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- Jens Lekman To Know Your Mission 歌词
- Jens Lekman
- A Mormon missionary walks through voseling
一位摩门传教士四处云游
Through a clear-as-crystal Gothenburg morning
走过水晶般澄澈的哥德堡之晨
Removing his suit jacket loosening his tie
脱下西装外套 松了松领带
Wiping the sweat from his neck and the sleep from his eyes
擦去颈间的汗和眼中的睡意
It's 1997 the last morning of August
在1997年八月的最后一个清晨
At the corner of 7-Eleven he hears the broadcast
在7-11便利店的拐角他听到广播
Another saint is lost Lady Di's returned to stardust
又一位圣人逝去 Lady Di陨作星尘
He listens to the tragic news followed by the Top 10 tunes
他听到这个悲惨的消息 和之后的十则头条
Will Smith Puff Daddy Gala Chumbawamba
威尔史密斯 吹牛老爹 春巴旺巴乐队
On the other side of the street he passes Café Java
当他经过Java咖啡厅时 这些歌在马路对面喧哗
Where no listens to that crap
可没人听那些破曲子
Oh coffee and hair dyed raven black
噢 咖啡 和那乌黑秀发
All so sure of everything except one question
一切都很确定 只剩下一个疑惑
What's our mission
我们的使命是什么
What are we here for
我们为什么在这里
Who are we serving
我们为谁奔波
What can we do
我们能做些什么
What's our mission
我们的使命是什么
What are we here for
我们为什么在这里
Who are we serving
我们为谁奔波
What can we do
我们能做些什么
He bumps into a teenage boy leaning against the fence
他撞见一个斜靠栏杆的小青年
Who takes his headphones off and introduces himself as Jens
小青年摘下耳机 说自己叫Jens
Riffling through the Book of Mormon says
他翻阅着摩门的经书 说
it's way too early in the morning
天色尚早
Instead of talking about religion
与其大谈宗教
Can we just talk about how it feels
我们不如谈谈这样的感觉：
To know your mission
知晓自己的使命
To know what you're here for
知晓来此地的缘故
To know who you're serving
知晓自己效劳的对象
To know what to do
知晓该做些什么
To know your mission
知晓你的使命
To know what you're here for
知晓在这里的缘故
To know who you're serving
知晓效劳的对象
To know what to do
知晓该做什么
To have a dream
拥有梦想
A GPS in your heart
拥有心中的GPS
A path to follow
拥有值得追随的路径
Through the dark
穿过漫漫长夜
Well Jens says I write songs sometimes
Jens说 我有时会写歌
But they're kinda bad
但写得挺差的
So if that doesn't work out
所以如果走不下去的话
I want to be a social worker just like my dad
我想像爸爸那样当一个社工
I just want to listen to people's stories
倾听人们的故事
Hear what they have to say
听他们想说的话
My friends say Just be a shrink then
我的朋友说那不如当精神病医生
But I don't know I don't think I'll have the grades
我也不知道啦 可能我不够格吧
But in a world of mouths
只是在这口舌嘈杂的世界中
I want to be an ear
我想成为一只耳朵
If there's a purpose to all this
如果世上真有“目的”存在
Then that's why God put me here
这就是上帝把我放置于此的原因吧
I know what I'm here for
我知道我来这儿是为了什么
I know who I'm serving
我知道我为谁劳碌
I'm serving you
我为你劳碌
I'm serving you
我为你劳碌
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