Never thought it would be so rough 从来没有想过会这么粗糙

And I wonder if I have enough 我不知道我是否有足够的

To keep from breaking down 为了不打破

No mercy in this town 在这个镇上没有怜悯

   

Every day is just another test 每天只不过是另一种考验

Seems I'm always second best 似乎我总是退而求其次

But you learn along the way 但是你前进的道路上学习

That's the price you have to pay 这是你必须付出的代价

   

I try to stay defiant, be tough and self-reliant 我会把握好挑衅，坚韧自强

Though I get tired to the bone 虽然我累到骨头

Love is just a wish I keep inside 爱情只是一个心愿，我的内心深处

How's it gonna help me to survive? 怎么的也要去帮助我生存下去？

Looks like I'm in this fight alone 貌似我在这场斗争中仅

   

And I'm livin' in desperate times 而且我在绝望的时刻活着

Being alive's my only crime 活着是我唯一的罪行

Don't care what I have to do 不在乎我有什么做的

I'll find some way to make it through 我会找到一些方法，使之通过

Oh, and I'm livin' in desperate times 哦，我在绝望的时刻活着

And it's too late to change my mind 而且为时已晚，以改变我的想法

Till these desperate times are done, gonna run 直到这些绝望的时候都做了，会跑

Watch me run 看我跑

   

Innocents get taken in 无辜者得到拍摄

By the promise of an easy win 通过轻松取胜的前景

They start off so naive 他们开始了天真

So eager to believe 所以急于相信

But the glitter of the city lights 但是，城市灯光的闪烁

Only covers up a lonely night 只涵盖了一个孤独的夜晚

Of strangers slamming doors 陌生人摔门

You're hungry and ignored 你饿了，而忽视

   

I've faced the competition 我所面临的竞争

I've made the hard decisions 我做了艰难的决定

Will it be worth it in the end? 会不会是值得的到底是什么？

Taking any chance that comes along 以反映出来的任何机会

Getting hard to tell what's right or wrong 越来越分不清什么是对或错

I only wish I had a friend 我只希望我有一个朋友

   

And I'm livin' in desperate times 而且我在绝望的时刻活着

Being alive's my only crime 活着是我唯一的罪行

Don't care what I have to do 不在乎我有什么做的

I'll find some way to make it through 我会找到一些方法，使之通过

Oh, and I'm livin' in desperate times 哦，我在绝望的时刻活着

And it's too late to change my mind 而且为时已晚，以改变我的想法

Till these desperate times are done, gonna run 直到这些绝望的时候都做了，会跑

Watch me run 看我跑