01Intro
小时候我一直以为小時候我一直以為
xiǎo shí hòu wǒ yì zhí yǐ wèi
When I was little, I always believed
我是家里那个错的我是家裡那個錯的
wǒ shì jiā lǐ nà gè cuò de
I was the one who was wrong in the family
做多也错 做少也错做多也錯 做少也錯
zuò duō yě cuò zuò shǎo yě cuò
Doing too much was wrong; doing too little was wrong
出去也错 不出去也错出去也錯 不出去也錯
chū qù yě cuò bù chū qù yě cuò
Going out was wrong; staying home was wrong
于是我慢慢学会於是我慢慢學會
yú shì wǒ màn màn xué huì
So little by little, I learned
少说话 少期待少說話 少期待
shǎo shuō huà shǎo qī dài
To say less and expect less
一个人活在自己的世界一個人活在自己的世界
yī gè rén huó zài zì jǐ de shì jiè
To live alone inside my own world
02Verse 1
小时候我做什么小時候我做什麼
xiǎo shí hòu wǒ zuò shén me
No matter what I did as a child
你都说还不够你都說還不夠
nǐ dōu shuō hái bù gòu
You always said it was not enough
拚到最好拚到最好
pàn dào zuì hǎo
Even when I fought to be the best
你还叫我继续往前走你還叫我繼續往前走
nǐ hái jiào wǒ jì xù wǎng qián zǒu
You still told me to keep moving forward
想跟朋友出去想跟朋友出去
xiǎng gēn péng yǒu chū qù
When I wanted to go out with friends
你嫌我老往外头你嫌我老往外頭
nǐ xián wǒ lǎo wǎng wài tóu
You complained I was always away from home
没人约我出门沒人約我出門
méi rén yuē wǒ chū mén
When no one invited me out
你又问我没朋友你又問我沒朋友
nǐ yòu wèn wǒ méi péng yǒu
You asked why I had no friends
怎么做都不对怎麼做都不對
zěn me zuò dōu bù duì
Nothing I did was right
我找不到出口我找不到出口
wǒ zhǎo bú dào chū kǒu
I could not find a way out
别人的童年在玩別人的童年在玩
bié rén de tóng nián zài wán
Other children spent their childhood playing
我在房间低著头我在房間低著頭
wǒ zài fáng jiān dī zhù tóu
I kept my head down in my room
人家说我怪人家說我怪
rén jiā shuō wǒ guài
People said I was strange
说我孤僻像石头說我孤僻像石頭
shuō wǒ gū pì xiàng shí tóu
They said I was withdrawn and hard as stone
我听久也信了我聽久也信了
wǒ tīng jiǔ yě xìn le
I heard it so often that I believed it
开始习惯自己走開始習慣自己走
kāi shǐ xí guàn zì jǐ zǒu
And grew used to walking alone
越长大越少开口越長大越少開口
yuè zhǎng dà yuè shǎo kāi kǒu
The older I became, the less I spoke
把房门当宇宙把房門當宇宙
bǎ fáng mén dāng yǔ zhòu
I made the space behind my door my universe
不等谁理解不等誰理解
bù děng shuí lǐ jiě
I stopped waiting for anyone to understand
也不期待谁伸手也不期待誰伸手
yě bù qī dài shuí shēn shǒu
And expected no one to reach out
那时我以为那時我以為
nà shí wǒ yǐ wèi
Back then I thought
这就是我的以后這就是我的以後
zhè jiù shì wǒ de yǐ hòu
This would be the rest of my life
一个人的世界一個人的世界
yī gè rén de shì jiè
A world for one
一个人走到最后一個人走到最後
yī gè rén zǒu dào zuì hòu
Walking alone until the end
直到耳边有人唱起直到耳邊有人唱起
zhí dào ěr biān yǒu rén chàng qǐ
Until I heard someone begin to sing
那几句我当时还听不懂的话——那幾句我當時還聽不懂的話——
nà jǐ jù wǒ dāng shí hái tīng bù dǒng de huà — —
Those lines I could not understand back then—
04Verse 2
终于离开那个家終於離開那個家
zhōng yú lí kāi nà gè jiā
At last I left that home
没人再对我念叨沒人再對我唸叨
méi rén zài duì wǒ niàn dāo
With no one there to lecture me anymore
反正像我这种人反正像我這種人
fǎn zhèng xiàng wǒ zhè zhǒng rén
After all, who would ever believe
谁会真的看好誰會真的看好
shuí huì zhēn de kàn hǎo
In someone like me
别人有人铺路別人有人鋪路
bié rén yǒu rén pù lù
Others had someone clearing the road ahead
我连起点都找不到我連起點都找不到
wǒ lián qǐ diǎn dōu zhǎo bú dào
I could not even find the starting line
我只有一肚子火我只有一肚子火
wǒ zhǐ yǒu yī dǔ zi huǒ
All I had was a fire in my gut
那就烧著往前跑那就燒著往前跑
nà jiù shāo zhù wǎng qián pǎo
So I let it burn and ran ahead
拿怒气当燃料拿怒氣當燃料
ná nù qì dāng rán liào
I used my anger as fuel
逼自己把事情做好逼自己把事情做好
bī zì jǐ bǎ shì qíng zuò hǎo
And forced myself to get everything right
一年一年往前走一年一年往前走
yī nián yī nián wǎng qián zǒu
Year after year, I kept moving forward
那股火却越来越小那股火卻越來越小
nà gǔ huǒ què yuè lái yuè xiǎo
