等浪

Wave o’er yonder

Sun so bright I can barely see

I’ve come such a long way from home

Now I hear the world below the brine calling out to me

Lost love, abandoned dreams

Cries that haunt me shore to shore

Every time they ask me why I roam, I say

Voices were guiding me here before I was even born

I've been waiting…for so long

Wave o’er yonder

Whispers in fields of sugarcane

Island to island, generations enchained

The sweetness in everyone’s cups is laced with pain

From this rotten vessel, I cast my line

I cast my flesh out into the sea

Why should I heed the call to be a fisher of men

When God just gives us war and disease?

I've been waiting…for so long

All hail the champion

Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee

He tossed his Olympic medal into the water

It sunk to the bottom of a well of hurt so deep

High above the stars shimmer, they shine

Mystic mountains echo freedom’s ring

Like generations before, I shall maintain my dignity

Like the champion, I will defy your King

I've been waiting…for so long

Wave o'er yonder

Waiting for that silent moan

Waiting for you to lift this terrestrial load

Waiting for you to carry me to a new home

琵琶,和声｜钟玉凤

在大海上浮沈数月的女人，正等待着一波能让她纵身跳下的浪，以潜进美国。她是歌曲中虚构的角色，也是现实中真实的角色。在漫长险布跨洲越洋的漂流后，迎向最后一哩路，是死亡、是存活，尽管未知，也得向跳进浪里。David阅读了一篇1990年代福州偷渡客的口述报导后，写下了〈等浪〉。