Blood

older brother, restless soul, lie down
哥哥不安的靈魂躺下來
lie for a while with your ear against the earth
躺一會兒把耳朵貼在地面
and youll hear your sister sleep talking say
你會聽到你姐姐說的夢話
'your hair is long but not long enough to reach home to me
你的頭髮很長但沒有長到觸及到家裡的我
but your beard someday might be'
但你的鬍子有一天可能會
and shell wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
她醒來時出了一身冷汗躺在地板上
next to a family portrait drawn when you were four
靠近你四歲時照的一張全家福
and beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more
旁邊有一個裝著兩美分沒用的罐子
shell lay it aside
她會把它放在一邊
older father, weary soul, youll drive
年老的父親疲憊的靈魂你會開車
back to the home you made on the mountainside
回到你建在山腰上的那所房子
with that ugly, terrible thing
有著醜惡可怕的事物
those papers for divorce and a lonely ring
離婚協議書和一枚孤單的戒指
a lonely ring
一枚孤單的戒指
sit on your porch
坐在走廊
and pluck your strings
撥起了你的琴弦
and youll find somebody you can blame
你會找到一個可以責備的人
and youll follow the creek that runs out into the sea
你會沿著一條匯入大海的小溪走下去
and youll find the peace of the Lord.
你會發現上帝的真理
grandfather, weary soul, youll fly
外公疲憊的靈魂你會飛過
over your life once more before you die
你的一生在你死之前
since our grandma passed away
自從外婆去世後
youve waited for forever and a day
你一直等待著有一天
just to die
可以死去
and someday soon
很快有一天
you will die
你會死去
it was the only woman you ever loved
這是唯一一個你愛過的女人
that got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
她年輕時被陽光灼燒的太頻繁
and the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood
癌症擴散她的身體裡 她的血液裡
and theres nothing you can do about it now
現在你什麼都做不了