这首歌最早是加拿大创作歌手Leonard Cohen与Sharon Robinson于1988年一起创作的歌曲,歌曲收录在《I'm Your Man》专辑中,以低沉嗓音与歌词讽刺了现实社会问题,包含了爱滋病、毒品、社会问题、宗教问题与情侣关系。
这首歌曲后来也被改编成很多种版本,并成为多部电影的配乐。
《Everybody Knows》中英文歌词:
Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
人人都知道骰子被灌了铅
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
人人依然执迷不悟要赌钱
Everybody knows that the war is over
人人都知道战争已经结束
Everybody knows the good guys lost
人人都知道好人已经打输
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
人人都知道战局输赢已定
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
穷人固穷,富人越富
That's how it goes
世事就是这样子的
Everybody knows
人人都知道
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
人人都知道船正在渗水
Everybody knows that the captain lied
人人都知道船长说谎
Everybody got this broken feeling
人人心碎哀痛
Like their father or their dog just died
就像是他们的爸爸或爱犬刚刚死去
Everybody talking to their pockets
人人见钱眼开
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
人人都想要一盒巧克力
And a long stem rose
还要一朵长茎玫瑰
Everybody knows
人人都知道
Everybody knows that you love me baby
人人都知道你爱我,宝贝
Everybody knows that you really do
人人都知道你是真的爱我
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
人人都知道你对我的忠诚
Ah give or take a night or two
喔撇除一、两次你劈腿的夜晚
Everybody knows you've been discreet
人人都知道你的谨慎
But there were so many people you just had to meet
但有太多人你必须要去赴约
Without your clothes
不穿衣服的约会
And everybody knows
人人都知道
Everybody knows, everybody knows
人人知道,人人都知道
That's how it goes
世事就是这样子的
Everybody knows
人人都知道
Everybody knows, everybody knows
人人知道,人人都知道
That's how it goes
世事就是这样子的
Everybody knows
人人都知道
And everybody knows that it's now or never
人人都知道机不可失
Everybody knows that it's me or you
人人都知道不是你就是我
And everybody knows that you live forever
人人都知道你可以永远活著
Ah when you've done a line or two
喔!撇除一、两行你吸食的毒品
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
人人都知道买卖已变质
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
老黑奴还是得采收棉花
For your ribbons and bows
为了你的缎带和蝴蝶结
And everybody knows
人人都知道
And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
人人都知道瘟疫正要来临(象征现代的爱滋病)
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
人人都知道它来势凶猛
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
人人都知道亚当和夏娃的雕像
Are just a shining artifact of the past
只不过是过往耀眼的人工制品
Everybody knows the scene is dead
人人都知道时过境迁
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
但你的床上依然有把道德量尺
That will disclose
它会曝光
What everybody knows
人人都知道的真相
And everybody knows that you're in trouble
人人都知道你麻烦缠身
Everybody knows what you've been through
人人都知道你曾经历了什么
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
从各各他山顶上沾满鲜血的十字架(耶稣基督被钉在十字架上,这十字架就是在各各他山上)
To the beach of Malibu
到马里布海滩上(附近居住许多好莱坞名人)
Everybody knows it's coming apart
人人都知道世界正在崩坏
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
最后看一眼耶稣的圣心吧
Before it blows
趁它爆裂之前
And everybody knows
人人都知道