the smell of virgin pages wafted through the swinging doors the smell of virgin pages wafted through the swinging doors O cheiro de páginas virgens levadas através das portas giratórias and the croaking speech he'd heard from countries counselors before and the croaking speech he'd heard from countries counselors before E a coaxar que ele já ouviu de incontáveis conselheiros they said "we all care for you, we know how you suffer they said "we all care for you, we know how you suffer Eles disseram nós todos gostamos de você, nós sabemos como você sofre but I know you can succed, I used to have it so much rougher" but I know you can succed, I used to have it so much rougher" Mas eu sei que você pode ter sucesso, eu costumava ter com muito mais brutalidade there's hope in the words and emotion in the eyes there's hope in the words and emotion in the eyes Há esperança nas palavras e emoção nos olhos it's so easy to be misled by the savvy gentle guise it's so easy to be misled by the savvy gentle guise É tão fácil ser desviado pela aparência gentil do salvador and like fools we trust the delivery and like fools we trust the delivery E como tolos nós confiamos na entrega but it's all just drunk sincerity but it's all just drunk sincerity Mas isso tudo é so sinceridade bêbada in maternal family assembly poised regarding the blue tube in maternal family assembly poised regarding the blue tube Na familía maternal de reunião equilibrada pela atenção ao tubo azul the numbers crept up higher and the hawks stayed out of view the numbers crept up higher and the hawks stayed out of view Os números se arrastaram pra cima e os falcões ficaram fora de vista then the generals said "we dont want our boys dead then the generals said "we dont want our boys dead Então os generais disseram nós não queremos nossos garotos mortos your sons and your husbands will be coming back heroes soon" your sons and your husbands will be coming back heroes soon" Seus filhos e seus maridos irão estar em breve retornando como hérois with steam, heat, and rhythm in the back seat of the car with steam, heat, and rhythm in the back seat of the car Com vapor e calor e ritmo no banco de trás do carro and adolescent perspective projecting life's forecast to the stars and adolescent perspective projecting life's forecast to the stars E perspectiva adolescente projetando o prognóstico da vida para as estrelas you heard love from the lips and you were rapt by the hips you heard love from the lips and you were rapt by the hips Voce escutou amor dos lábios, você estava raptado pelos quadris and the promise was eternal but you couldn't see that far and the promise was eternal but you couldn't see that far E a promessa era eterna mas você não podia ver tão longe