When I was born, they looked at me and said 当我出生时，他们看着我，说：

what a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy. 什么是好孩子，什么是聪明的男孩，有什么强烈的男孩。

And when you were born, they looked at you and said, 当你出生时，他们看着你，说：

what a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl. 什么是好女孩，好一个聪明的女孩，多么漂亮的姑娘。

   

We've got these chains that hang around our necks, 我们已经得到了这些链是围绕我们的脖子挂，

people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath. 人们希望扼杀我们之前，我们把我们的第一次呼吸。

Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same, 害怕改变，害怕住在同一的，

when temptation calls, we just look away. 当诱惑来电，我们只是把目光移开。

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

This name is the hairshirt I wear, 此名称是hairshirt我穿，

and this hairshirt is woven from your brown hair. 这hairshirt从你的棕色头发编织而成。

This song is the cross that I bear, 这首歌是我背负十字架，

bear it with me, bear with me, bear with me, 我忍不住了，多多包涵，多多包涵，

be with me tonight, 今晚和我在一起，

I know that it isn't right, but be with me tonight. 我知道这是不对的，但要我今晚。

   

I go to school, I write exams, 我上学，我写的考试，

if I pass, if I fail, if I drop out, 如果我通过，如果我失败了，如果我退学，

does anyone give a damn? 有没有人给一个该死的？

And if they do, they'll soon forget 'cause it won't take much for me 如果他们这样做，他们会很快忘记因为它不会花费太多的我

to show my life ain't over yet. 为了表示我的生活还没有结束。

I wake up scared, I wake up strange. 我醒来吓坏了，我醒来奇怪。

I wake up wondering if anything in my life is ever going to change. 醒来时我想，如果在我的生活中的事物是永远不会改变。

I wake up scared, I wake up strange 我醒来吓坏了，我醒来的时候怪

and everything around me stays the same. 和我周围的一切保持不变。

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

I couldn't tell you that I was wrong, 我不能告诉你，我错了，

chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, sat down and I wrote this song. 退缩了，抓起笔和纸，坐了下来，我写了这首歌。

I couldn't tell you that you were right, 我不能告诉你，你是对的，

so instead I looked in the mirror, 所以不是我看着镜子，

watched TV, laid awake all night. 看电视，奠定了整晚都很清醒。

   

We've got these chains, hang 'round our necks, 我们已经得到了这些链，挂轮我们的脖子，

people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath. 人们希望扼杀我们之前，我们把我们的第一次呼吸。

Afraid of change, afraid of staying the same when temptation calls ... 害怕改变，害怕住在同一个诱惑的时候调用的...

   

[Chorus] [合唱]

   

When I was born, they looked at me and said; 当我出生时，他们看着我，说;

What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy. 真是个好孩子，好一个聪明的男孩，有什么强烈的男孩。

And when you were born, they looked at you and said; 当你出生时，他们看着你，说;

what a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl, hey 什么是好女孩，好一个聪明的女孩，多么漂亮的姑娘，嘿嘿