Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
见到你,对你说抱歉
You don't know how lovely you are
你自己都不知道你有多可爱
I had to find you
我要找到你
Tell you I need you
告诉你我需要你
Tell you I set you apart
告诉你是我伤害了你
Tell me your secrets
聊聊你的秘密
Ask me your questions
让我帮你解惑
Oh, let's go back to the start
噢,我们得先回到原点才行
Running in circles
Coming up tails
Heads on a science apart
时针飞转
往前是科学,往后是科幻
Nobody said it was easy
谁都知道这不容易
It's such a shame for us to part
我们如此悲剧的分离
Nobody said it was easy
没人说这很容易
No one ever said it would be this hard
也没人告诉我会这么难
Oh, take me back to the start
噢,带我回到最初吧
I was just guessing
我试图猜测
At numbers and figures
数字与几何图形
Pulling your puzzles apart
也许可以得到答案
Questions of science
科学的问题
Science and progress
科学的进程
Do not speak as loud as my heart
都比不上我心的呐喊
Tell me you love me
告诉我你还爱我
Come back and haunt me
回来继续纠缠我
Oh, and I rush to the start
噢,那我就能回到最初
Running in circles
时针飞转
Chasing our tails
追逐我们的影子
Coming back as we are
回到最初
Nobody said it was easy
谁都知道这不容易
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
我们如此悲剧的分离
Nobody said it was easy
没人说这很容易
No one ever said it would be so hard
也没人告诉我会这么难
I'm going back to the start..
我,正在穿越...
译者记:当年COLDPLAY的第一张专辑可以用石破天惊来形容,出第二张A Rush of Blood to theHead的时候让我充满期待。但当我买到卡带后却非常失望,好听的歌几乎没有,主打的in myplace也没什么亮点,唯一可听度较高又朗朗上口的就是这首TheScientist。因为我听歌从不看歌词,所以完全听不明白在唱什么,更不理解怎么取了一个这样的名字。直到后来看了MV,这首歌从此便成了我在KTV的必选。