后妈茶话会（刘晨雅、傅译瑶、陶妍、黄悦）耘歌音乐（翻自 群星）

耘歌音乐 - 后妈茶话会

Ever since I was a girl my own mother vowed

从我小时候起 我母亲就要我立誓

I must find the way to power through a noble brow

我必须要找到爬向权力顶端的捷径

I married once for love then my senses came

因爱结婚 我突然意识到

I must marry for the stature of my husband's name

我必须要找一个有名声的丈夫来结婚

Onto marriage number two

所以第二次结婚

I knew what I had to do

我知道我必须要怎么做

And my poor husband fell ill in a year or two

我可怜的丈夫 在两年内因病死了

Solved problem number one now to problem number two

解决了第一个问题 是时候解决第二个了

His doe-eyed little girl with gentle point of view

那个他经常用温柔的眼神看着的小女孩

Would I ship her off to school

我该送她去学校吗

No I told her if she stayed that

当然不了 我告诉她 如果她想要留下来

She'd have to earn her keep and so she became the maid

她就得挣钱养活自己 于是她变成了女仆

She was lazy she was crazy

她很懒她很疯

She was talking to the mice

她曾经和老鼠们说话

She was hopelessly naive so she had to pay the price

她天真得无药可救 所以她必须付出代价

I moved her to the attic out of sight

我让她搬去那个我不想看见的阁楼

And out of mind

我也毫不在意

I could have thrown her out but I'm benevolent and kind

我本可以赶她出去 就是我太仁慈了

Mother your heart's too big for you

妈妈 你的心真的好宽容

I knew what I had to do

我知道我必须要怎么做

After all difficult children will take advantage of your good nature

毕竟 那难相处的孩子会占你的便宜

So you lock them up

所以你把他们关起来

Throw away the key

把钥匙扔了

There's one on every family tree

每个家族里都有一个人

Ungrateful

忘恩负义

Hateful

可恨

Vile too the things she put you through

还很邪恶 是她让你变成这样的

Break their spirit so they obey

毁灭他们的心灵 让他们顺从

Now they'll do anything you say

现在他们会乖乖听你的

Maybe you'd call it cruel but

也许你会觉得这很残忍

Others would call it love

有些人会称这叫爱

Tough love

严厉的爱

I ask you

我问你

Is it a crime to strive for perfection in all things

任何事都追求完美是错的吗

Oh no they're so cute when they're little

不 他们小的时候很可爱

But then they grow up and just

但长大后

Ruin everything

会毁了一切

I never wanted children

我从没想过要孩子

Life was better on my own

我一个人过得多美好

All the screaming nagging chilled me to the bone

停不下来的尖叫声听得要了我的命

But then one day I came across a flower growing free

但有天我遇到一朵可以长生不老的花

It's magic kept me young so I kept it all for me

它能让我拾回年轻的容貌 所以我将它占为己有

Someone dug it up now a baby held the power

但有人把它挖了出来 让那个宝宝拥有了魔力

So I borrowed her and locked her up

所以我将她借走

And hid her in a tower

把她锁起来藏在塔里

Years went by oh the sacrifice

多年之后 我牺牲了时间去喂她

And against my better judgment I fed her once or twice

为了让自己更好 我还得偶尔去喂她

Teenagers now I know I wild eat their young

我知道现在的年轻人都很难管教

But that's messy

但那实在是太令人厌恶了

Manipulation's easily more fun

操纵他们会更简单有趣

A little guilt a lot of force of course

一点内疚 一点迫力 当然

You have to lie

你还得必须要说谎

Remind them that without you they'd shrivel up and die

提醒他们 没有你 他们会枯萎而死

They only have themselves to blame

他们只能怪自己

If you'd been there you'd do the same

如果你身临其境 你也会这样做

So work them hard 'til they fall in line

所以使劲使唤他们 让他们都受不了

There's one way and it's only mine

只有一条路 属于我的路

Children are lazy

小孩们都是懒惰的

Spoiled too

都给宠坏了

We know what to do

但是我们知道我们该怎么做

Govern them with a heart of stone

用铁石心肠治治他们

Lock them up so they're all alone

把他们锁起来 让他们体会孤独

Maybe you'd call it cruel but

也许你觉得这会很残忍 但是

Others would call it love tough love

有些人会称这叫爱 严厉的爱

Ugh her own tower with a water view

她明明就有一个带有小瀑布的高塔

And she runs away the first chance she gets

结果她一有机会就逃出去了

These wretched brats think the world owes them something

这些可怜的孩子总觉得这世界欠了他们什么

But it doesn't

但是并不是

Far and wide I rule the kingdom with a heavy hand

我用严厉的手段统治着这个王国

But there was more I had in mind a greater plan

但我有更多的想法 一个更伟大的计划

I never cared to share

我从未分享过我的想法

So the king would have to fall

所以国王不得不消失

But his child blocked the way to me

但他那个最漂亮的孩子挡着了我的去路

And fairest of them all

最出众的那个

She was chubby she was dumb

她很胖 很蠢

And grotesquely optimistic

而且想法荒诞地乐观

She needed structure in her life

她想要自己安排她的人生

She wasn't realistic

她一点都不现实

I gave her chores and took away the things

我给了她一堆家务 拿走了一切

That she'd enjoy

她喜欢的东西

But then I caught her singing songs with birds

但后来我发现她和鸟儿一起唱歌

And then a boy

还遇上了个男孩

Love was I just sit by

爱 我只能眼睁睁地看着

And wait for her to take my crown no

!等着她把我的皇位夺走 不

She had sealed her fate

她已经决定了她的命运

She had to go and so she did

她不得不走

And you know what they say

你知道他们怎么评价她做的事吗

An apple once a day keeps your enemies away

一日一苹果 敌人远离我

Don't be fooled by their tender smile

别再被他们温柔的微笑给愚弄了

Give an inch and they'll run a mile

他们只会得寸进尺

Our idea of a happy home

我们都是为了幸福的家

Is one where we live all alone

那是属于我们的地方

Dark depressing desolate

黑暗 压抑 凄凉

Now let's all drink to that

现在让我们尽情享受吧

Call us wicked and call us mean

说我们邪恶说我们卑鄙

Cruel and everything in between

说我们残忍所有的事都是这样

You could say it's unjust

你可以说这不公平

Turning their dreams to dust

把他们的梦想化为灰烬

This is what we call love

这就是我们所说的爱

Tough love

严厉的爱