How Come, How Long

How Come How Long
如何到來, 如何長久
There was a girl I used to know
我曾經認識一個女孩
She was oh so beautiful
哦，她是那麼的美麗
But she's not here anymore
但她現在已經不在這兒了
She had a college degree
她拿到了大學的學位
Smart as anyone could be
和任何人一樣聰慧
She had so much to live for
她有那麼多生活中的追求
But she fell in love with the wrong kinda man
但是他愛上了不該愛的男孩
He abused her love and treated her so bad
他恣意於她的愛並辜負了她
There was not enough education in her world
在她的世界裡沒有足夠的經驗
that could save life of this little girl
用來拯救這個小女孩
How come, how long
怎麼會這樣?這樣會持續多久?
It's not right, it's so wrong
這是不對的，是如此的錯誤
Do we let it just go on
我們還要讓它繼續下去嗎
Turn our backs and carry on
讓我們轉身並繼續前行
Wake up, for it's too late
醒醒吧，那已經晚了那麼久
Right now, we can't wait
就現在，我們不能再等
She won't have a second try
她沒有第二次機會去嘗試
Open up your hearts
敞開你的心
As well as your eyes
也張開你的眼睛
She tried to give a cry for help
她試著呼叫來尋求幫助
she even blamed things on herself
她甚至責備在她身上發生的事
But no one came to her aid
但是沒有人來給她幫助
Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell
就我們所說的而言，沒有什麼事出了問題
That's what we'd like to tell our self
那就是我們想對自己說的
But no !it wasn't that way
但是，不!不應該是那個樣子
So she fell in love
她墜入愛河
With the wrong kinda man
愛的卻是不該愛的男孩
And she paid with her life for loving that man
她為愛那個男孩付出了生命
So we cannot ignore, we must look for the signs
因此，我們不能忽略，我們必須找尋那印記
And maybe next time we must save somebody's life
也許下一次，我們能拯救誰的生命了
How come, how long
怎麼會這樣?這樣會持續多久?
It's not right, it's so wrong
這是不對的，是如此的錯誤
Do we let it just go on
我們還要讓它繼續下去嗎
Turn our backs and carry on
讓我們轉身並繼續前行
Wake up, for it's too late
醒醒吧，那已經晚了那麼久
Right now, we can't wait
就現在，我們不能再等
She won't have a second try
她沒有第二次機會去嘗試
Open up your hearts
敞開你的心
As well as your eyes
也張開你的眼睛
Oh I on occasion met that guy
哦我偶爾見過那個人
It's been a feeling deep inside
這是一種內心深處的感覺
Some about it wasn't right
一些關於它不是正確的感覺
Oh The way he proves himself a man
哦，他證明自己是一個男人的方式
By beating his woman with his hands
通過用手打他的妻子
Always wishing that she'd seen the light
總是希望她看到的希望
How can someone like that call himself a man
如何能像那樣自稱為男人
He's not a man
他不是男人
In reality, he's far more less than
事實上，他離男人差遠了
And we cannot ignore
我們不能忽視
Whenever we see the signs
每當我們看到跡象
Cause any kind of abuse
造成任何的虐待
God knows, it's a crime
上帝知道，這是一種犯罪
How come, how long
怎麼會這樣?這樣會持續多久?
It's not right, it's so wrong
這是不對的，是如此的錯誤
Do we let it just go on
我們還要讓它繼續下去嗎
Turn our backs and carry on
我們還要讓它繼續下去嗎
Wake up, for it's too late
醒醒吧，那已經晚了那麼久
Right now, we can't wait
就現在，我們不能再等
She won't have a second try
她沒有第二次機會去嘗試
Open up your hearts
敞開你的心
As well as your eyes
也張開你的眼睛也許下一次，我們能拯救誰的生命了