If We Knew(Album Version)

If We Knew (Album Version) - Goapele

以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供

Written by：Goapele Mohlabane/Joseph Epperson

There was boy

曾有个小男孩

Bout two years old

年仅两岁

That's much too young

太过年幼

Too see what would unfold

难料未来风雨

His dad so bold

父亲虚张声势

So full of lies

满口谎言

Caught up in things

深陷泥潭

That would take his life

终将付出生命代价

He'd leave behind

他留下遗憾离去

Old words unsaid

未说出口的旧话

His loved ones left

留下至亲之人

To deal with it

独自承受苦痛

So when his boy got older

当男孩渐渐长大

With less than a little guidance

在缺乏指引的岁月

Needed more assurance

渴求更多依靠

A little strength and courage

需要勇气与力量

But he knew what he knows now

若他当时知晓如今的一切

He may be with us still

或许仍会留在我们身旁

If he knew what he knows now

若他当时知晓如今的一切

Ooohhh

There was girl

曾有个女孩

Bout three years old

约莫三岁年纪

To laugh and play

本该欢笑嬉戏

Should have been what goes

本该如此成长

Her family moved

她的家四处漂泊

From place to place

居无定所

Free spirits and

自由不羁的灵魂

Money they couldn't waste

却困于拮据的生活

She'd be alone

她常常独自一人

More times than few

孤寂难耐

Too many men

太多男人

Trusted and out of view

辜负了她的信任

One took her in

有人接纳了她

And used his mind

却用诡计蒙蔽

Scarred her inside

在她心底刻下伤痕

And changed her life

彻底改变她的人生

So when she had daughters of her own

当她成为母亲之时

Her memories could no longer escape her

往事如影随形

They affecetd all the choices that she would make

每个抉择都烙着阴影

But if she knew what she knows now

若早知今日种种

She wouldn't take the blame

她不愿承担这份罪责

If she knew what she knows now

若早知今日的真相

I was the girl

我曾是那个女孩

Who felt so strong

自以为坚强无畏

Bout anything

面对世间一切

In this world when I saw wrong

目睹不公便挺身而出

I anyalyze

如今独自剖析过往

Sometimes cry alone

有时在暗处泪流

When it got too much

当一切变得难以承受

I had a place to turn

我曾有处可逃

I wish that I

但愿我能

Could heal your pain

抚平你的伤痛

Capture your truth

倾听你的心声

Secrets filled with shame

那些充满羞耻的秘密

Cuz if you want I'll tell the world

若你愿意 我将向世界宣告

All the things you couldn't say

所有你无法诉说的真相