The Living Years - Paul Carrack

The Living Years - Paul Carrack

Written by：B.A. Robert

Every generation
每一代人
Blames the one before
都埋怨上一代
And all of their frustrations
人们所有的沮丧
Come beating on your door
都冲你来
I know that I'm a prisoner
我知道我是囚徒
To all my father held so dear
受困于父亲视为珍宝的一切
I know that I'm a hostage
我知道我是人质
To all his hopes and fears
被他的希望和恐惧所挟持
I just wish I could have told him
多么希望
In the living years
能在他的有生之年告诉他
Crumpled bits of paper
揉皱的纸团
Filled with imperfect thought
写满了并不完美的思绪
Stilted conversations
词不达意的对话
I'm afraid that's all we've got
我们之间恐怕只有词不达意的对话
You say you just don't see it
你说你不明白
He says it's perfect sense
他说这是最完美的感觉
You just can't get agreement
你只是无法得到共鸣
In this present tense
在我们的进行时中
We all talk a different language
仿佛完全无法沟通
Talking in defence
互相防备
Say it loud
大声说吧
Say it clear
说清楚吧
You can listen as well as you hear
你能听到 你能听到
It's too late
为时已晚
When we die
我们拒绝承认
To admit we don't see eye to eye
拒绝承认我们并不了解彼此
So we open up a quarrel
所以开始争吵
Between the present and the past
在现实和过去之间
We only sacrifice the future
我们牺牲了未来
It's the bitterness that lasts
剩下的只有苦涩
So don't yield to the fortunes
所以 别向命运屈服
You sometimes see as fate
有时你以为是命运
It may have a new perspective
其实是新的愿景
On a different day
在不同的时光
And if you don't give up
如果你不放弃
And don't give in
不屈服
You may just be ok
或许还能更好
Say it say to say it loud
大声说吧大声说吧
Say it clear
说清楚吧
You can listen as well as you hear
你能听到 你能听到
It's too late
为时已晚
When we die
我们拒绝承认
To admit we don't see eye to eye
拒绝承认我们并不了解彼此
I wasn't there that morning
那天早晨 父亲逝世时
When my father passed away
我不在那里
I didn't get to tell him
我没来得及告诉他
All the things I had to say
那些必须说的事情
I think I caught his spirit
我明白了他的精神
Later that same year
在他去世那年
I'm sure I heard his echo
在孩子新生的啼哭声中
In my baby's new born tears
我确信自己听到了他的回音
I just wish I could have told him
多么希望
In the living years
能在他的有生之年告诉他
Say it say to say it loud
大声说吧 大声说吧
Say it clear
说清楚吧
You can listen as well as you hear
你能听到 你能听到
It's too late
为时已晚
When we die
我们拒绝承认
To admit we don't see eye to eye
拒绝承认我们并不了解彼此
Say it loud
大声说吧
Say it clear
说清楚吧
Say it loud
大声说吧
Say it clear
说清楚吧