You don't have to play me backwards 你不必向后打我

To get the meaning of my verse 为了让我的诗句的含义

You don't have to die and go to hell 你没有死，去地狱

To feel the devil's curse 感觉魔鬼的诅咒

   

Well I thought my life was a photograph 嗯，我觉得我的生活是一张照片

On the family Christmas card 对家庭的圣诞贺卡

Kids all dressed in buttons and bows 孩子们都穿着按钮和弓箭

And lined up in the yard 和一字排开的院子

Were the golden days of childhood 是童年的黄金岁月

So lyrical and warm 因此，抒情和温暖

Or did the picture start to fade 或者没有照片开始褪色

On the day that I was born 在我出生的那天

   

I've seen them light the candles 我看过他们点燃蜡烛

I've heard them bang the drum 我听说他们一鼓作气鼓

And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice! 我已经哭了妈妈，我冷如冰！

And I got no place to run 而且我没有地方跑

   

Let the night begin there's a pop of skin 让夜晚开始有皮肤的流行

And the sudden rush of scarlet 朱红色的倏然

There's a little boy riding on a goat's head 有一个小男孩骑在羊的头上

And a little girl playing the harlot 和一个小女孩玩的妓女

There's a sacrifice in an empty church 有一个空的教堂祭

Of sweet lil' baby Rose 甜美可爱的小的“婴儿玫瑰

And a man in a mask from Mexico 而在墨西哥面具人

Is peeling off my clothes 被剥落我的衣服

   

I've seen them light the candles 我看过他们点燃蜡烛

I've heard them bang the drum 我听说他们一鼓作气鼓

And I've cried Mama, I'm cold as ice! 我已经哭了妈妈，我冷如冰！

And I got no place to run 而且我没有地方跑

   

So I'm paying for protection 所以我支付保障

Smoking out the truth 吸烟真相

Chasing recollections 追往事

Nailing down the proof 钉下来的证明

   

You don't have to play me backwards 你不必向后打我

To get the meaning of my verse 为了让我的诗句的含义

You don't have to die and go to hell 你没有死，去地狱

To feel the devil's curse 感觉魔鬼的诅咒

I'll stand before your altar 我会站在你的坛前

And tell everything I know 并告诉我知道的一切

I've come to claim my childhood 我来认领我的童年

At the chapel of baby Rose 在婴儿玫瑰教堂

   

I've seen them light the candles 我看过他们点燃蜡烛

I've heard them bang the drum 我听说他们一鼓作气鼓

I've seen them light the candles 我看过他们点燃蜡烛

I've heard them bang the drum 我听说他们一鼓作气鼓