When for the first time, I wrote that first line, made up my first rhyme,
当我第一次写下歌词 创作韵脚
Went from looking at great names to trying to earn mine?
从仰望伟人到想成为伟人
I thought I had whatever it takes,
我当时以为自己可以做到
I thought my life would have gotten a little better with age.
我以为生活会随着时间变好
Although I wondered, cause look at the clock,
但是我怀疑过 因为看看时钟
day after day the hands return to the same spot, unchanging, monotonous.
一天又一天 指针都只会走上之前的老路
Those before me has taught me that some things never pay off.
先行者告诉我 不是所有付出都会有回报
And some dreams are just dreams, no matter what I do or say now.
有些梦想只是梦想 不论我如何努力
But look, I’m not afraid of the fall, I haven’t begun to fly
但是我并不害怕跌落云端 因为我还未飞翔
And my back is against the wall. And it’s all
我一无所有 所以我决定全力拼搏
Or nothing, I told fate that I’m calling its bluff and
我告诉命运我偏不信邪
Tomorrow the clock is striking another dawn
明天的时钟将迎来新的朝阳
So are you gonna die today or make it out alive?
今日你将一败涂地或展翅高飞
You gotta conquer the monsters in your head and then you’ll fly
摒弃杂念才能胜利
Fly, phoenix fly!
高飞吧，凤凰！
It’s time for a new empire
新的时代已经来临了
Go bury your demons, and tear down the ceiling
送别你的过去，迎接你的将来
Phoenix fly!
高飞吧，凤凰！
Bury my demons, huh? Easier said than done.
埋葬心中恶魔? 这事情易说难做
It’s easier just to turn away and run.
更加轻松的选择会是掉头逃跑
It’s easier just to say that there were none until they finally come.
或者拒不承认那些恶魔存在
It’s easier just to wait until I’m finally numb.
或者静候我内心麻木的一天
It’s hard to know doubts, know that I never have no doubts,
而困难的是承认自我怀疑 承认迷茫
And still being able to keep on walking this old route.
却仍旧继续我之前的方向
To ask myself every day, what’s the reason I do this
每天问着自己 我为何坚持
And will I ever succeed? And do I even know how?
我能否成功 我有无希望
Maybe I’m just stubborn for holding on to the hope
可能我只是过于固执的乐观了
Or maybe I’ll turn these straws into a rope. But I know that
但我想把最后的稻草化作救命的缆绳
If I never try, my demons would never die,
我知道如果我不尝试 我的恶魔就不会离去
I’ll get out alive, in the end, this is my road.
我会成功活在我的道路上的
So are you gonna die today or make it out alive?
今日你将一败涂地或展翅高飞
You gotta conquer the monsters in your head and then you’ll fly
摒弃杂念才能胜利
Fly, phoenix fly!
高飞吧，凤凰！
It’s time for a new empire
新的时代已经来临了
Go bury your demons, and tear down the ceiling
送别你的过去，迎接你的将来
Phoenix fly!
高飞吧，凤凰！
I don’t care about if I can do this for a living
我并不在意我是否能够把还好变为工作
I just care about if I can do this as long as I’m living
我只在意能否一直把说唱做下去
See, my hope wasn’t the goal, that hope would have been a prison
因为我想要的不是目的地 因为那只会是囚笼
Instead I hoped for the journey and a life-long expedition.
我想要去目的地的过程 我爱这漫长的远征
This is the reason I’m in this; this is the gift I’m given,
这是我做说唱的原因 这是上天赐我的礼物
That I can speak to the world, and the world would sit and listen
我能向世界发声 世界也会洗耳恭听
And I’ll keep rapping, I’ll keep writing my lines and my rhymes
我会继续说唱 继续写我的词 我的韵脚
Like when I did it for the first time.
就像当年 一如既往
So are you gonna die today or make it out alive?
今日你将一败涂地或展翅高飞
You gotta conquer the monsters in your head and then you’ll fly
摒弃杂念才能胜利
Fly, phoenix fly!
高飞吧，凤凰！
It’s time for a new empire
新的时代已经来临了
Go bury your demons, and tear down the ceiling
送别你的过去，迎接你的将来
Phoenix fly!
高飞吧，凤凰！
Cailin Russo-Phoenix (remix)（路人甲 R. O. G. remix）