Jack Johnson《Never Know》从来不知道

I hear this old story before

我听过这个老故事

Where the people keep killing for the metaphors

将人们因为暗喻而残杀

Don't leave much up to the imagination,

不要让想像决定太多

So I, wanna give this imagery back

所以，我要把这比喻还回去
But I know it just ain't so easy like that

但是我知道这并不是那么简单

So, I turn the page and read the story again

所以，我翻页又把这故事读了一遍

And again and again

然后又再一次，又一次

It sure seems the same, with a diff. name

它看起来都是一样的，只是名字不同罢了

We're breaking and rebuilding

我们不停地在破坏和重建

And we're growing

而我们在成长

Always guessing

总是猜测

Never knowing

从来不知道

Shocking but we're nothing

令人惊讶但是我们什么都不是

We're just moments

我们只是瞬间

We're Clever but we're clueless

我们聪明却什么也不知道

We're just human

我们只是人类
Amusing but confusing

幽默却又迷茫

Were trying but where is this all leading

我们努力尝试却不知道去向

Never Know

永远不知道

It all happened so much faster

它发生地快多了

Than you could say disaster

比你能说出“disaster (灾难)”还快

Wanna take a time lapse

想要捧着流逝的时间

And look at it backwards

然后反着看它

From the last one

从最后一个开始

And maybe thats just the answer

然而那可能正是答案

That we're after

我们苦苦寻找的

But after all

但毕竟

We're just a bubble in a boiling pot

我们只是滚烫的锅的气泡
Just one breath in a chain of thought

只是一口气和一串思想
The moments just combusting

那瞬间只是燃烧

Feel certain but we'll never never know

感到确定却永远不会知道

Just seems the same

看起来都是一样的

Give it a diff. name

给它一个不同的名字

We're beggin and we're needing

我们在求饶，我们在需要

And we're trying and we're breathing

而我们也在尝试，也在呼吸


Never knowing

从来不知道

 

杰克·约翰逊，男，1975年05月18日出生于美国夏威夷欧胡岛，是美国冲浪手、民谣歌手、导演。1999年导演并且担任电影配乐完成了冲浪电影《Thicker Than Water》，赢得各影展最佳导演等大奖。