Silently I step up with a subversive subtext, 我默默地把加强与颠覆性的潜台词，

Trying to feed the need for more than just remedial subjects, 试图喂需要的不仅仅是补救对象，

Place my faith in the belief that the general public, 将我的信心，相信广大市民，

Will open up their minds to more than just an industry puppet. 将开放自己的头脑，绝不仅仅是一个行业的傀儡。

I ain't a preacher preaching doom and gloom, 我是不是一个牧师讲道危困，

Well not just yet, 嗯不是现在，

But if there's something I feel strongly about, 但是，如果有件事情我会强烈地感觉到，

Then I'll discuss it. 然后，我将讨论这个问题。

And if I only make one album before I kick the bucket, 如果我只是做一张专辑之前，我翘辫子，

I'll hold that album to my heart in my grave and say, "Fuck it!" 我认为这张专辑给我的心脏在我的坟前说：“他妈的！ ”

   

Waiting for the beat to kick in, 等待着节拍踢，

But it never does, 但它永远不会做，

Waiting for my feet to grow wings, 等待我的脚长了翅膀，

That lift me above, 这解除了我上面，

All of these tiresome things, 所有这些烦人的事，

That we know and love, 我们熟悉和喜爱，

Waiting for the beat to kick in, 等待着节拍踢，

But it never does. 但它从来不会。

Waiting for the beat to kick in, 等待着节拍踢，

But it never does, 但它永远不会做，

Waiting for my feet to grow wings, 等待我的脚长了翅膀，

That lift me above, 这解除了我上面，

All of these tiresome things, 所有这些烦人的事，

That we know and love, 我们熟悉和喜爱，

Waiting for the beat to kick in, 等待着节拍踢，

But it never does. 但它从来不会。

   

A lot of my poems and writings seem to start with me waking up or being in a dream, or a dream-like state. 我的很多诗和著作似乎开始和我一起起床，或在梦中，还是梦幻般的状态之中。

Now, this implies a certain level of abstraction in my work. 现在，这意味着我的工作有一定的抽象层次。

You might say I'm keeping it surreal but... I'd rather you didn't. 你可能会说我是来超现实的，但......我宁愿你没有。

The fact is: I sleep a lot. It's as simple as that. 事实是：我睡了很多。它是那样简单。

Ahah, and I like sleepin' man. It's a nice place to be. AHAH ，我喜欢睡的人。这是一个不错的地方。

   

...Right. ......对。

   

I was walking along through unfamiliar streets, 我正沿着穿过陌生的街道，

And it felt strange 'cause there didn't seem to be anyone else around. 而这种感觉很奇怪“的原因似乎没有被任何人左右。

I don't know where I was but it had the feel of New York, 我不知道我在哪里，但它有纽约的感觉，

But not New York in real life, the New York you see in old films. 但不是纽约在现实生活中，纽约，你在老电影看。

I can't really explain why it just had that vibe, 我真的不能解释为什么它只是有这样的氛围，

Every step I took felt somehow more dramatic. 每一步，我莫名其妙地拿了更具戏剧性感觉。

   

So I kept walking and down an alley, behind a bar, sitting on some metal steps I saw a man. 于是我继续往前走，下一个巷子里，身后一间酒吧，坐在我看到一个人一些金属的步骤。

From the look and smell of him it was clear he enjoyed a drink, 从他的望闻问切，很明显，他喜欢喝酒，

But he wasn't in such a state I felt him to be any kind of irrational threat so I approached him, 但他并没有在这样的状态下，我觉得他是任何一种非理性的威胁，所以我走近他，

With due care. 以应有的谨慎。

   

"Ah, Mr. Pip," he said out loud, “嗯，皮普先生，”他大声说，

"We've been awaiting you, my name is Elwood P. Dowd." “我们一直在等待着你，我的名字是埃尔伍德体育多德。 ”

Now just what he meant by "we" I didn't really get, 现在正是他叫“我们”我并没有真正得到，

But all the same I took a seat next to him on the step. 但都是一样的我把他旁边的一个座位上的步骤。

He said "You'll meet a few people before this day is through, 他说：“你会遇到一些人在此之前一天通过，

Who will administer advice and guidelines to you, 谁将会给予忠告和指引给你，

Now what each of them says I'll tell you now is true, 现在他们每个人说，我会告诉你现在是真实的，

But whether or not you take that advice is for you to choose." 但是，你是否考虑他的意见是供你选择。 “

At that point he acted like someone had whispered in his ear, 在这一点上，他表现得好像有人在他耳边低语，

Which, since no one else was there, was pretty damn weird. 其中，因为没有其他人在那里，是相当该死怪异。

