Before 演唱者：NIKI

作词 : Nicole Zefanya

作曲 : Nicole Zefanya

You hid me in your dorm room
你把我藏身在宿舍
It was Halloweekend, I just flew
那是万圣节 我乘飞机
across the globe, 22 hours just to see you
跨越全球 耗费22小时 只为见你
Just to barely fit on your twin-sized bed
你的双人床我勉强能睡下
and talk about your cool new friend
谈谈你新交的酷朋友
who I never met
那些我从未见过
who you dated as soon as I left
我一离开 你就与其约会的人

Appalachian autumn
阿巴拉契亚的秋天
It had been a year since I saw you, since we
一年没见你了 自从我们
Ended it, had a year to grow into the girl you always wanted
分手 一年的时间拿去蜕变 成为你梦寐以求的女孩
now we’re holding hands, as not quite friends, but not quite lovers,
现在我们手牵着手 虽不是朋友 亦非恋人
but we’ll just pretend
但我们只是维持表面友好
You say “it’s complicated to make amends”
你说“要弥补 很是复杂”
Well is that the way that we’re headed then?
那么这是否 即为我们的未来？

And you couldn’t answer me
而你无法回答我
Though you could pull me in while I brushed my teeth
虽然你分手后与我藕断丝连 在我刷牙时
and let your hands both freely speak like I wasn’t ever gonna leave
任你双手与我躯体自在交流 就像我永远不会离开一般

You were all I’d ever known
你是我所知的一切
And now I’m supposed to love you from a distance, like it’s nothing like its instant
现在我该克制地爱你 就像只有一瞬的美好
and youuuu say “let’s just see where this goes”
你说“让我们一探究竟”
And I don’t know how or why you seem just fine
我不知道 你是用了什么手段 为何看起来过得风生水起
coz I’m having to grasp that you’re somehow not mine anymore
因为我不得不明白 你不再属于我
It’s so cruel how things are only almost like they were before
重蹈覆辙 旧日重现 实在太残酷

(ah ah ah) Like they were before
重蹈覆辙
(ah ah ah) Like they were before
旧日重现
(ah ah ah) Like they were before
重蹈覆辙

We walk downtown and it’s charming
我们走在市中心 那儿很迷人
You’re alarmingly disarming
你竟然就这样卸下心防
Yeah we’ve got 48 hours left
我们还剩48小时相处的时间了
before I fly back to my death
在我飞蛾扑火之前
while you stay just fine and feel alive
而你状态良好 尚存于世
South of the Mason-Dixon line
梅森迪克森线以南
where everyone closes shop at 9,
大家都在9点打烊
where you could somehow finally find
你终于可以能在那一方寻到

what you were desperately looking for
你拼命寻找的东西
Funny how you thought that was gonna be New York
有趣的是 你以为那会是纽约
with our chalkboard walls and slanted floors
那里会有我们的黑板墙 和倾斜的地板
Oh, we could’ve had that and so much more
哦 我们本可以坐拥那些 以及更多美好

Ask your new lover what it’s like to be given
问问你的新情人 有何感想
a real fighting chance before you bid her good riddance
上好的发作机会 再让她摆脱困境
Did anything ever really count
有什么真正要紧之事吗
or was I just a two-year practice round
抑或 我只是个为期两年的备胎

Youuuu were all I’d ever known
你 是我所知的一切
And now I’m feeling stupid, you’re forbidden
现在我自觉愚不可及 将你扫地出门
They say yeah we were something,
他们给予肯定回答 存在即合理 我们都很重要
too bad we were children
可惜我们还是孩子
Ooooh I don’t know where to go
哦 我不知道该何去何从
and I don’t know how or why you seem just fine
我不知道 你是用了什么手段 为何看起来过得风生水起
coz I’m looking at you & God knows you’re not mine anymore
因为我苦苦凝视你 上帝都知道你不再是我的了
It’s so cruel how things will never be the way they were before
重蹈覆辙 旧日重现 实在太残酷

Like they were before
重蹈覆辙
It’s almost just like how it was before
旧日重现
But it’s not anymore
可时光怎会倒流