happy birthday
生日快乐
so make a wish
来许个愿
please accept my apologies, wonder what would have been
请接受我的道歉,猜想未来会怎样
would you've been a little angel or an angel of sin?
你愿做个小可爱,还是赎罪的天使?
tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys
做个野丫头到处乱跑,和小混混成群结队
or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes?
还是做个倔强小男孩,有着漂亮的深褐色眼睛?
i payed for the murder before they determined the sex
我为谋杀而祈祷,然后他们定下性别
choosing our life over your life meant your death
选择让我们过得比你好,就是你的死亡之歌
and you never got a chance to even open your eyes
你毫无机会,连睁开眼睛也做不到
sometimes i wonder as a foetus if you fought for your life?
有时我像个婴儿一般无知,怀疑你是否为生活而战斗?
would you have been a little genius in love with math?
你能否把数学上的一点小聪明用到感情上?
would you have played in your school clothes and made me mad?
你能否穿上校服,扮演角色,让我着迷?
would you have been a little rapper like your papa da piper?
你能否更加果断,就像你的笛子手父亲?
would you have made me quit smokin' by finding one of my lighters?
你能否没收我的打火机,让我把烟戒掉?
i wonder about your skin tone and shape of your nose?
我猜想着你的皮肤,你的语气,和你的挺拔的鼻子?
and the way you would have laughed and talked fast or slow?
还有你大笑的模样,说话是急还是缓?
think about it every year, so i picked up a pen
年年都许愿,所以拿出笔
happy birthday, love you whoever you would've been
生日快乐,我爱你,无论你是谁
happy birthday…
生日快乐...
what i thought was a dream (make a wish)
我的愿望都是梦(许个心愿)
was as real as it seemed (happy birthday)
看上去却很真实(生日快乐)
what i thought was a dream (make a wish)
我的愿望都是梦(许个心愿)
was as real as it seem
看上去却很真实
i made a mistake!
我错了!
i've got a million excuses to why you died
我有千万个理由来解释你的死亡
bet the people got their own reasons for homicide
但人们却更有理由来认定这是个谋杀
who's to say it woulda worked, and who's to say it wouldn't have?
谁说这是个谋杀,谁又说这不会是谋杀呢?
i was young and strugglin' but old enough to be a dad
我年幼无知,挣扎于世,但年纪不小,够做个爹
the fear of being a father has never disappeared
害怕做父亲的念头,一直困扰我,从未消失过
pondering frequently while i'm zippin' on my beer
再三思量,我痛饮啤酒
my vision of a family was artificial and fake
我对家庭的预想,不切实际
so when it came time to create i made a mistake
当我建造家庭时,我却犯了错
now you've got a little brother maybe it's really you?
如今你有了小老弟,这是真的吗?
maybe you really forgave us knowin' we was confused?
也许你真的已忘记,了解我们的困惑?
maybe every time that he smiles
也许他的每次微笑,
