I am not a crutch 我不是一个拐杖

Although my knees are rife with woodworm 虽然我的膝盖上充斥着很多蛀虫

And the mealworms I misheard for lunch 和黄粉虫í听错午餐

Are rotting in my guts 正在腐烂在我的胆量

With a childhood of fingernails 与童年指甲

That ripped my throat to shreds 这撕开我的喉咙撕成碎片

A walk that chimes like church bells 那风铃像教堂的钟声散步

From all these loose joints in my legs 从我的双腿这些接头松动

   

These three lions that were sitting on my chest 这三个狮子的人坐在我胸前

Are clawing hard into my skin 被抓硬塞进我的皮肤

As I am gasping for my breath 由于我气喘吁吁了我的呼吸

And as they each play noughts and crosses 当他们各自发挥来玩圈和十字架

On the scratches they have left 在划痕他们离开

I have to screw up both my eyes 我搞砸了我的两个眼睛

As it goes into sudden death. 因为它进入突然死亡。

They whisper 他们交头接耳

"Really all these noughts are circles holed, bereft “真的所有这些来玩圈都圈洞穿，被剥夺

And all these crosses crucifixes, 而所有这些十字架十字架，

Spreading guilt and sense of dread." 传播内疚和恐惧感。 “

And as we stumbled homeward up the hill 当我们回家的跌跌撞撞上山

To where you used to live 到了那里，你以前住

The cold makes ice upon our cheeks 在我们的脸颊寒冷使得冰

From all the tears that we have shed 从所有我们都流下了眼泪

   

These things rattle round my head 这些东西嘎嘎轮我的脑袋

If he hasn't blown the whistle 如果他没有吹鸡

Then it isn't quite the end. 那么它是不是很底。

   

Every defeat a divorce 每战胜离婚

Although I look surprised 虽然我一看吓一跳

It's par for the course I guess 这是意料之中的事我猜

Every defeat a divorce 每战胜离婚

Although I look surprised 虽然我一看吓一跳

It's par for the course I guess 这是意料之中的事我猜

   

And I don't really know now 我真的不知道现在

What I thought I knew then 我想我当时就知道

You can lead a horse to water 你可以把马带到水

But it won't drown itself 但它不会淹死自己

   

This one family photograph 这一家人的照片

Always floats to the top 总是浮到顶部

Like a beaming, bloated corpse 就像一个喜气洋洋的，臃肿的尸体

Though having been made up 虽然已经取得了

My memories are sepia 我的记忆是怀旧

But the photograph is not 但照片是不是

An historian is fucking with them 历史学家是他妈的与他们

As deadly as garrotte 由于致命的绞杀

   

Where they're standing in the kitchen 在那里他们站在厨房

With his arms around her waist 随着他搂着她的腰臂

With no idea of what's to come 随着不知道什么样的来

And a smile across your face 并在您的脸上露出了笑容

And all the fittings are the same 和所有的配件都是一样的

But every other thing has changed 但是，所有其他的事情发生了变化

Must forget everything you know 必须忘掉一切，你知道

As though your mouth and tongue estranged 就好像你的嘴和舌头疏远

Small comforts found in ABBA Gold 在利群黄金找到舒适的小

And electronic chess 电子棋牌

When West Clewes was my Waterloo 当西方Clewes是我的滑铁卢

My most dramatic test 我最戏剧性的测试

Now I've been walking down the shortcuts 现在，我已经走了捷径

And the alleys in the dark 在黑暗的小巷

Because I'm not scared of the shadows 因为我不害怕阴影

They're no blacker than my heart 他们不黑的比我的心脏

   

These things rattle round my head 这些东西嘎嘎轮我的脑袋

If he hasn't blown the whistle 如果他没有吹鸡

Then it isn't quite the end. 那么它是不是很底。

   

Every defeat a divorce 每战胜离婚

Although I look surprised 虽然我一看吓一跳

It's par for the course I guess 这是意料之中的事我猜

Every defeat a divorce 每战胜离婚

Although I look surprised 虽然我一看吓一跳

It's par for the course I guess 这是意料之中的事我猜

   

But how could I ever refuse 但是，我怎么能拒绝过

I feel like I lose when I lose 我觉得我失去的时候我输

   

And I don't really know now 我真的不知道现在

What I thought I knew then 我想我当时就知道

You can lead a horse to water 你可以把马带到水

But it won't drown itself 但它不会淹死自己