Alanis Morissette // I Was Hoping // As we were talking outside 天寒地冻 It was cold 我们在外面聊天 We were shivering yet warmed by the subject matter 虽然身体在寒风中瑟瑟发抖 谈论的话题却温暖着我们的心 My wife is in the next room 我的妻子在隔壁的房间里 We've been having troubles you know 你知道 我们之间出了点问题 Please don't tell her or anyone 请不要告诉她或者其他人 But I need to talk to somebody 我只是需要倾诉 You said 'Wouldn't it be a shame if I knew how great I was 你曾说 倘若你体会到那种奇妙的感觉 就不会认为这是一种耻辱 Five minutes before I died 在我死亡之前的五分钟 I'd be filled with such regret 我的内心充满了遗憾 Before I took my last breath ' 在我咽下最后一口气之前 And I said 'You're willing to tell me this now 我说 现在你愿意跟我聊聊这件事情 And you're not going to die 你不会死 Anytime soon ' 就在近期 And I said I haven't been eating chicken or meat or anything 我说我从来不吃鸡肉或者其他肉类 And you said yes 你同意我的观点 But you've been wearing leather 但你却一直穿着皮质外衣 And laughed and said 肆无忌惮地大笑 并且说 We're at the top of the food chain 我们是高等动物 And yes you're still a fine woman 没错 你是个漂亮的女人 And I cringed 我取悦于你 I was hoping 我一直希望 I was hoping we could heal each other 我一直希望我们可以治愈彼此 I was hoping 我一直希望 I was hoping we could be raw together 我一直希望我们可以一起成长 We left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60's) said 我们离开那家餐馆 六十岁的领班说 'Good bye sir 再见先生 Thank you for your business sir 非常感谢您的光临 先生 You're successful and established sir 您是一位真正的成功人士 And we like the frequency with which you dine here sir 我们喜欢您经常光顾这里 And your money ' 欢迎您再一次来我们餐厅消费 And when I walked by they said 'Thank you too dear ' 当我走过他们的身边 他们齐声说道 感谢您 亲爱的 I was all pigtails and cords 我不禁感到沾沾自喜 And there was a day when I would've said something like 总有一天 我会说我喜欢一些东西 'Hey dude I could buy and sell this place so kiss it ' 兄弟 我可以买下这片地方 再转卖出去 亲吻它吧 I too once thought 我再三考虑 I was owed something 我拥有一些 I was hoping 我一直希望 I was hoping we could challenge each other 我一直希望我们可以互相挑战对方 I was hoping 我一直希望 I was hoping we could crack each other up 我一直希望我们可以激发彼此的潜力 I too thought that when proved wrong I lost somehow 我思虑周全 然而事实却不是如此 我总会感到失落 I too thought life was cruel 我知道生活是残酷的 It's a cycle really 生命真的会轮回 You think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you 你觉得我在后退 对你有负罪感 I think you're insensitive and I don't feel heard 我觉得你不太敏感 我毫无知觉 And I said 'Do you believe we are 我说 你相信吗 Fundamentally judgmental 我们会最终决定 Fundamentally evil ' 我们本质上就是魔鬼吗 And you said Yes 你说 是的 And I said do you believe in revenge 我说 你相信复仇吗 In right or wrong 无论对错 Good or bad 无论好坏 And you said 'Well what about the man that 你说 那个人怎么样 I saw handcuffed in the emergency room 我看到急诊室有个带着手铐的人 Bleeding after beating his kid 在殴打他的孩子后 流了血 And she threw a shoe at his head 她把一只鞋扔到他的脑袋上 I think what he did was wrong 我认为他的所作所为是错的 And I wouldn't have had a hard time feeling compassion for him ' 我永远不会同情这种男人 I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged 我必须时时注意语气 我害怕你的指责 I was hoping 我一直希望 I was hoping we could dance together