The Manuscript - Taylor Swift
专辑：《THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY》
作词 : Taylor Swift
作曲 : Taylor Swift
整理：怀音街
Now and then she re-reads the manuscript
时过境迁 她偶尔会重读那段炽热的恋情
Of the entire torrid affair
犹如翻阅褪色的手稿
They compared their licenses
他们交换过驾照上的信息
He said, "I'm not a donor but
他说 “虽然我不是器官捐赠者
I'd give you my heart if you needed it"
但如果你需要 我愿意把我的心给你”
She rolled her eyes and said, "You're a professional"
她翻了个白眼 说道 “你真有职业素养”
He said, "No, just a Good Samaritan"
他否认道 “不 我只是乐于助人罢了”
He said that if the sex was half as good as the conversation was
他说 如果性爱能像谈话般美好
Soon they’d be pushing strollers
他们很快就会推着婴儿车四处闲逛
But soon it was over
而一切很快便结束了
In the age of him she wished she was thirty
在与他相恋的年纪 她总幻想着自己已经三十岁
And made coffee every morning in a French press
每天清晨用法压壶煮上一壶咖啡
Afterward she only ate kids' cereal
而如今 她只吃着儿童麦片
And couldn't sleep unless it was in her mother's bed
唯有在母亲的床上才能安然入睡
Then she dated boys who were her own age
之后 她与同龄男孩约会
With dartboards on the backs of their doors
他们房门后挂着飞镖盘
She thought about how he said
她忆起他说过的话
Since she was so wise beyond her years
赞叹她拥有着超越年龄的智慧
Everything had been above board
他们之间的关系无可指摘
She wasn't sure
但她并不确定
And the years passed like scenes of a show
时光荏苒 岁月如戏 场景不断变换
The professor said to write what you know
教授曾说 要书写自己所知晓的一切
Looking backwards might be the only way
或许 唯回顾过往
To move forward
方能步履向前
Then the actors were hitting their marks
演员们精准地完成着既定动作
And the slow dance was alight with the sparks
慢舞中闪烁着点点火光
And the tears fell in synchronicity with the score
泪水随着乐曲节奏翩然落下
And at last
最终
She knew what the agony had been for
她明白苦楚的来源
The only thing that's left is the manuscript
如今 唯独剩下那份手稿
One last souvenir from my trip to your shores
是留存于我心中的纪念 来自彼岸的你
Now and then I re-read the manuscript
时过境迁 我偶尔会重读那段炽热的恋情
But the story isn't mine anymore
而那已不再是我的故事
