I sit and watch you reading with your head low 我坐在这里看着你读书,低着头 I wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed 我在清晨醒来看着你呼吸,闭着眼 I sit and watch you 我坐在这里看着你 I notice everything you do or don\'t do 我知道你做和没有做的每一件事 You\'re so much older and wiser and I 你比我更年长而智慧,而我 I wait by the door like I\'m just a kid 我像个孩子一样守在门边等着你回家 Use my best colors for your portrait 用我能调出的最好的颜色画你的画像 Lay the table with the fancy shit 在桌面上摆满了华丽的装饰 And watch you tolerate it 然后看着你忍受这一切 If it\'s all in my head tell me now 如果这都是我一厢情愿,请你告诉我 Tell me I\'ve got it wrong somehow 告诉我我弄错了,误解了你的意思 I know my love should be celebrated 我的爱本该被欣然接纳和珍惜 But you tolerate it 但你却在勉强忍受 I greet you with a battle hero\'s welcome 我像欢迎一个英雄一样欢迎你回家 I take your indiscretions all in good fun 用乐观面对你所有的不可理喻 I sit and listen 我坐在这里耐心地听着 I polish plates until they gleam and glisten 我把每一个盘子擦得闪闪发光 You\'re so much older and wiser and I 你比我更年长而智慧,而我 I wait by the door like I\'m just a kid 我守大门边等着你回家 Use my best colors for your portrait 用我能调出的最好的颜色画你的画像 Lay the table with the fancy shit 在桌面上摆满了华丽的装饰 And watch you tolerate it 然后看着你忍受这一切 If it\'s all in my head tell me now 如果这都是我一厢情愿,请你告诉我 Tell me I\'ve got it wrong somehow 告诉我我弄错了,误解了你的意思 I know my love should be celebrated 我的爱本该被欣然接纳和珍惜 But you tolerate it 但你却在勉强忍受 While you were out building other worlds, where was I? 当你在外穿梭于自己的各个圈子时,我在哪里? Where\'s that man who\'d throw blankets over my barbed wire? 曾经那个用温柔包裹我的棱角的男人呢? I made you my temple, my mural, my sky 我把你视为我的神庙,我的圣画,我的一切 Now I\'m begging for footnotes in the story of your life 而现在我却祈求着能在你人生的厚厚书籍上有一个脚注的位置 Drawing hearts in the byline 在你故事前那不起眼的一行小字里奉献我的真心 Always taking up too much space or time 我的付出总是过火,耗尽了自己 You assume I\'m fine 你理所当然的以为我没事 But what would you do if I 但如果我这样做呢? Break free and leave us in ruins 如果我挣脱枷锁,把我们这些七零八落的曾经抛在脑后 Took this dagger in me and removed it 拔出你捅在我身上的匕首 Gain the weight of you then lose it 在我的生命中加上你的重量再抹掉 Believe me, I could do it 你信吗,我真的可以做到 If it\'s all in my head tell me now 如果这都是我一厢情愿,请你告诉我 Tell me I\'ve got it wrong somehow 告诉我我弄错了,误解了你的意思 I know my love should be celebrated 我的爱本该被欣然接纳和珍惜 But you tolerate it 但你却在勉强忍受 I sit and watch you 我坐在这里看着你
淡淡的陈述开始、画面感很强;紧接着刻画了爱上不爱自己的人的巨大悲伤和卑微;后面bridge的部分十分惊艳,打破了歌曲前面的平淡、耐心和温柔,转而变成了愤怒、失望,和心死后决定放弃卑微、拾起自尊的狠劲;最终又回到了最一开始的风平浪静,用一句没结束的\"I sit and watch you\"结尾。