where does this ocean go?

 ( vocal by Ilaria Graziano )

 

 all day the city's selling something

整天，城市交易流动不曾停息

always, the busy people spinning 'round

日常，人们忙碌周转未曾歇息

busier

越忙乱

dizzier

越昏眩

'til they go back home to somewhere

直到各自回到某处家中

 

and taxies stop to say "hello"

的士司机停下说道：“你好”

"want a ride? I'll take you there"

“要搭车吗？载你一程吧”

"to anywhere, just tell my driver"

“去哪都行，只要告诉我这司机”

 

the sun is casting shadows

日光投射出阴影

an afternoon is fading

午后时光正褪去

I ask, but no one knows

我试着问，但没有回音

the answer to the question

关于这问题的答案

my life is like an island

我的生活像座孤岛

where does this ocean go?

这片海将归向何方？

 

shyly, a wino sips his wine

小心地，酒鬼小口抿着他的酒

slowly, cause to him that is all that matters

慢慢地，对他而言那就是全部

he sees a cat he knows so well

他看见一只熟悉的猫

now sleeping on a bench together

躺在长凳上一同入眠

a woman waiting by herself, selling flowers

一位卖花的女人独自等候着路边行人

"please buy some, so i can help my daughter, will you?"

“请买一些吧，这样我就能帮我女儿了，好吗？”

 

the man with spider eyebrows

有着蜘蛛纹路眉毛的男人

is standing on a corner

正立在街道拐角处

"who wants to see a show?"

“有谁想看场表演吗”

his head looks like a melon

他的脑袋圆鼓像个瓜

he turns into an alley

转身进了一条小巷

then stops to blow his nose

然后停下来擤他的鼻子

 

sky is filled with neon

天空满是霓虹流彩

the buildings stand electric

高楼林立电光四映

and almost seem to glow

几近仿佛光彩焕发

 

want answers to the question

想知道这问题的答案

my heart is like an mirror

我的心好似明镜透亮

where does the ocean go?

这片海终归向何方？

I really want to know

我是真的想知道

my life is like an island

我的生活像座孤岛

it's time for me now to fly

是时候展翅高翔了

where does the ocean go?

这片海终归向何方？