#eta: ok 少管我 is gonna have to wait in its own queue LOL 3 in a row is a bit much even for me

[presumenothing]

警报 | THE GIVER

from zhou shen's second album 《反深代词》 | listen on spotify

lyrics by: 尹约 / yin yue [T/N: title is literally alarm/siren, as in "raise the alarm", because *faintly deranged background laughter* yeah sure why not]

迁就对方的节奏 matching – to their pace, 感受对方的感受 feeling – in their place; 请求对方的请求 seeking what they seek, 成就对方的成就 to reach for what they seize

原地不动 不忍失守 here, motionless / fearing to fail 你等在情绪代谢的最下游 you stand guard where the rivers empty of feeling 予取予求 照单全收 no give, just take / all asked, forsake 别人的任性汹涌 awash in waves – crash, of a thousand wills

为何你心情表情从来不相通 why do your feelings never match your face 为何你伤得越重笑得越轻松 why is your laugh lighter with every lash 不停点头 不折不扣 always, a yes / no tricks, no traps 一付出就是全部的最上游 all that you give is all that it takes 毫无保留 倾你所有 keeping none back / with every trace 竟还担心不够 yet still you say: help, if i may?

我发送 警报声 血红色 惊叹号 i'm raising / the alarm / in blood-red / i exclaim 提醒你自救 saying: save yourself 被遥控 ��耗空 快失控 快断送 being controlled / giving all / soon, no more / you'll be gone 我替你看透 glance in my crystal ball 从借用 到利用 到享用 到滥用 borrow this / use me thus / enjoy this / ruin me thus 转身就走 done and dusted 他们绝不 为你而痛 for you, they won't / shed nay a tear

共情是一种劳动 empathy is its own toil, 温柔是一种苦衷 gentleness its own turmoil; 善良是一种沉重 kindness brings its own burden, 原谅是一种纵容 forgiving a mere lenience

人前人后 思前想后 for them, to them / your thoughts astray 你被困进人情世故的中游 stuck stranded in these rapids of the world's affairs 为难左右 无力追究 troubled, you pace / too drained to say: 你终将何去何从 in the end, where can i stay?

为何你心情表情从来不相通 why do your feelings never match your face 为何你内心越痛笑得越隆重 why is your smile brighter as your heart tears 千疮百孔 暗藏担忧 riddled in wounds / wall away these woes 你却看不见自己快要断流 yet you see not how near is your ruin 回应落空 希望尘封 ask, but none echo / a grave of hopes 求救无人听懂 cry out for help – but no-one fathoms

我不断 再计算 因为你 不计算 i'm counting / what they take / because you / never wake 还能撑多久 to ask: how much more can i take 给世界 最宽容 给自己 最苛求 to the world / you relent / for yourself / never bend 顺位排最后 always the last in every line 你心口 从伤口 到决口 不开口 in your heart / none but scars / now, too late / still none said 笑容始终 smiling, 'til the end 我学会痛 为你而痛 and so – i learn / pain you never earned