只有妈还相信

小时候我一直以为

xiǎo shí hòu wǒ yì zhí yǐ wèi

When I was little, I always believed

我是家里那个错的

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

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

chū qù yě cuò bù chū qù yě cuò

Going out was wrong; staying home was wrong

于是我慢慢学会

yú shì wǒ màn màn xué huì

So little by little, I learned

少说话　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

yī gè rén huó zài zì jǐ de shì jiè

To live alone inside my own world

小时候我做什么

xiǎo shí hòu wǒ zuò shén me

No matter what I did as a child

你都说还不够

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

你还叫我继续往前走

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

你嫌我老往外头

nǐ xián wǒ lǎo wǎng wài tóu

You complained I was always away from home

没人约我出门

méi rén yuē wǒ chū mén

When no one invited me out

你又问我没朋友

nǐ yòu wèn wǒ méi péng yǒu

You asked why I had no friends

怎么做都不对

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

别人的童年在玩

bié rén de tóng nián zài wán

Other children spent their childhood playing

我在房间低著头

wǒ zài fáng jiān dī zhù tóu

I kept my head down in my room

人家说我怪

rén jiā shuō wǒ guài

People said I was strange

说我孤僻像石头

shuō wǒ gū pì xiàng shí tóu

They said I was withdrawn and hard as stone

我听久也信了

wǒ tīng jiǔ yě xìn le

I heard it so often that I believed it

开始习惯自己走

kāi shǐ xí guàn zì jǐ zǒu

And grew used to walking alone

越长大越少开口

yuè zhǎng dà yuè shǎo kāi kǒu

The older I became, the less I spoke

把房门当宇宙

bǎ fáng mén dāng yǔ zhòu

I made the space behind my door my universe

不等谁理解

bù děng shuí lǐ jiě

I stopped waiting for anyone to understand

也不期待谁伸手

yě bù qī dài shuí shēn shǒu

And expected no one to reach out

那时我以为

nà shí wǒ yǐ wèi

Back then I thought

这就是我的以后

zhè jiù shì wǒ de yǐ hòu

This would be the rest of my life

一个人的世界

yī gè rén de shì jiè

A world for one

一个人走到最后

yī gè rén zǒu dào zuì hòu

Walking alone until the end

直到耳边有人唱起

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——

nà jǐ jù wǒ dāng shí hái tīng bù dǒng de huà — —

Those lines I could not understand back then—

世上只有妈妈好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo

Of everyone in the world, Mom is best

有妈的孩子像块宝

yǒu mā de hái zi xiàng kuài bǎo

A child with a mother is treasured like a jewel

投进妈妈的怀抱

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

终于离开那个家

zhōng yú lí kāi nà gè jiā

At last I left that home

没人再对我念叨

méi rén zài duì wǒ niàn dāo

With no one there to lecture me anymore

反正像我这种人

fǎn zhèng xiàng wǒ zhè zhǒng rén

After all, who would ever believe

谁会真的看好

shuí huì zhēn de kàn hǎo

In someone like me

别人有人铺路

bié rén yǒu rén pù lù

Others had someone clearing the road ahead

我连起点都找不到

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

那就烧著往前跑

nà jiù shāo zhù wǎng qián pǎo

So I let it burn and ran ahead

拿怒气当燃料

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

那股火却越来越小

nà gǔ huǒ què yuè lái yuè xiǎo

But that fire slowly grew smaller

有人说我做得不错

yǒu rén shuō wǒ zuò de bù cuò

When someone said I had done well

我还笑说哪有

wǒ hái xiào shuō nǎ yǒu

I laughed and said, "Not really"

掌声多到躲不掉

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

原来我不是天生不一样

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

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

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

世上只有妈妈好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo

Of everyone in the world, Mom is best

没妈的孩子像根草

méi mā de hái zi xiàng gēn cǎo

A child without a mother is like a blade of grass

离开妈妈的怀抱

lí kāi mā mā de huái bào

Once outside Mom's embrace

幸福哪里找

xìng fú nǎ lǐ zhǎo

Where can happiness be found?

小时候不懂

xiǎo shí hòu bù dǒng

I did not understand when I was young

你看见什么未来

nǐ kàn jiàn shén me wèi lái

What kind of future you could see

只觉得你太狠

zhǐ jué de nǐ tài hěn

I only thought you were too harsh

不肯让我像别人自在

bù kěn ràng wǒ xiàng bié rén zì zài

Unwilling to let me live as freely as the others

长大才明白

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

怕我还没学会站稳

pà wǒ hái méi xué huì zhàn wěn

That before I had learned to stand on my own

就被这世界踩

jiù bèi zhè shì jiè cǎi

This world would trample me

我看过多少大人

wǒ kàn guò duō shǎo dà rén

I have seen so many adults

什么都等爸妈安排

shén me dōu děng bà mā ān pái

Wait for their parents to arrange everything

长大还离不开家

zhǎng dà hái lí bù kāi jiā

Still unable to leave home after growing up

什么都有人安排

shén me dōu yǒu rén ān pái

With someone else planning every step

你不是不想给我

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

bié rén nà yàng de téng ài

The tenderness that others received

只是宁可让我怪你

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

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

dà jiā dōu quàn wǒ màn yī diǎn

Everyone tells me to slow down

说做到这里就好

shuō zuò dào zhè lǐ jiù hǎo

And says that this is far enough

只有给我生命的你

zhǐ yǒu gěi wǒ shēng mìng de nǐ

Only you, who gave me life

从没怕我走得太高

cóng méi pà wǒ zǒu de tài gāo

Never feared that I might rise too high

别人看我今天

bié rén kàn wǒ jīn tiān

When others see me today

都说这样已经很好

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—

我还能更好

wǒ hái néng gèng hǎo

I can still become better

世上只有妈妈好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo

Of everyone in the world, Mom is best

长大以后我才知道

zhǎng dà yǐ hòu wǒ cái zhī dào

I only understood after growing up

一路都是你的教导

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

世上只有妈妈好

shì shàng zhǐ yǒu mā mā hǎo

Of everyone in the world, Mom is best

我终于懂得你的好

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

nà xiē méi tīng dǒng de láo dāo

All those lectures I could not understand

如今都明了

rú jīn dōu míng liǎo

Are clear to me now