Jolin Tsai 蔡依林
节拍器 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Chinese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:39
是我越来越像你
Am I becoming more like you?
还是隐形了自己
Or is it that I've become invisible?
小心翼翼你的语气
Cautiously matching your tone,
配合你的表情
In sync with your expression.
我的好胜心为你舍弃
I've sacrificed my competitive spirit for you,
以为这就是爱情
Thinking this is what love is.
直到自己 没空气
Until I find myself out of breath,
才发现 不能再继续
Only to realize I can't go on.
我不愿意再为了讨你的欢喜
I'm unwilling to please you anymore,
别让我的心像是上紧发条的节拍器
Don't let my heart be like a ticking metronome.
我的呼吸慢慢跟不上节拍器
My breath slowly falls behind the metronome
最初的设定
The initial setting
我们交叉在不同频率 归零
We intersect at differing frequencies, resetting
是我越来越像你
Is it that I'm becoming more like you
还是隐形了自己
Or am I just invisible to myself
小心翼翼你的语气
Cautiously, your tone
配合你的表情
Matching your expression
我的好胜心为你舍弃
My competitive spirit sacrificed for you
以为这就是爱情
Thinking this is what love is
直到自己 没空气
Until I find myself, no air to breathe
才发现 不能再继续
Only then did I realize I can't go on any longer
我不愿意再为了讨你的欢喜
I refuse to keep trying to please you
别让我的心像是上紧发条的节拍器
Don't let my heart feel like a wound-up metronome
我的呼吸慢慢跟不上节拍器
My breath slowly falls behind the rhythm
最初的设定
The original setting
我们交叉在不同频率 放弃
We intersect at different frequencies and let go
时间把我们一起囚禁 快乐伤心
Time locks us together in joy and sorrow
爱要多少世纪才能够停止寻觅
How many centuries must love seek to find rest?
不再演你爱的自己
No longer playing the version of me you love
妥协了语气
Compromising my tone
节拍器 在细数我的哭泣
The metronome counts my tears,
可不可以 不用再等著你靠近
Can I not wait for you to come near anymore?
我可以安静 聆听时间倒转的旋律
I can be quiet, listening to the melody of time reversing,
暂停
Pause.
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Key vocabulary
- 伤心shāng xīn
- sad3
- 停止tíng zhǐ
- stop3
- 慢慢màn màn
- slowly3
- 演yǎn
- perform3
- 直到zhí dào
- until3
- 紧jǐn
- tight3
- 继续jì xù
- continue3
- 转zhuǎn
- turn3
- 越来越yuè lái yuè
- increasingly2
- 像xiàng
- like2
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About this song
Jolin Tsai is a Taiwanese singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress in the C-Pop and dance-pop genres. She is known for her influential role in Greater China’s popular music and for continually reinventing her sound and visuals.
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