽视的人
Pretty sure I didn't have a single friend
很显然我依旧没有一个朋友
Then I checked the mailbox
接着我就看到了邮箱里的这封信
Dear long lost penpal
亲爱的失散已久的笔友
I was lying the whole time
我至始至终都在说谎
I'm really a 46 years old man named Luke
我其实是一个叫做鲁克的46岁老男人
I have three children
我有三个孩子
and a wife she doesn't care
和一个不在乎我的妻子
And I hope you don't resent me
我希望你不要怨恨我
And I hope you do not hate me
我希望你不要讨厌我
For trying to find my way back to what it's like to be young
试着寻找重回青春的路
I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters
我不得不承认有时候我在信中说了谎
Tried to make life better than it was
试着把我的生活描述得更加美好
I still wasn't kissed at sixteen
直到16岁我才有了初吻
And I still need a friend
我还是需要一个朋友