Achilles, it's not much but there's proof
Ахиллес, это не так уж много, но есть доказательство,
You crazy-assed cosmonaut, remember your virtue
Что ты сумасшедший космонавт, помни о своей добродетели,
Redemption lies plainly in truth
Искупление лежит прямо в правде,
Just humour us, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Просто ублажай нас, Ахиллес, Ахиллес, спускайся вниз.
Won't you get up off, get up off the roof?
Ты не хочешь слезть, слезть с крыши?
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Ахиллес, Ахиллес, Ахиллес, спускайся!
Won't you get up off, get up off the roof?
Ты не хочешь слезть, слезть с крыши?
The self is not so weightless, nor whole and unbroken
"Я" не такое невесомое, не такое цельное и нерушимое,
Remember the pact of our youth
Помни договор нашей юности,
Where you go, I'm going, so jump and I'm jumping
Куда ты идешь, туда иду и я, так что прыгай, и я прыгаю,
Since there is no me without you
Потому что без тебя нет меня.
Soldier on, Achilles, Achilles, come down
Солдат, Ахиллес, Ахиллес, спускайся!
Won't you get up off, get up off the roof?
Ты не хочешь слезть, слезть с крыши?
Loathe the way they light candles in Rome
Ненавижу, как зажигают свечи в Риме,
But love the sweet air of the votives
Но люблю сладкий воздух обетов,
Hurt and grieve but don't suffer alone
Причиняю боль и скорбь, но не страдаю в одиночестве,
Engage with the pain as a motive
Занимаюсь болью как мотивом.
Today of all days, see
Сегодня из всех дней, посмотри,
How the most dangerous thing is to love
Как самое опасное-это любить,
How you will heal and you'll rise above
Как ты исцелишься и возвысишься выше.
Achilles, Achilles, Achilles, jump now
Ахиллес, Ахиллес, Ахиллес, прыгай!
You are absent of cause or excuse
So self-indulgent and self-referential
No audience could ever want you
You crave the applause yet hate the attention
Then miss it, your act is a ruse
It is empty, Achilles, so end it all now
It's a pointless resistance for you
Achilles, Achilles, just put down the bottle
Don't listen to what you've consumed
It's chaos, confusion and wholly unworthy
Of feeding and it's wholly untrue
You may feel no purpose nor a point for existing
It's all just conjecture and gloom
And there may not be meaning, so find one and seize it
Do not waste yourself on this roof
Hear those bells ring deep in the soul
Chiming away for a moment
Feel your breath course frankly below
And see life as a worthy opponent
How the most dangerous thing is to love
How you will heal and you'll rise above
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond
Ah, it's more courageous to overcome
You want the acclaim, the mother of mothers
(it's not worth it, Achilles)
More poignant than fame or the taste of another
But be real and just jump, you dense motherfucker
(you're worth more, Achilles)
You will not be more than a rat in the gutter
(so much more than a rat)
You want my opinion, my opinion you've got
(no one asked your opinion)
You asked for my counsel, I gave you my thoughts
(no one asked for your thoughts)
Be done with this now and jump off the roof
(be done with this now and get off the roof)
Can you hear me, Achilles? I'm talking to you
Throw yourself into the unknown
With pace and a fury defiant
Clothe yourself in beauty untold
And see life as a means to a triumph
How the most dangerous thing is to love
How you will heal and you'll rise above
Crowned by an overture bold and beyond
Ah, it's more courageous to overcome
Colt Ford - No Rest