Lyrics and translation 曹軒賓 - 你不在北京

你不在北京

打包 你的行李
睡不著的半夜 下樓跑步去
換過新的家具
大風天通洲 搬家到 工體

難過 就看喜劇
兜一圈三環 四十幾公里
路過 長樁街西 我只能擰過頭閉上眼睛

若不在仍有愛時別離
就注定會 在恨裡重遇
這不過是簡單的道理
可真的要明白卻真的不容易

你不在北京 我不在人群
日子過得就像 事後未平靜的喘息
想念是身體的潮汐
沉默是呼吸的伴侶
對抗突襲來的回憶 都是場戰役

你不在北京 我不在關心
這個城市霧霾放晴 和世俗的樂趣
車來人往在擁擠 紅男綠女在親密
大街上還常聽到 你喜歡的歌曲
可惜不是你

旅行 漫無目的
累積的里程 想留給你登機
工作 抵抗空虛
飯局到酒局累到沒力氣
相親 在CBD
你愛逛的秀水 開了西餐廳
戒菸 鍛練身體
健康的生活 已改過自新

若不在仍有愛時別離
就注定會在恨裡重遇
這不過是是簡單的道理
可真的要明白 卻真的不容易

你不在北京 我不在人群
日子過得就像 事後未平靜的喘息
想念是身體的潮汐
沉默是呼吸的伴侶
對抗突襲來的回憶 都是場戰役

你不在北京 我不在關心
這個城市霧霾放晴 和世俗的樂趣
車來人往在擁擠 紅男綠女在親密
大街上還常聽到你喜歡的歌曲
可惜不是你

如果能不期而遇
我們該會 寒暄客氣
你不懂我 傷到絕境
並又怎樣 偷偷痊癒
收拾完 一片狼藉
青春也就 所剩無幾
有個你我 早已放棄
為什麼還意猶未盡

你不在北京 我不在原地
地球公轉自轉 世界挾裹我向前行
衣服好幾回換季
手機好幾代更替
當時糾結的過不去 已雲淡風輕

你不在北京 我不再屬於
那些仗著年輕還能再折騰的年紀
朋友都生兒育女
父母也催我娶妻
事過境遷以後
我還一個人在你
不在的北京

You are not in Beijing

Packing your luggage
Insomnia at midnight, I went downstairs to run
Changed new furniture
Strong winds Tongzhou, moving to the Worker's Stadium

Unhappy, I watch comedy
Going around the third ring road for forty kilometers
Passing Changzhuang Street West, I can only turn my head and close my eyes

If you are not in love when you leave
You will be destined to meet again in hate.
This is just a simple truth.
But it is really difficult to truly understand

You are not in Beijing, I am not in the crowd
Life is like a gasp after an unstable event
Missing is the tide of the body
Silence is the companion of breathing
Fighting against sudden memories is a battle

You are not in Beijing, I am not concerned
This city's smog clears up and worldly pleasures
Traffic and people are crowded, men and women are intimate
You can still often hear your favorite songs on the street
It's a pity it's not you

Traveling, no destination
Accumulated mileage, I want to leave it for you to board the plane
Working, resisting emptiness
From dinner to drinking, I'm exhausted
Blind date in the CBD
The Xiushui you love to visit opened a Western restaurant
Quitting smoking, exercising
Healthy living has been reformed

If you are not in love when you leave
You will be destined to meet again in hate.
This is just a simple truth.
But it is really difficult to truly understand

You are not in Beijing, I am not in the crowd
Life is like a gasp after an unstable event
Missing is the tide of the body
Silence is the companion of breathing
Fighting against sudden memories is a battle

You are not in Beijing, I am not concerned
This city's smog clears up and worldly pleasures
Traffic and people are crowded, men and women are intimate
You can still often hear your favorite songs on the street
It's a pity it's not you

If we could meet unexpectedly
We should have polite greetings
You don't understand me, I am deeply hurt
And how is it that I secretly healed
Tidying up the mess
Youth is almost gone
There is a you that I have long since given up
Why are you still brooding

You are not in Beijing, I am not where I was
The earth rotates and revolves, the world carries me forward
I have changed my clothes several times
I have changed my phone several times
The things I couldn't let go of at the time have now become insignificant

You are not in Beijing, I no longer belong
Those years when you relied on your youth and could still toss and turn
Friends have children
My parents also urge me to get married
After everything is over
I am still alone in your
Absent Beijing