Shell - Peter Hammill

Shell - Peter Hammill
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Turn a card turn a page the action
翻开卡牌 翻动书页 行动开始
Sure to start second stage reaction
必将引发第二阶段的连锁反应
To illogical thought on random lines
在随机线条上跳跃的非理性思绪
In a Borges dream we move
我们如博尔赫斯梦境般游移
Toward the writing of lives
向着生命轨迹的书写前进
Leave it out leave it in no edits
任其留存 任其删减 不做修饰
With a shout with a grin I said it
带着呐喊 带着笑意 我已言明
Was a certainty that I'd arrive
确信自己终将抵达
In an Escher sketch we walk
我们行走在埃舍尔的素描里
Around the drawing of lines
沿着线条勾勒的迷宫
The character uncertainty
命运如纸牌般飘摇不定
As he contemplates his lot
当他凝视着自己的轨迹
And tries to move with urgency
试图急切地迈步向前
Though he's rooted to the spot
双脚却深陷在原地
On the brink on the edge but lately
在悬崖边缘徘徊已久
What I think what I said escapes me
思绪与言语都消散风中
In a flash a tiger burning bright
刹那间 猛虎燃烧般耀眼
Does the visionary trance
这迷幻的恍惚
Obscure the burgeoning night
是否遮蔽了蔓延的夜
And she said "What are you doing "
她问："你在做什么"
And he said "What do you think "
他答："你觉得呢"
Oh no what on earth are we doing
噢 不 我们究竟在做什么
The characters procrastinate
角色们在门前踟蹰
On the threshold of the door
徘徊于命运门槛
There's something here that fascinates
此处有令人着迷的谜团
Though the meaning's still unsure
尽管意义仍朦胧不清
And the plot so thick is it some kind of history
错综复杂的剧情 是某种历史轨迹吗
Sketch the thumbnail to the quick
速写下转瞬即逝的轮廓
Oh even though it's full of contradiction
啊 纵使充满矛盾重重
Though it's flawed in the design
即便设计存在缺陷
This is no fiction it's a lifeline
这不是虚构 是生命线
Here we are there we went full circle
我们在此处徘徊 又回到原点
Shooting stars heaven sent turned turtle
流星划过天际 命运翻转如龟
On the beach our shells are left behind
沙滩上只留下我们褪去的躯壳
Like a library like a memory
如同图书馆 如同记忆
Of our ghost-written lives
记录着我们代笔的人生