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□□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