The Mute - Radical Face

The Mute - Radical Face

Well as a child I mostly spoke
小时候我常在心里
Inside my head
默念着
I had conversations with the clouds
我常跟云彩
The dogs the dead
小狗和死去的人说话
And they thought my broken
他们觉得我痴傻
That my tongue was coated lead
口齿笨拙
But I just couldn't make my words
但是我就是说不出
Make sense to them
对他们有意义的话
If you only listen with your ears
即使只是用耳朵听
I can't get in
我也不能融入其中
And I spent my evenings pulling stars
夜里我摘下天上的
Out of the sky
颗颗繁星
And I'd arrange them on the lawn
把它们放在我身下
Where I would lie
在那片草地上
And in the wind I'd taste the dreams
在风中 我做着遥远的
Of distant lives
生命的梦
And I would dress myself up
整个夜里我都在梦中
In them through the night
打扮自己
While my folks would sleep
那时我的亲人们却睡在
In separate beds
单人床上
And wonder why
想知道为什么
And through them days
在那纯真的年代
I was a ghost atop my chair
我是座椅上的幽灵
My dad considered me a cross
爸爸把我当成不得不
He had to bear
带着的十字架
And in my head I'd sing apologies
我心里说着抱歉
And stare
静静地看着
As my mom would hang
妈妈
The clothes across the line
把衣服挂在晾衣绳上
And she would try to keep
她努力掩盖
The empty from her eyes
眼中的空虚
So then one afternoon
一天午后
I dressed myself alone
我穿上衣服
I packed my pillowcase with
把我拥有的一切
Everything I owned
都装在了枕套里
And in my head I said goodbye
我在心里说着再见
Then I was gone
然后消失了
And I set out on the heels
我出发去探寻
Of the unknown
未知的世界
So my folks could have a new life
这样我的亲人就可以
Of their own
拥有属于自己的生活
And that maybe
也许一天
I could find someone
我能找到一个人
Who could hear the only words
能够听见我懂得的
That I'd known
那些心事