Trailed by a mess 通过一个烂摊子落后

Of masking tape construction paper 遮蔽胶带施工纸

And the best of intentions 和最好的意图

He tried to patch up every hole as he went 他试图修补每一个洞，因为他去了

Back and forth and back again 来回再回来

And his friends half full of half concerns 和他的朋友一半一半的担忧

Embarrassed looks and tired words 尴尬的外观和累的话

They burrowed deeper into the ignorant 他们钻地更深的无知

Little lives they preferred 小生命，他们首选

And he envied their distance 他羡慕他们的距离

Their lack of concern 他们不关心

He thought, 他认为，

Once I shed the whole of me 有一次，我流下了我的全部

Once I shed the whole of me 有一次，我流下了我的全部

Then I'll be smiling 然后，我会微笑

   

He cursed himself 他暗骂自己

And his instinct to nurse 和他的本能护士

Every idea to health 每一个想法健康

And all of the falls that he'd spent 和所有的跌倒，他会花

Trying to coax his name from the mouths 试图从嘴里哄他的名字

Of success 成功

He thought 他认为

Once I shed the whole of me 有一次，我流下了我的全部

Once I shed the whole of me 有一次，我流下了我的全部

Then I'll be smiling. 然后，我会微笑。

   

They litter me with small awareness' 他们的垃圾我跟小意识“

Then they ask if I'm good enough 然后，他们问我是不是不够好

They litter me with small awareness' 他们的垃圾我跟小意识“

Just to wake me up 只是为了叫我起床

Why do the fools wake me up? 为什么傻瓜叫我起床？