So slowly I'm losing 所以慢慢的我失去

who I've sworn to be. 谁，我发誓要。

a promise in pencil 铅笔的承诺

that years have made so hard to read. 那年做了这么难读。

I've spent my life building walls 我已经花了我的生活建筑幕墙

brick by brick and bruise by bruise... 一砖一瓦，并挫伤了瘀伤...

a birdcage religion that whispered me to sleep. 鸟笼宗教低声说我睡觉。

   

but time is spinning silk 但时间丝织

that coils ruthlessly; 该线圈的无情;

with the devil's patience, 与魔鬼的耐心，

it binds my hands so quietly 它结合我的手就这样静静的

that soon it becomes a part of me. 很快就变成了我的一部分。

   

so soften these edges and straighten out my tie. 所以这些柔化边缘和理顺我的领带。

and help me remember 帮我记住

the hope that I have compromised. 我已经妥协了希望。

   

please be a broken record for me. 请破纪录对我来说。