I was just a normal guy 我只是一个普通人

Life was just a nine to five 生命只是一个朝九晚五

With bills and pressure 随着票据和压力

Piled up to the sky 堆积起来的天空

She never asked 她从来不问

She knew I'd be 她知道我会

Hangin' with my wilder friends 犹豫不决，与我的朋友们狂野

Looking for some other way to fly 寻找飞其他方式

   

And three days straight was no big feat 三天连续无大壮举

Could get by with no food or sleep 能得到通过，没有食物或睡眠

And crazy was becoming my new norm 疯狂正在成为我的新规范

   

I'd pass out on the bedroom floor 我会昏倒在卧室地板上

And sleep right through the calm before the storm 和睡眠的权利，通过暴风雨前的宁静

   

My life was just an old routine 我的生活只是一个老套路

Every day the same damn thing 每天都一样该死的东西

I couldn't even tell I was alive 我什至不能告诉我还活着

   

I tell you 我告诉你

The high cost of livin' 活着的高成本“

Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high 是不是没有像活着的“高性价比

   

That southern Baptist parking lot 那美南浸信会的停车场

Is where I'd go to smoke my pot 在这里我会去抽烟我煲

Sit there in my pickup truck and pray 在我的皮卡车坐在那里祈祷

Staring at that giant cross 盯着那巨大的十字架

Just reminded me that I was lost 只是提醒我，我迷路了

And it just never seemed to point the way 它只是似乎从来没有指明道路

   

As soon as Jesus turned his back 当耶稣转身

I find my way across the track 我发现我的方式划过的轨迹

Lookin' just to score . . . another deal 看着的只是得分。 。 。另一笔交易

With my back against that damn eight ball 与我对那个该死的八球回

I didn't have to think or talk . . . or feel 我没有去思考或谈话。 。 。还是觉得

   

My life was just an old routine 我的生活只是一个老套路

Every day the same damn thing 每天都一样该死的东西

I couldn't even tell I was alive 我什至不能告诉我还活着

   

I tell you 我告诉你

The high cost of livin' 活着的高成本“

Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high 是不是没有像活着的“高性价比

   

My whole life went through my head 通过我的团长我的一生去

Layin' in that motel bed 开始裁员在汽车旅馆的床

Watchin' as the cops kicked in the door 在看着“作为警察踢在门

   

I had a job and a piece of land 我有一份工作，一块土地

My sweet wife was my best friend 我可爱的妻子是我最好的朋友

But I traded that for cocaine and a whore 但我换了可卡因和妓女

   

With my new found sobriety 我的新发现清醒

I've got the time to sit and think 我得坐下来，思考的时间

Of all the things I had . . . and threw away 所有的东西我有。 。 。并扔掉

   

This prison is much colder than 这个监狱是不是冷得多

That one that I was locked up in just yesterday 那一个，我被锁在昨天

   

My life is just an old routine 我的人生就是一个老套路

Every day the same damn thing 每天都一样该死的东西

Hell I can't even tell if I'm alive 地狱我什至不能告诉我们，如果我还活着

   

I tell you 我告诉你

The high cost of livin' 活着的高成本“

Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high 是不是没有像活着的“高性价比

   

I tell you 我告诉你

The high cost of livin' 活着的高成本“

Ain't nothing like the cost of livin' high 是不是没有像活着的“高性价比