(If) the Book Doesn’t Sell歌词-Ritt Momney

(If) the Book Doesn’t Sell歌词由Ritt Momney演唱，出自专辑《Her and All of My Friends》，下面是《(If) the Book Doesn’t Sell》完整版歌词！

(If) the Book Doesn’t Sell歌词完整版

(If) the Book Doesn't Sell - Ritt Momney (里特·蒙尼)

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Lyrics by：Jack Rutter

Composed by：Jack Rutter

More so than me

比我更爱你

She knows my name

她知道我的名字

And more so than me

比我更爱你

Understands this pain

理解这种痛苦

I'm either too lost

我要么太迷茫

Or not lost enough

亦或是迷失得不够

I think I'm too smart

我觉得我太聪明了

For this type of love

为了这份爱

I wasn't sent off

我没有被开除

But straight to the ground

直接倒在地上

And I know God best

我最了解上帝

Is one with no crown

没有王冠

Don't know why the past affects me in this way

不知道为什么过去的事情会这样影响我

Don't know where I'll go if I leave here today

不知道如果我今天离开这里我会去哪里

But I know my limits and you're not the type

但我知道我的极限你不是我喜欢的类型

To be fooling around in this way

就这样胡作非为

No reason you're here but there's reasons to stay

你没有理由在这里但你有理由留下来

Not as easy to know as it's easy to say

说起来容易知道却不容易

'Cause to my family and my friends

因为感谢我的家人和朋友

I can't think of one thing

我什么都想不出来

That I gain

我收获颇丰

But more for me

对我来说更重要

And more for me

为我付出更多

More for me

为我付出更多

Age 14 at midnight I hear voices from the kitchen

十四岁的时候午夜时分我听到厨房里传来声音

I let my feet follow the

我让我的双脚跟随着

Sound as I let my ears listen

我侧耳倾听

I walk upstairs and at the kitchen table

我走上楼坐在餐桌旁

I can see

我看得出来

That God is sitting with the devil

上帝与恶魔同坐

Sharing drinks and old stories

一起喝酒一起讲故事

The floorboard creaks

地板嘎吱作响

A red embarrassment floods all throughout God's face

满脸通红尴尬的表情充斥着上帝的脸庞

He swears that it's not what it looks like

他发誓事情并非表面上那样

Then he swears he can explain

他发誓他可以解释清楚

The Devil speaks

恶魔说

Your God and I put all our differences

你的上帝和我把我们所有的分歧

To rest and a man's actions are his own

休息片刻一个人的行为由他自己决定

But man will blame us nonetheless

但人们还是会责怪我们

The devil stands he grabs his keys

恶魔站起来他拿起钥匙

And straightens out a rusted crown

拨开生锈的皇冠

He tells me hell is frozen over

他告诉我地狱已经冰封

Heaven burned down to the ground

天堂化为灰烬

And you have only got one life

你的生命只有一次

So do with it what you would like

所以你想怎样做就怎样做吧

We solemnly apologize

我们郑重道歉

But we won't be there when you die

但当你离开人世时我们不会在你身边

And I stand cold and alone in a body that won't move

我独自站在那里一动不动

Watching the eyes of these Gods that I once knew

凝视着我曾经熟知的神明的双眸

One pair looks down in a half-hearted lie

一对恋人垂头丧气躺在半心半意的谎言里

While the other looks straight

而另一个人看起来平平无奇

Into mine with a whole truth

带着真理走进我的世界

Lacking the fear I've been told that God deserves

他们告诉我没有恐惧这是上帝应得的

I say what good is a prayer that goes unheard

我说没有人倾听的祈祷有何意义

He says what hope could they find in a book

他说他们能在书中找到什么希望

If the book doesn't sell and the pages stay unturned

如果这本书卖不出去书还没翻完

With a wink the devil

眨眼之间恶魔

Turns and exits the back door

转身从后门离开

And God is standing there in

上帝就站在那里

Silence with his eyes glued to the floor

沉默不语他目不转睛地盯着地板

But then he speaks

可他开口了

I am no savior but I give them what they need

我不是救世主可我给他们需要的一切

And there has never been a

从来没有

Dreamer who prefers reality

梦想家喜欢现实

The war for truth is raging on

真相之战如火如荼

But it's not one you have to fight

但这不是你必须抗拒的

And if it is the truth you want

如果这就是你想要的真相

Then it is hope you'll sacrifice

那就是希望你牺牲自己

It's yours to choose

由你选择

And you can choose

你可以选择

This is not the way I am

这不是我的作风

This is just how I was raised

我就是这样长大的

So let me make up my own mind

所以让我下定决心

Let me map out my own way

让我找到自己的出路

And to the parents of the kids

致孩子们的父母

Whose tongues are in their throats

谁的舌头伸到了喉咙里

Because of tears that you will

因为你会伤心落泪

Cry if they don't stick to what they know

如果他们不坚持自己知道的事就哭吧

I'm sure you're giving it your best

我相信你会竭尽所能

And I am sure it takes a toll

我知道这会造成伤害

But whether God given or not

但无论上帝是否给予

Our lives are not to be controlled

我们的人生不受控制

Just let us choose

让我们选择吧