I was gonna spell it out 我会拼出来

In detail but 在细节，但

I dropped the call 我放弃了呼叫

Before I spilled my guts 在我泼我的胆量

The floor stayed clean 地上留下干净

Like my conscience would be 像我的良心会

'Cause if you heard anything 如果你听说过原因

You didn't hear it from me 你没有从我这里听到它

   

I'm sweeping up the seconds 我扫了秒

That tick off the clock 这勾时钟

Save them all for later 除这些都为以后

When I'm too ticked to talk 当我太打勾谈

And I need some time 我需要一些时间

To search my mind 要搜索我的心

To locate the words 要查找单词

That seem so hard to find 这似乎很难找到

   

And sometimes I say things that 有时候我说的事情，

I wish that I could take back 我希望我能收回

The most crucial thing I lack is the thing called "tact" 我缺少最关键的是所谓的“机智”的东西

And if you're always so intently listening 如果你总是那么专注地听

Then the smartest thing to say 然后，最聪明的事说

Is to tell myself not to say a thing 是告诉自己不要说的事

   

Yeah I gotta keep quiet quiet 是的，我得保持安静安静

Don't let it all come undone 不要让这一切都百废待兴

'Cause if I dare open my mouth 因为如果我就敢开我的嘴

It'll just be to bite my tongue 这将只是咬我的舌头

To bit my tongue 要咬我的舌头

   

I said I'm always close-minded 我说我一直密切头脑

With an open mouth 张开嘴

And the worst of me 而最糟糕的我

Seems to come right out 似乎来的权利，

But I've never broken bones 但我从来没有断骨

With a stone or a stick 用石头或棍子

But I've conjured up a phrase 但我编造了一个短语

That can cut to the quick 可以切到快速

   

And sometimes I say things that 有时候我说的事情，

I wish that I could take back 我希望我能收回

And the smartest thing to say 和最聪明的说法

Is to tell myself to keep 就是告诉自己要保持

   

Quiet quiet 静静的

Don't let it all come undone 不要让这一切都百废待兴

'Cause if I dare open my mouth 因为如果我就敢开我的嘴

It'll just be to bite my tongue 这将只是咬我的舌头

Yeah I gotta keep quiet quiet 是的，我得保持安静安静

Listen to your voice 倾听你的声音

Because the power of your words 因为你的话的力量

Can repair all that I destroyed 能修复一切，我毁

   

And when I finally do 而当我终于做

Let it come from you 让它来向你

The peace of understanding grips my soul 理解和平夹住了我的灵魂

You're the reason I 你的原因，我

Have meaning in this life 才有意义，这样的生活

Is so I swallow all my pride 是让我吞下我所有的骄傲

And give you control 给你控制

I give it all to you 我给你这一切

   

And I gotta keep quiet quiet 我得保持安静安静

Don't let it all come undone 不要让这一切都百废待兴

'Cause if I dare open my mouth 因为如果我就敢开我的嘴

It'll just be to bite my tongue 这将只是咬我的舌头

I gotta keep quiet quiet 我得保持安静安静

Listen to your voice 倾听你的声音

Because the power of your words 因为你的话的力量

Can repair all that I destroyed 能修复一切，我毁

And I gotta keep quiet quiet 我得保持安静安静

Don't let it all come undone 不要让这一切都百废待兴

'Cause if I dare open my mouth 因为如果我就敢开我的嘴

It'll just be to bite my tongue 这将只是咬我的舌头

Bite my tongue 咬我的舌头