But that fire slowly grew smaller
有人说我做得不错有人說我做得不錯
yǒu rén shuō wǒ zuò de bù cuò
When someone said I had done well
我还笑说哪有我還笑說哪有
wǒ hái xiào shuō nǎ yǒu
I laughed and said, "Not really"
掌声多到躲不掉掌聲多到躲不掉
zhǎng shēng duō dào duǒ bù diào
Only when the applause became impossible to escape
才知我把自己看太糟才知我把自己看太糟
cái zhī wǒ bǎ zì jǐ kàn tài zāo
Did I realize I had judged myself too harshly
原来我不是天生不一样原來我不是天生不一樣
yuán lái wǒ bú shì tiān shēng bù yī yàng
It turns out I was not born different
是一路被磨成不一样是一路被磨成不一樣
shì yī lù bèi mó chéng bù yī yàng
The road had shaped me into someone different
那些年以为是缺陷的地方那些年以為是缺陷的地方
nà xiē nián yǐ wèi shì quē xiàn de dì fāng
The parts I once believed were flaws
今天反而成了力量今天反而成了力量
jīn tiān fǎn ér chéng le lì liàng
Have become my strength today
06Bridge
小时候不懂小時候不懂
xiǎo shí hòu bù dǒng
I did not understand when I was young
你看见什么未来你看見什麼未來
nǐ kàn jiàn shén me wèi lái
What kind of future you could see
只觉得你太狠只覺得你太狠
zhǐ jué de nǐ tài hěn
I only thought you were too harsh
不肯让我像别人自在不肯讓我像別人自在
bù kěn ràng wǒ xiàng bié rén zì zài
Unwilling to let me live as freely as the others
长大才明白長大才明白
zhǎng dà cái míng bái
Only when I grew up did I understand
你怕有一天你不在你怕有一天你不在
nǐ pà yǒu yī tiān nǐ bù zài
You feared that one day you would be gone
怕我还没学会站稳怕我還沒學會站穩
pà wǒ hái méi xué huì zhàn wěn
That before I had learned to stand on my own
就被这世界踩就被這世界踩
jiù bèi zhè shì jiè cǎi
This world would trample me
我看过多少大人我看過多少大人
wǒ kàn guò duō shǎo dà rén
I have seen so many adults
什么都等爸妈安排什麼都等爸媽安排
shén me dōu děng bà mā ān pái
Wait for their parents to arrange everything
长大还离不开家長大還離不開家
zhǎng dà hái lí bù kāi jiā
Still unable to leave home after growing up
什么都有人安排什麼都有人安排
shén me dōu yǒu rén ān pái
With someone else planning every step
你不是不想给我你不是不想給我
nǐ bú shì bù xiǎng gěi wǒ
It was not that you did not want to give me
别人那样的疼爱別人那樣的疼愛
bié rén nà yàng de téng ài
The tenderness that others received
只是宁可让我怪你只是寧可讓我怪你
zhǐ shì níng kě ràng wǒ guài nǐ
You would rather let me blame you
也不愿我长大还等人安排也不願我長大還等人安排
yě bù yuàn wǒ zhǎng dà hái děng rén ān pái
Than let me grow up still waiting for others to lead
大家都劝我慢一点大家都勸我慢一點
dà jiā dōu quàn wǒ màn yī diǎn
Everyone tells me to slow down
说做到这里就好說做到這裡就好
shuō zuò dào zhè lǐ jiù hǎo
And says that this is far enough
只有给我生命的你只有給我生命的你
zhǐ yǒu gěi wǒ shēng mìng de nǐ
Only you, who gave me life
从没怕我走得太高從沒怕我走得太高
cóng méi pà wǒ zǒu de tài gāo
Never feared that I might rise too high
别人看我今天別人看我今天
bié rén kàn wǒ jīn tiān
When others see me today
都说这样已经很好都說這樣已經很好
dōu shuō zhè yàng yǐ jīng hěn hǎo
They say I have already done enough
只有你知道——只有你知道——
zhǐ yǒu nǐ zhī dào — —
Only you know—
我还能更好我還能更好
wǒ hái néng gèng hǎo
I can still become better
07Final Chorus
世上只有妈妈好世上只有媽媽好
shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo
Of everyone in the world, Mom is best
长大以后我才知道長大以後我才知道
zhǎng dà yǐ hòu wǒ cái zhī dào
I only understood after growing up
一路都是你的教导一路都是你的教導
yī lù dōu shì nǐ de jiào dǎo
Your lessons guided me through the whole journey
才走到今朝才走到今朝
cái zǒu dào jīn zhāo
And brought me to where I am today
世上只有妈妈好世上只有媽媽好
shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo
Of everyone in the world, Mom is best
我终于懂得你的好我終於懂得你的好
wǒ zhōng yú dǒng de nǐ de hǎo
At last I understand all the good you gave me
那些没听懂的唠叨那些沒聽懂的嘮叨
nà xiē méi tīng dǒng de láo dāo
All those lectures I could not understand
如今都明了如今都明瞭
rú jīn dōu míng liǎo
Are clear to me now
By The Sandcastle Dynasty (沙堡王朝)