An old fairytale told me

一个古老的童话告诉我
The simple heart will be prized again
单纯的心会再次被奖励
A toad will be our king
一只蟾蜍会是我们的国王
An ugly ogres our heroes
丑陋的巨魔是我们的英雄
Then you'll shake your fist at the sky
然后你会冲着天空挥动你的拳头
"Oh why did I rely
“喔，为什幺我会相信
On fashions and small fry?"
流行风向和无足轻重之人？”
All promises broken
所有的誓言都被打破
Feed your people or lose your throne
满足你的人民或失去你的王座
And forfeit your whole kingdom
失去你的整个王国
I'd sooner lose it than still live in it alone
我宁愿失去它也不愿在里面独居
You were our golden child
你曾是我们的金童
But the gentle and the mild
温柔体贴又宽厚
Inherit the earth
继承着王国土地
While your princes's crown cracks and falls down
然而你的王冠却裂开 跌落在地
Your castle hollow and cold
你的城堡又空又冷
You've wandered so far from the person you are
你离你本该成为的人太远了
Let go, brother, let go
放手吧，兄弟，放手吧
Because now we all know
因为如今我们都理解你了
Soon someone will put a spell on you
不多时，就会有人在你身上施咒
Perfume, treasure, sorcery, every trick they know
香水，财宝，巫术，他们知道的每一个伎俩
You will lie in a deep sleep
你会躺倒陷入昏迷
That's when your prince's crown cracks and falls down
这就是你的王冠裂开 跌落在地之时
Your castle hollow and cold
你的城堡又空又冷
You've wandered so far from the person you are
你离你本该成为的人太远了
Let go, brother, let go
放手吧，兄弟，放手吧
Because now we all know
因为如今我们都理解你了

Rice-Oxley explains the song on the band's 6th podcast：“It was inspired by a conversation that Tom (Chaplin) and I were having in a slightly drunken state in a hotel in Toronto, and we were talking about someone in another band who we felt was a really talented songwriter and really intelligent and talented person, but we felt he was busy bad-mouthing us and every other band that was around it seemed. It was very frustrating to see him go from a cool great songwriter in a small indie band, to suddenly becoming this person who's playing the part of the arrogant rock star”.It has been suggested that the person described above isRazorlight's frontman,Johnny Borrell.

Rice-Oxley在乐队的6日播客上解释这首歌说：“它的灵感来源于我和Tom (Chaplin)在多伦多酒店醉酒状态下的一场对话。我们当时在谈论另一个乐队的一个非常有才华、非常聪明作曲家。但是我们觉得他忙着说我们和其他乐队的坏话。看到他这个很酷的伟大作曲家却身处在一个小的独立乐队真是让人非常沮丧。但这也成为这个傲慢的摇滚明星的一部分。”有人说，上面描述的人是Razorlight主唱,Johnny Borrell。