Life Cycles
One moment's pause
暂停片刻
One moments retreat
退缩片刻
Away from the heat....
远离炎热
The silent surroundings
周遭寂静的环境
The black of the predawn sky
黎明前黑暗的天空
The chilled air of night
夜晚的冷空气
All give meaning to the sunrise
都给日出赋予了含义
Without darkness
没有黑暗
What would we know of light?
我们怎么知道光明
Day turns to night, turns to day
白天变成了黑夜，变成白天
A cycle that rules our lives
循环统治着我们的生活
The darkness of night seems distant
当白昼到来时
When the daylight arrives
黑夜似乎很遥远
Two steps forward, one step back
前进两步，后退一步
It's an unbeaten path we tread
这是一条我们走过的不败之路
Sometimes we get blown off track
有时候，我们会偏离轨道，走一些弯路
Sometimes we get blown ahead
有时候，我们会勇往直前
Life's declines precede life's highs
在人生的高峰前会是人生的低谷
Like the lines on a biorhythmic chart
就像生物节律图上的线条一样
Between the lows the beauty lies
在低谷之间藏着美丽
Don't take your failure to heart
不要把失败放在心上
We may be dealt some cruel blows
我们可能会受到一些
By fate's implacable hands
来自命运之手的残酷打击
Changing the future - changing our goals
改变未来，改变我们的目标
Laying waste to all of our plans
破坏了我们所有的计划
No promises, no guarantees
乐观的生活
Of a rose-colored existence
没有承诺也没有保证
Progress comes slowly - always met with
进展缓慢
A measure of ruthless resistance
总是会遇到无情的抵抗
Whether it's the pleasure of success
无论是成功的喜悦
Or the pain of rejection
还是被拒绝的痛苦
Life doesn't travel just one way
人生不只有
In either direction
一个方向的一条路
Solo
吉他独奏
Two steps forward, one step back
前进两步，后退一步
It's an unbeaten path we tread
这是一条我们走过的不败之路
Sometimes we get blown off track
有时候，我们会偏离轨道，走一些弯路
Sometimes we get blown ahead
有时候，我们会勇往直前
Bitter cold December
严寒的12月
Spirits - and time - seem as frozen
灵魂和时间，仿佛被冻结
As the icy ground
冻结在冰冷的地面上
But time will soon fall
但时间很快就会过去
And march inevitably ahead
不可避免地向前迈进
The world keeps spinning on
世界一直在旋转
Seasons come, seasons go
季节交替，沧桑变化
As we helplessly watch them fly by
我们无奈地看着它们从眼前飞过
But life has cycles we can control
但生命有周期，我们可以控制
In our own hands our destinies lie
我们的命运掌握在自己手中
Life's declines precede life's highs
在人生的高峰前会是人生的低谷
Like the lines on a biorhythmic chart
就像生物节律图上的线条一样
Between the lows the beauty lies
在低谷之间藏着美丽
Don't take your failure to heart
不要把失败放在心上