Credits
Performed by: Zhou Shen 周深
Written by: Tang Tian 唐恬, Qian Lei 钱雷
Produced by: Qian Lei 钱雷
在1810年 在欧洲的一天
Year 1810, a day in Europe
冯洪堡姓威廉 推广家庭作业
Wilhelm von Humboldt promoted homework
Oh 元来是这样 从当年到今天
Oh, so that’s how it is, from then till today
有上百亿小孩 写啊写过作业
More than ten billion children have experienced doing homework
小孩牵着手 能从地球到月球
If all children held hands, they could go from Earth to the moon
作业堆多高 一千一百个珠峰
How tall is the stack of homework? One thousand one hundred Mount Everest
Aha 解锁了 了不起的视野呢
Aha, unlocked an amazing view
Oh 威廉叔叔 谢谢了
Oh Uncle William thank you 🤷🏻♀️
(想知道)
(Wanna know)
我是来自哪里又是怎样变成了我呢
Where did I come from and how did I become myself?
Aha 三亿年前水里有条鱼它上岸了
Aha three hundred million years ago, a fish went ashore
世界好可怕 跑的快点吧
The world is so scary, run faster
休想 吃我
Don’t think about eating me
躲过大大恐龙大大陨石小小的我啊
Escaped from huge dinosaurs and huge meteorites, little me
长出一个两个三个四个五个手指头
Grew one, two, three, four, five fingers
帮你梳毛发 打猎一起追
Helped you to comb your fur, run together during hunts
手能举火把 后来写作业
My hands could raise torches, then I did homework
你说一朵云有多重 才能下雨呢
How heavy do you think a cloud needs to be to rain?
Aha 一朵云它重达 大象一百头
Aha, a cloud is as heavy as a hundred elephants
500吨象在天上飘 原来诗人没有骗我
500 tonnes of elephants floating in the sky, so the poets didn’t lie to me
人挥一挥衣袖 怎么都带不走一片云朵
People waving their sleeves will never take away a piece of cloud*
说太阳的光到我眼中 需要八分钟
They say that for sunlight to reach my eyes, it takes 8 minutes
有的星星很远被看见要 跑过时间海
Some stars are very far away; to be seen, they need to run across the ocean of time
那我不得不离开的爱 (如果)
Then my love who had to leave (If)
在星星上对我Say Hi (如果)
Said hi to me from the stars (If)
我哪年哪月多久可以收到TA的光?
Which year, month, and how long until I can receive their light?
如果万物都是星辰铸造的
If everything is built from stars
就算不见星光你也抱着我
Even if I don’t see their lights, you’re embracing me
元来啊
So that’s how it is
我们身体里有黄金小小0.2毫克
Inside our bodies, there's a little gold, 0.2mg
所以爱一个人多么渺小也觉得富有
So loving a person, no matter how insignificant, also feels wealthy
时光越久啊 就越升值啊
The longer the time, the more it appreciates**
像你和我
Like you and me
带着恒星海洋尘埃鱼群前行的我啊
I, who is moving forward with the stars, the ocean, the dust, and the swarm of fish
爱着整个宇宙亿万年间唯一这个你
Is loving the only you in the universe across millions and millions of years
交换星尘吧 手牵手好吗?
Let’s exchange stars; can we hold hands?
元来是这样 这就是答案
So that’s how it is, this is the answer
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 啦啦啦啦啦
Lalalalalala lalalalala
火星天空 只有蓝色的日落
The skies of Mars only have blue sunsets
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 啦啦啦啦啦
Lalalalalala lalalalala
亲吻时刻 大脑轰隆隆 放着烟火
When kissing, the mind rings as if lighting fireworks
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 啦啦啦啦啦
Lalalalalala lalalalala
鲨鱼和我 是远亲这是真的
Sharks and I are distant relatives; this is real
啦啦啦啦啦啦啦 啦啦啦啦啦
Lalalalalala lalalalala
又学到了呢 元来元来是这样
Learnt something again~ So so that’s how it is
T/N:
*refers to a famous poem 我挥一挥衣袖, 不带走一片云彩 (I wave my sleeves, not bringing a single cloud with me
**appreciate as in the antonym of depreciate
The title 元来是这样 is a word play from 原来是这样 (so that's how it is), as 元 and 原 sound the same. This was done to include the brand this song is for (元宝)