Only Mom Still Believes

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

出去也錯　不出去也錯

chū qù yě cuò bù chū qù yě cuò

Going out was wrong; staying home was wrong

於是我慢慢學會

yú shì wǒ màn màn xué huì

So little by little, I learned

少說話　少期待

shǎo shuō huà shǎo qī dài

To say less and expect less

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

小時候我做什麼

xiǎo shí hòu wǒ zuò shén me

No matter what I did as a child

你都說還不夠

nǐ dōu shuō hái bù gòu

You always said it was not enough

拚到最好

pàn dào zuì hǎo

Even when I fought to be the best

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

xiǎng gēn péng yǒu chū qù

When I wanted to go out with friends

你嫌我老往外頭

nǐ xián wǒ lǎo wǎng wài tóu

You complained I was always away from home

沒人約我出門

méi rén yuē wǒ chū mén

When no one invited me out

你又問我沒朋友

nǐ yòu wèn wǒ méi péng yǒu

You asked why I had no friends

怎麼做都不對

zěn me zuò dōu bù duì

Nothing I did was right

我找不到出口

wǒ zhǎo bú dào chū kǒu

I could not find a way out

別人的童年在玩

bié rén de tóng nián zài wán

Other children spent their childhood playing

我在房間低著頭

wǒ zài fáng jiān dī zhù tóu

I kept my head down in my room

人家說我怪

rén jiā shuō wǒ guài

People said I was strange

說我孤僻像石頭

shuō wǒ gū pì xiàng shí tóu

They said I was withdrawn and hard as stone

我聽久也信了

wǒ tīng jiǔ yě xìn le

I heard it so often that I believed it

開始習慣自己走

kāi shǐ xí guàn zì jǐ zǒu

And grew used to walking alone

越長大越少開口

yuè zhǎng dà yuè shǎo kāi kǒu

The older I became, the less I spoke

把房門當宇宙

bǎ fáng mén dāng yǔ zhòu

I made the space behind my door my universe

不等誰理解

bù děng shuí lǐ jiě

I stopped waiting for anyone to understand

也不期待誰伸手

yě bù qī dài shuí shēn shǒu

And expected no one to reach out

那時我以為

nà shí wǒ yǐ wèi

Back then I thought

這就是我的以後

zhè jiù shì wǒ de yǐ hòu

This would be the rest of my life

一個人的世界

yī gè rén de shì jiè

A world for one

一個人走到最後

yī gè rén zǒu dào zuì hòu

Walking alone until the end

直到耳邊有人唱起

zhí dào ěr biān yǒu rén chàng qǐ

Until I heard someone begin to sing

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—

世上只有媽媽好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo

Of everyone in the world, Mom is best

有媽的孩子像塊寶

yǒu mā de hái zi xiàng kuài bǎo

A child with a mother is treasured like a jewel

投進媽媽的懷抱

tóu jìn mā mā de huái bào

Falling into Mom's embrace

幸福享不了

xìng fú xiǎng bù liǎo

Surrounded by happiness without end

終於離開那個家

zhōng yú lí kāi nà gè jiā

At last I left that home

沒人再對我唸叨

méi rén zài duì wǒ niàn dāo

With no one there to lecture me anymore

反正像我這種人

fǎn zhèng xiàng wǒ zhè zhǒng rén

After all, who would ever believe

誰會真的看好

shuí huì zhēn de kàn hǎo

In someone like me

別人有人鋪路

bié rén yǒu rén pù lù

Others had someone clearing the road ahead

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

wǒ zhǐ yǒu yī dǔ zi huǒ

All I had was a fire in my gut

那就燒著往前跑

nà jiù shāo zhù wǎng qián pǎo

So I let it burn and ran ahead

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

bī zì jǐ bǎ shì qíng zuò hǎo

And forced myself to get everything right

一年一年往前走

yī nián yī nián wǎng qián zǒu

Year after year, I kept moving forward

那股火卻越來越小

nà gǔ huǒ què yuè lái yuè xiǎo

But that fire slowly grew smaller

有人說我做得不錯

yǒu rén shuō wǒ zuò de bù cuò

When someone said I had done well

我還笑說哪有

wǒ hái xiào shuō nǎ yǒu

I laughed and said, "Not really"

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

cái zhī wǒ bǎ zì jǐ kàn tài zāo

Did I realize I had judged myself too harshly

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

是一路被磨成不一樣

shì yī lù bèi mó chéng bù yī yàng

The road had shaped me into someone different

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

jīn tiān fǎn ér chéng le lì liàng

Have become my strength today

世上只有媽媽好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo

Of everyone in the world, Mom is best

沒媽的孩子像根草

méi mā de hái zi xiàng gēn cǎo

A child without a mother is like a blade of grass

離開媽媽的懷抱

lí kāi mā mā de huái bào

Once outside Mom's embrace

幸福哪裡找

xìng fú nǎ lǐ zhǎo

Where can happiness be found?

小時候不懂

xiǎo shí hòu bù dǒng

I did not understand when I was young

你看見什麼未來

nǐ kàn jiàn shén me wèi lái

What kind of future you could see

只覺得你太狠

zhǐ jué de nǐ tài hěn

I only thought you were too harsh

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

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

nǐ pà yǒu yī tiān nǐ bù zài

You feared that one day you would be gone

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

就被這世界踩

jiù bèi zhè shì jiè cǎi

This world would trample me

我看過多少大人

wǒ kàn guò duō shǎo dà rén

I have seen so many adults

什麼都等爸媽安排

shén me dōu děng bà mā ān pái

Wait for their parents to arrange everything

長大還離不開家

zhǎng dà hái lí bù kāi jiā

Still unable to leave home after growing up

什麼都有人安排

shén me dōu yǒu rén ān pái

With someone else planning every step

你不是不想給我

nǐ bú shì bù xiǎng gěi wǒ

It was not that you did not want to give me

別人那樣的疼愛

bié rén nà yàng de téng ài

The tenderness that others received

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

大家都勸我慢一點

dà jiā dōu quàn wǒ màn yī diǎn

Everyone tells me to slow down

說做到這裡就好

shuō zuò dào zhè lǐ jiù hǎo

And says that this is far enough

只有給我生命的你

zhǐ yǒu gěi wǒ shēng mìng de nǐ

Only you, who gave me life

從沒怕我走得太高

cóng méi pà wǒ zǒu de tài gāo

Never feared that I might rise too high

別人看我今天

bié rén kàn wǒ jīn tiān

When others see me today

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——

zhǐ yǒu nǐ zhī dào — —

Only you know—

我還能更好

wǒ hái néng gèng hǎo

I can still become better

世上只有媽媽好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo

Of everyone in the world, Mom is best

長大以後我才知道

zhǎng dà yǐ hòu wǒ cái zhī dào

I only understood after growing up

一路都是你的教導

yī lù dōu shì nǐ de jiào dǎo

Your lessons guided me through the whole journey

才走到今朝

cái zǒu dào jīn zhāo

And brought me to where I am today

世上只有媽媽好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo

Of everyone in the world, Mom is best

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

如今都明瞭

rú jīn dōu míng liǎo

Are clear to me now