YOU SAID:
I was an adventurer like your flagpole that they stuck an arrow in my knee
INTO JAPANESE
私は彼らが私の膝に矢を突き刺したあなたの旗竿のような冒険家だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was an adventurer like your flagpole when they stuck an arrow in my lap
INTO JAPANESE
彼らが私の膝の中に矢を突き刺したとき、私はあなたの旗竿のような冒険家だった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was an adventurer like your flagpole when they stuck an arrow in my lap
That didn't even make that much sense in English.