Waiting for the Axe to Fall - Gil Scott-Heron

Waiting For The Axe To Fall - Gil Scott-Heron
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Written by：Gil Scott-Heron

Haah

Brother livin' in a cell
兄弟困在铁窗内
Doin' time in a County jail now
如今在县监狱服刑
You might think his life is hell
你或许觉得他生不如死
But he told me first room
但他告诉我这是第一次
He ever had to himself
拥有独处的空间
Waitin' for the axe to fall
等待命运的裁决
Sometimes lord I think that's all
主啊 有时我觉得这就是全部
When you're head is on a block
当你的头颅搁在砧板上
Ain't no way for it to stop
已无路可逃
You're waitin' for the axe to fall
静候斧钺落下
Brother served in viet nam and
兄长曾赴越战沙场
Found out no one gives a damn
却无人问津他的创伤
See
看啊
Agent orange fell on his camp
橙剂如雨倾泻营地
But everybody went deaf
世人却集体失聪
Brother turned looking for uncle Sam
兄弟转身寻找山姆大叔
Waiting for the axe to fall
等待斧头落下
Sometimes lord I think that's all
主啊 有时我觉得这就是全部
When your head is in the noose
当你的头套在绞索里
And won't nobody turn you loose
却无人为你松绑
You're waiting for the axe to fall
你只能等待斧头落下
Sister on the welfare line
姐妹站在福利救济队伍中
Examining the threads of her life
细数生命的残线
She never thought
她从未想过
She'd be cheatin' and lyin'
自己会欺骗撒谎
Makin' sure her
只为确保
And her kids survive
她和孩子能活下去
It's so much better
等待厄运降临
Waitin' for the axe to fall
等待命运的裁决
And sometimes lord I think that's all
有时主啊 我觉得这就是全部
When you're head is on the block
当刀斧悬于头顶
And ain't no way trying to stop
无力阻挡这一切发生
You're waitin' for the axe to fall
静候斧钺落下
Last night grandma should got shook
昨夜祖母遭遇不测
'Cause someone took her pocketbook
有人抢走了她的钱包
She ain't safe in the neighborhood
这社区已不再安全
'Cause too many youngin's up to no good
太多年轻人胡作非为
They're say can tight
他们说情况危急
Waitin' for the axe to fall
等待命运的裁决
And sometimes lord I think that's all
有时主啊 我觉得这就是全部
When your head is in the noose
当你的头套在绞索里
And won't nobody turn you loose
却无人为你松绑
You're waitin' for the axe to fall
静候斧钺落下
See you like to waitin'
看啊 你就像在等待
Feel just like waitin'
感觉就像在等待
See you like to waitin'
看啊 你就像在等待
Everybody waitin'
所有人都在等待
See you like to waitin'
看啊 你就像在等待
Feel you like to waitin'
感受你的等待
See you like to
看你总是
See you like to
看你总是
Waitin' and waitin'
等待又等待
And waitin' say
等待中低语
Waitin' for the axe to fall
等待命运的裁决
And sometimes lord I think that's all
有时主啊 我觉得这就是全部
'Cause when your head is on the block
当你的头颅搁在砧板上
And ain't no way trying to stop
无力阻挡这一切发生
You're waitin' for the axe to fall
静候斧钺落下
See you like to waitin'
看啊 你就像在等待
Everybody waitin'
所有人都在等待
Never standin' waitin'
却从未挺身而立
Stand alone in waitin'
独自伫立等待
See you like to waitin'
看啊 你就像在等待
See you like to waitin'
看啊 你就像在等待
See you like to
看你总是
See you like to
看你总是
See you like to
看你总是
See you like to
看你总是
I'm hey

Waitin' for the axe to fall
等待命运的裁决
And sometimes lord I think that's all
有时主啊 我觉得这就是全部
'Cause when your head is in the noose
当绞索已套上你的脖颈
And won't nobody turn you loose
却无人为你松绑
You're waitin' for the axe to fall
静候斧钺落下