Buried In Detroit - Mike Posner
I'm a writer and a lover
我既是个作家也是个痴心人
I'm a Midwest music man
我是个来自中西部的音乐人
And I've been to a lot of places
我游历过许多地方
But I'm gon' end where I began
我会选择在生命最开始的地方结束一切
I took class in Carolina
我曾在卡罗莱纳州上过学
Got high smoking joints
也曾抽过大麻烟
And now they know my name in Paris
如今他们都知道我的法国名
But I'll be buried in Detroit
而我将会魂归底特律
Next to my father and my father's father too
依偎着我的父亲 还有我的祖父
I used to live in New York City
我曾在纽约这座大都市生活过
But baby that ain't no substitute
而这无法代替
Not for my hometown
代替不了我的故土
That place people avoid
那里的人们远离世事
I've made love in every city
每一座城市都有我的爱情故事
But I'll be buried in Detroit
而我将会魂归底特律
I don't claim to be a prophet
我并非宣称我就是先知
I just speak my mind
我不过是直抒胸臆
I try to tell it like it is
我试着随心而言
And sometimes God makes it rhyme
而有时候老天会将其汇成旋律
I like my songs how I like my women
我有多爱我的她 就有多爱我的歌
Honest and to the point
老实说吧
You see I got fucked up in Stockholm
你会看见斯德哥尔摩落魄不堪的我
But I'll be buried in Detroit
而我将会魂归底特律
Next to my father my father's father too
依偎着我的父亲 还有我的祖父
I used to live in New York City
我曾在纽约这座大都市生活过
But baby that ain't no substitute
而这无法代替
Not for my hometown
代替不了我的故土
That place people avoid
那里的人们远离世事
I've made love in every city
每一座城市都有我的爱情故事
But I'll be buried in Detroit
而我将会魂归底特律
You know I ain't gon' live forever
你明白我不会永垂不朽
Baby it won't be long
亲爱的 不会太久
At the wake they'll say
清醒时 他们都说
He made a lot of mistakes
他犯过太多的错
But he could write hell of a song
而同时他也能创作许多的歌
And I made I made killing
我会自我了结
Though I never really was employed
即便我不曾受雇于此
I had a girl from San Diego
我曾有过一个来自圣地亚哥的女友
But I'll be buried in
而我将会魂归
I killed a show in Indonesia
在印度尼西亚我终结了一场音乐会
But I'll be buried in
而我将会魂归
I made love in every city
每一座城市都有我的爱情故事
But I'll be buried in Detroit
而我将会魂归底特律