As It Is When It Was

I've kept my head against the wall
我把头靠在墙上
I've been this way for so long now
像这样保持了很久
You weren't exactly falling over yourself
你并非全心全意
When last I saw you
我上次见到你时
Well I always thought
就一直在想：
We'd get along like a house on fire
我们是否会一见如故
Until you told me that
直到你告诉我：
I'd have to go
“我得走了”
How can someone like you, work that slow?
要是有人爱上你怎会这般怠慢？
Whatever you think of me
无论你怎样看待我
You listen hard and
听好了：
I will make you see
“我会让你回心转意”
Whatever you think of me
无论你怎么看待我
You listen hard and
听好了：
I will make you see
“我会让你回心转意”
I don't feel anything no more
我开始变得麻木
This state of grace is consuming me
这宽仁的姿态正在透支我
I'm not grown up and
任性而不青涩
I am not a boy
年长而不稳重
I feel no pain and
我感受不到痛苦
I feel no joy
也感受不到愉悦
Well, I always thought
好吧 我一直在想
We'd get along like a house on fire
“我们是否会一见如故，
In those days when the sun was warm
在风和日煦的时光里。”
I ran in the street where I was born
我曾冒雨狂奔 在家乡小径上
Whatever you think of me
无论你怎么看待我
You listen hard and
听好了：
I will make you see
“我会让你回心转意”
Whatever you think of me
无论你怎么看待我
You listen hard and
听好了：
I will make you see
“我会让你回心转意”

此刻夜里 街道如此凄清
The streets are so empty at this time of night
比起争吵 我宁愿独自漫步
I'd rather walk on my own than fight
去往一个将你忘怀的地方
In a world where I'd forgotten you
同时把自己丢入虚无
I found myself forgotten, too
这就是深信书本的危害
That's the danger of believing books
小偷和骗子撒下的所有谎言
And all the lies of those thieves and crooks
我们唱着知性的情歌
We sing intellectual songs of love
从一贫如洗到外柔内刚
From a stolen pen to a velvet glove