Never Know - Jack Johnson
I hear this old story before
我听过这个老故事
If people keep appealing for the metaphors
将人们因为暗喻而残杀
Don't leave much up to the imagination
不要让想像决定太多
So I wanna give this imagery back
所以，我要把这比喻还回去
No it just aint so easy like that
但是我知道这并不是那么简单
so I turn the page and read the story again
所以，我翻页又把这故事读了一遍
and again and again
然后又再一次，又一次
It just seems the same
它看起来都是一样的，
with a different name
只是名字不同罢了
We're breaking every building
我们不停地在破坏和重建
and we're growing
而我们在成长
always guessing
总是猜测
Never knowing
从来不知道
Shocking but we're nothing
另人惊讶但是我们什么都不是
we're just moments
我们只是瞬间
We're Clever but we're clueless
我们聪明却什么也不知道
We're just human
我们只是人类
Amusing but confusing
幽默却又迷茫
Were trying
我们努力尝试
but where is this all leading
却不知道这的去向
Never Know
永远不知道
It all happened so much faster
它发生地快多了
than you could say disaster
比你能说出“灾难”还快
Wanna take a time lapse
想要捧着流逝的时间
and look at it backwards
然后反着看它
From the last one
从最后一个开始
and maybe thats just the answer
然而那可能正是答案
that we're after
我们苦苦寻找的
but after all
但毕竟
we're just a bubble in a boiling pot
我们只是滚烫的锅的气泡
just one breath in a chain of thought
只是一口气和一串思想
the moments just combusting
那瞬间只是燃烧
feel certain but we'll never never know
感到确定却永远不会知道
just seems the same
看起来都是一样的
give it a different name
给它一个不同的名字
We're beggin and we're needing
我们在求饶，我们在需要
and we're trying and we're breathing
而我们也在尝试，也在呼吸
Never knowing
从来不知道
Shocking but we're nothing
另人惊讶但是我们什么都不是
we're just moments
我们只是瞬间
We're Clever but we're clueless
我们聪明却什么也不知道
We're just human
我们只是人类
Amusing but confusing
幽默却又迷茫
Helping we're builing
我们努力尝试
and we're growing
却不知道这的去向
Never Know
永远不知道
Never Know
永远不知道
Knock knock on the door to door
敲啊敲啊敲一扇又一扇门
tell you that the metaphor is better than yours
我告诉你这个应该是比你的更好的比喻
and you can either sink or swim
而且你可以要么下沉要么游泳
things are looking pretty grim
事情看起来相当严峻
If you dont believe in what this one feeding
如果你不相信
Its got no feeling
那就没有任何感觉
So I read it again
所以我又读了一遍
and again and again
一遍又一遍
Just seems the same
仅仅看上去一样
too many different names
太多不一样的名字
our hearts are strong our hands are weak
我们的心灵很强大，我们的力量很弱小
We'll always be competing never knowing
我们一直在竞争
Never knowing
从来不知道
Shocking but we're nothing
令人震惊，但是我们什么都不是
we're just moments
我们只是恰好在这个时点上
We're Clever
我们聪明
but we're clueless
但我们无能
We're just human
我们只是人
Amusing but confusing
有趣但充满困惑
But the truth is
但是事实是
all we got is questions
我们所得到的就是问题
We'll Never Know
我们从来不知道
Never Know
从来不知道
Never Know
从来不知道