The Monster

• By: Eminem, Rihanna
• Album: MMLP2

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

我跟床底下的怪物是朋友

Get along with the voices inside of my head

跟脑海里的声音相处得很好

You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath

你试着拯救我，别白费力气了

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

你觉得我疯了，对，你觉得我疯了

I wanted the fame, but not the cover of Newsweek

我想要名气，但不想上《新闻周刊》封面

Oh well, guess beggars can't be choosey

唉，看来乞丐不能挑肥拣瘦

Wanted to receive attention for my music

我希望因为我的音乐而受到关注

Wanted to be left alone in public, excuse me

又想在公共场合不被打扰，不好意思

Been wanting my cake and eat it too, and wanting it both ways

一直想鱼和熊掌兼得，两全其美

Fame made me a balloon 'cause my ego inflated

名气让我像气球一样，自我膨胀

When I blew, see, but it was confusing

当我爆炸时，你看，但那很令人困惑

'Cause all I wanted to do is be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf

因为我只想成为说唱界的李小龙

Abused ink, used it as a tool when I blew steam

滥用墨水，把它当成我发泄的工具

Ooh, hit the lottery, ooh-wee

哦，中了彩票，哇哦

But with what I gave up to get was bittersweet

但我为了得到它而放弃的东西，苦乐参半

It was like winning a used mink

就像赢得一件二手的貂皮大衣

Ironic 'cause I think I'm getting so huge I need a shrink

很讽刺，因为我觉得自己变得太大，需要一个心理医生

I'm beginning to lose sleep, one sheep, two sheep

我开始失眠，一只绵羊，两只绵羊

Going cuckoo and kooky as Kool Keith

变得像库尔·凯斯一样古怪和疯狂

But I'm actually weirder than you think, 'cause I'm

但我实际上比你想象的还要奇怪，因为我

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

我跟床底下的怪物是朋友

Get along with the voices inside of my head

跟脑海里的声音相处得很好

You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath

你试着拯救我，别白费力气了

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

你觉得我疯了，对，你觉得我疯了

Well, that's nothing

没什么大不了的

Well, that's nothing

没什么大不了的

Now I ain't much of a poet

我不太擅长写诗

But I know somebody once told me to seize the moment

但我知道有人曾经告诉我抓住当下

And don't squander it

不要浪费它

'Cause you never know when it all could be over tomorrow

因为你永远不知道明天一切什么时候会结束

So I keep conjuring

所以我不断地构思

Sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from

有时我想知道这些想法从何而来

(Yeah, ponderin' will do you wonders)

（是啊，沉思会给你带来奇迹）

(No wonder you're losing your mind, the way it wanders)

（难怪你精神失常，你的思绪到处游荡）

Yodel-ay-hee-hoo! I think it went wanderin' off down yonder

约德尔-哎-嘿-吼！我想它跑到那边去了

And stumbled onto Jeff VanVonderen

偶然遇到了杰夫·范·冯德伦

'Cause I need an interventionist to intervene between me and this monster

因为我需要一个干预主义者来干预我和这个怪物之间的问题

And save me from myself and all this conflict

把我从自己和所有的冲突中拯救出来

'Cause the very thing that I love is killing me and I can't conquer it

因为我所热爱的东西正在杀死我，我无法征服它

My OCD is conking me in the head

我的强迫症不停地敲打我的头

Keep knocking, nobody's home, I'm sleepwalking

一直敲门，没人接，我在梦游

I'm just relaying what the voice of my head saying

我只是在转述我脑海里的声音

Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just friends with the

别射杀信使，我只是...的朋友

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

我跟床底下的怪物是朋友

Get along with the voices inside of my head

跟脑海里的声音相处得很好

You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath

你试着拯救我，别白费力气了

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

你觉得我疯了，对，你觉得我疯了

Well, that's nothing

没什么大不了的

Well, that's nothing

没什么大不了的

Call me crazy, but I had this vision

叫我疯子吧，但我有一个愿景

One day that I'll walk amongst you a regular civilian

总有一天我会像普通公民一样走在你们中间

But until then drums get killed and I'm coming straight at MCs

但在那之前，鼓声会被杀死，我会直接冲向 MC

Blood gets spilled and I take it back to the days that I get on a Dre track

鲜血会洒出来，我会回到和德瑞一起做音乐的日子

Give every kid who got played that pumped up feelin'

给每一个被戏弄的孩子那种振奋的感觉

And shit to say back to the kids who played 'em

让他们有话反击那些戏弄他们的人

I ain't here to save the fucking children

我不是来拯救孩子们的

But if one kid out of a hundred million

但如果一亿个孩子中有一个

Who are going through a struggle, feels and relates, that's great!

