歌词
This is the song for Baby Birch
这是为你写下的歌，小白桦
Though I will never know you
虽然我将永远无法与你相识
And at the back of what we've done
而在我们所做的一切的背后
There is the knowledge of you
无不想要知悉你的存在
Well I wish we could take every path
多希望能踏遍每一条道路
Could spend a hundred years adoring you
能献上百年的时光疼爱你
Yes I wish we could take every path
是的，我希望能走过每一条道路
Cause you know I hated to close the door on you
因为你知道我憎恨那个将你拒之门外的自己
Do you remember staring up at the stars?
还记得你曾眺望着漫天星辰吗？
So far away in their bullet-proof cars
它们那么渺远，藏在防弹车里
We heard the rushing, slow intake
我们会听到急促却缓慢的进气声
Of the dark, dark water and the engine brakes
来自昏暗、漆黑的潭水，来自引擎的刹车
And I said how about them engine brakes?
我说他们的引擎刹车是怎么样的？
And if I should die before I wake
倘若我在苏醒之前就已经死去
Will you keep an eye on baby birch?
你能帮我照看那株小白桦吗？
Because I'd hate to see her make the same mistake
因为我不愿见她重蹈覆辙
When it was dark I called and you came
在我身处黑暗困顿之时，我呼唤着你的到来
When it was dark I saw shapes
在我迷失于晦暗长夜时，我寻觅着你的身影
When I see stars I feel your hand
当我望见星光闪烁，我感知到你温热的手
And I see stars and I reel again
当我望见星光闪烁，它却又掷我于混乱之中
Well mercy me, I'll be goddamned!
饶恕我吧，上帝会惩罚我的！
It's been a long, long time since I last saw you
我已经太久太久，没能与你相见
And I have never known the plan
而我也从来不知道这个计划
It's been a long, long, time. How are you?
已经过了好久好久，你还好吗？
Your eyes are green, your hair is gold
你的眼眸是翠绿的，你的头发流溢金光
Your hair is black, your eyes are blue
你的头发是乌黑的，你的瞳孔映射湛蓝
I closed the ranks and I doubled back
我收敛起姿容，原路折返
But you know I hated to close the doggone door on you
但是你知道我憎恨将你狠狠拒之门外
We take a walk along the dirty lake
我们曾漫步于肮脏泥泞的湖边
Hear the goose cussing at me over her eggs
听见护卵的鹅引吭叫嚣我离开
You poor little cousin, I don't want your dregs
你这可怜的小表弟，我不愿理睬你的琐事
A little baby fussing over my legs
一个小婴儿在我的腿边嬉笑打闹
There is a blacksmith and there is a shepherd and there is a butcher boy
在那有铁匠，牧羊人，一位屠夫男孩
And there is a barber who's cutting and cutting away at my only joy
在那的一位理发师，两刃交错，剪除了我唯一的快乐
I saw a rabbit as slick as a knife and as pale as a candlestick
我看见一只兔子，它灵巧如利刃，苍白似烛台
And I had thought it'd be harder to do but I caught her and skinned her quick, held her there
我本以为这会更难，但我捉住她，迅速剥下她的皮，轻拥着她的身体
Kicking and mewling upended unspooling unsung and blue
踢着踢着、抽泣呜咽、推倒颠覆、无声无息
Told her wherever you go little runaway bunny I will find you
告诉她，无论你去往哪里，逃家小兔啊，我都会寻回你的
And then she ran
然后她奔跑着离去了
As they're liable to do
这本就应该是它们的天性吧
Be at peace baby, and be gone
安息吧我的孩子，走吧
Be at peace baby, and be gone
安息吧我的孩子，走吧
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