Awkwardly I looked away and kinda played with my beard, 笨拙我扭过头去，并有点玩弄了我的胡子，

He cleared his throat for a second and then said, "Listen here, 他清了清嗓子一秒钟，然后说：“听着，

In this life you can be oh-so-smart or oh-so-pleasant, 这辈子，你可以哦，所以，聪明或哦，所以，愉快，

For years I was smart; I recommend pleasant, 多年来，我是聪明的;我推荐愉快，

Being smart can make you rich and bring respect and reverence, 聪明可以使你致富，把尊重和崇敬，

But the rewards of being pleasant are far more incandescent." 但是，作为愉快的回报是远远白炽灯。 “

   

With this information I was encouraged to walk on, 有了这个信息，我欣慰地走过去，

I continued alone through these empty streets, 我继续独自穿过空旷的街道，

Thinking over what Elwood had said, 思考什么埃尔伍德说了，

But at the same time thinking about how fucking strange the day had been so far, 但在同一时间思考这一天是多么他妈的奇怪的是，到目前为止，

I was in my own little world when a hand was placed on my chest, 我在我自己的小世界，当一只手放在我的胸口，

And a guy said, "Look out, there's some broken glass on the floor there." 和一个男人说： “你看出来，有一些碎玻璃地板上有。 ”

   

I looked up. 我抬起头。

He said, "Hi pleased to meet you, my name is Lloyd Dobler, 他说， “你好很高兴认识你，我叫劳埃德Dobler ，

I'll get straight to the point, won't take too much time from you. 我会开门见山地说，不会再要你花太多时间。

I'm probably the youngest person you'll get advice from today, 我可能是你从今天开始获得建议的最年轻的人，

And you may think a guy my age wouldn't have anything to say, 也许你会觉得一个人我的年龄不会有什么要说的，

But it's said that observation, not old age brings wisdom, 但它表示，观察，不老的年龄带来智慧，

And I observe every single life lesson I'm given, 我看到每一个生命的教训，我给，

I won't attempt to tell you about how to love or be loved, 我不打算告诉你如何爱或被爱，

'Cause you get a different genie each time that latern is rubbed. 因为你会得到一个不同的精灵各自的风灯时间擦。

But I will offer you advice on dealing with life, 但我会为您提供建议处理生活，

Its ups and its downs, 其跌宕起伏的，

Its troubles and its strifes, 它的麻烦和其争竞，

Now I'm sure you've had times you've felt down and angry, 现在，我敢肯定，你有时间，你就觉得下来，愤怒，

Wanted to lash out, punch a wall, and be manly. 要骂，打一个墙，是男子汉。

But the question I pose now will offer you a plan B, 不过，我现在提出这个问题会为您提供B计划，

And maybe some peace and quiet for your friends and family: 也许一些和平和宁静为您的朋友和家人：

How hard is it to decide to be in a good mood, 有多难决定要在一个良好的心情，

And then just be in a good mood? ，然后就可以在一个良好的心情？

That's all I have to say 'cause it's a straight up fact, 这就是我要说因为这是一个直线上升的事实，

You control your emotions, it's as simple as that." 你能够控制自己的情绪，就这么简单。 “

   

He walked off then, 他走了以后，

Leaving me to contemplate this brief encounter. 让我去思考这个短暂的相遇。

I barely had time to realize I was being taught something before, 我几乎没有时间去实现我被教过的东西，

He was gone. 他走了。

And I was back on my way. 我又回到了我的路。

   

On I walked and almost immediately I spotted the next guide, 在我走了，几乎立刻，我看到旁边指导，

He couldn't be clearer. 他再清楚不过。

This guy was standing on the street corner pacing back and forth, 这家伙正站在街角来回踱步，

Skinny looking guy, leather jacket, tight jeans, retro look, 骨瘦如柴的家伙，皮夹克，紧身牛仔裤，复古的外观，

I've rarely seen someone looking quite so uncomfortable in their own skin, 我很少见到有人在看自己的皮肤这么难受，

Twitching, smoothing his hair back, kicking the floor, looking up and down the street. 抽动，平滑他的头发后面，踢地板上，看着上下街。

He clearly didn't enjoy waiting around, so I approached him quickly, 他显然不喜欢等着，所以我赶紧走近他，

To put him out of his misery, 为了结束他的痛苦，

And to let him start his ...spiel. 并让他开始了他......高谈阔论。

   