正在经历挣扎，感同身受，那就太棒了！

It's payback, Russell Wilson falling way back in the draft

这是报应，拉塞尔·威尔逊在选秀中一路下滑

Turn nothing into something, still can make that

化腐朽为神奇，仍然可以做到

Straw in the gold, chump, I will spin

稻草变黄金，小子，我会纺

Rumpelstiltskin in a hay stack

稻草堆里的侏儒怪

Maybe I need a straightjacket

也许我需要一件紧身衣

Face facts, I am nuts for real, but I'm okay with that

面对现实吧，我真的疯了，但我对此没意见

It's nothing, I'm still friends with the

没什么，我仍然是...的朋友

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

我跟床底下的怪物是朋友

Get along with the voices inside of my head

跟脑海里的声音相处得很好

You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath

你试着拯救我，别白费力气了

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

你觉得我疯了，对，你觉得我疯了

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

我跟床底下的怪物是朋友

(Get along with) get along with the voices inside of my head

（相处得很好）跟脑海里的声音相处得很好

(You're tryin' to) you're trying to save me, stop holding your breath

（你试着）你试着拯救我，别白费力气了

(And you think) and you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

（你觉得）你觉得我疯了，对，你觉得我疯了

Well, that's nothing

没什么大不了的

Well, that's nothing

没什么大不了的

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
monster /ˈmɒnstər/ A2	noun - 怪物
voices /ˈvɔɪsɪz/ A2	noun - 声音
head /hɛd/ A1	noun - 头
save /seɪv/ A2	verb - 拯救
crazy /ˈkreɪzi/ A2	adjective - 疯狂的
fame /feɪm/ B1	noun - 名声
music /ˈmjuːzɪk/ A1	noun - 音乐
cake /keɪk/ A1	noun - 蛋糕
ego /ˈiːɡoʊ/ B2	noun - 自我
tool /tuːl/ A1	noun - 工具
lottery /ˈlɒtəri/ B1	noun - 彩票
ironic /aɪˈrɒnɪk/ C1	adjective - 讽刺的
sleep /sliːp/ A1	noun - 睡眠 verb - 睡觉
poet /ˈpəʊɪt/ B1	noun - 诗人
moment /ˈməʊmənt/ A2	noun - 时刻
thoughts /θɔːts/ A2	noun - 想法
conflict /ˈkɒnflɪkt/ B2	noun - 冲突
love /lʌv/ A1	noun - 爱 verb - 爱
killing /ˈkɪlɪŋ/ B1	verb - 杀死
vision /ˈvɪʒən/ B2	noun - 视力

Grammar:

• I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

  ➔ 一般现在时

  ➔ 短语"我和...是朋友"使用一般现在时来表达当前的状态。

• You're trying to save me, stop holding your breath

  ➔ 现在进行时

  ➔ 短语"你正在尝试"使用现在进行时来表示一个正在进行的动作。

• I wanted the fame, but not the cover of Newsweek

  ➔ 一般过去时

  ➔ 短语"我想要"使用一般过去时来表达过去存在的愿望。

• It's payback, Russell Wilson falling way back in the draft

  ➔ 一般现在时

  ➔ 短语"这是报复"使用一般现在时来陈述一个事实。

• Maybe I need a straightjacket

  ➔ 情态动词

  ➔ 短语"也许我需要"使用情态动词'需要'来表达可能性。

• I ain't here to save the fucking children

  ➔ 非正式缩写

  ➔ 短语"我不在这里"使用非正式缩写'ain't'而不是'am not'。

• And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

  ➔ 强调的重复

  ➔ 短语"你认为我疯了"被重复以强调，突显说话者的感受。