"Hi, my name is Billy Brown, “嗨，我的名字是比利·布朗

I ain't gonna give you some quote, 我不会给你一些报价，

Instead I'm gonna use some stuff that YOU wrote, 相反，我会用一些东西，你写的，

'Always had the feeling I could never be the villain, “总是有一种感觉，我可以永远是小人，

'Cause the villain in the films is always backlit “原因在电影的反派总是背光

Always had the feeling I could never be the villain, 总是感觉我永远是小人，

'Cause the villain in the films is always backlit. “原因在电影的反派总是背光。

Now I find it pleasing to defend myself with reason, 现在我觉得顺眼据理力争自己，

But this clock is always sitting on my back, 但这个时钟总是坐在我的后面，

Tick, tick, tick. 滴答，滴答，滴答。

Then, no explosion but participants erosion, 然后，不爆炸，但参与者的侵蚀，

Like a picture over overly exposed and, 像图片上过分暴露，并

Like a fox that's been run over in the road and...' 这样的公路和被辗过一只狐狸......“

Basically what I'm trying to say to you 基本上，我想对你说

Is you don't achieve anything by letting the past rule within you, 难道你不通过让你在过去的规则做到的，

Getting all pent up and angry about stuff just eats away inside you, 让所有被压抑的和愤怒的东西只是蚕食你内心的，

What's that other line of yours? 什么是你那其他行？

'If you can't forgive and forget, how's this? “如果你不能原谅和忘记，这个怎么样？

Forget forgiving and just accept that that's it.' 忘了宽容和公正的接受，就是这样。 “

See that's how it's gotta be, 见这是它得是，

Then you can fall in love, get on with your life, and be free." 然后，你可以爱上一个人，让你的生活和自由。 “

   

Almost before he could finish that sentence he was off down the street, 几乎在他说完这句话，他被关在街上，

Hands in his pockets, hurrying away. 插在口袋里的手，匆匆离去。

   

Now quite accepting of the totally surreal time I was having I rounded the corner, 现在很接受的完全超现实的时候，我是具有I圆润的边角，

And continued onto my next encounter, 并持续到我下次遇到，

Resigned to the fact that this was some kind of dream or hallucination, 辞职的事实，这是某种梦想和幻觉，

I made my way through the now-dark street, 我在现在，黑暗的街道做我的方式，

To the one window that had a light on, 以一个窗口，有一盏灯，

I walked through the unlocked door, 我穿过上锁的门，

Which incidentally had blinds down, 这亦不得不窗帘下来，

And a silhouetted figure like a film noir scene, 和映衬人物像黑色电影的场景，

But sadly no sign saying private eye, 但遗憾的是没有任何迹象说私家侦探，

As I entered a voice promptly said, 当我走进一个声音马上说，

   

"This journey's almost over, “这次旅行是接近尾声，

I'm the only one left, 只有我一个人留下，

Allow me to introduce myself, 请允许我自我介绍一下，

My name is Walter Neff. 我的名字是沃尔特夫。

The other guys have taught you things of great positive worth, 其他人教你的东西有很大的积极价值，

But I'm afraid I'm here to bring you back down to earth. 但我怕我在这里可以让你回到脚踏实地。

See you can live your life in control and be nice, 看你住你的生活中控制和是不错，

But even that will not promise you a happy life. 但即使这样，也不会答应你的幸福生活。

You may think yourself in general to be a nice guy, 你可能会认为自己在总体上是一个不错的家伙，

But I'm telling you now, that right there is a lie, 但我告诉你，现在，这种权利是有骗人的，

Even the nicest of guys has some nasty within them, 即使是球员的最好有在其中一些讨厌的，

You don't have to be backlit to be the villain. 你不必将背光是小人。

Whether it be greed, lust, or just plain vindictiveness, 无论是贪婪，欲望，或者只是普通的斗气，

There's a level of malevolence inside of all of us. 有恶意的我们所有人里面的水平。

You can paint yourself and image, 你可以画自己和图像，

And live in your own little dream, 和住在自己的小梦想，

But this ain't a dream, it's one big silver screen. 但是，这不是梦，这是一个大银幕。

So when you think you've got your happy ending don't ever forget, 所以，当你认为你已经得到了你的快乐的结局，永远不要忘记，

It ain't over 'til you hear the sound of your end credits. 这还没有结束，直到你听到你的片尾声音。

You'll be waiting for the beat to kick in, 你会等待着节拍踢，

But it never does, 但它永远不会做，

Waiting for your feet to grow wings, 等待你的脚长了翅膀，

That lift you above, 那你解除以上，

All of those tiresome things, 所有的那些烦人的事，

That you know and love, 你熟悉和喜爱，

Waiting for the beat to kick in, 等待着节拍踢，

But it never does. 但它从来不会。

Waiting for the beat to kick in, 等待着节拍踢，

But it never does, 但它永远不会做，

Waiting for your feet to grow wings, 等待你的脚长了翅膀，

That lift you above, 那你解除以上，

All of those tiresome things, 所有的那些烦人的事，

That you know and love, 你熟悉和喜爱，

Waiting for the beat to kick in, 等待着节拍踢，

But it never does." 但它永远不会做“ 。