Blood

older brother, restless soul, lie down
哥哥 不安的灵魂 躺下来
lie for a while with your ear against the earth
躺一会儿 把耳朵贴在地面
and you'll hear your sister sleep talking say
你会听到你姐姐说的梦话
"your hair is long but not long enough to reach home to me
你的头发很长 但没有长到触及到家里的我
but your beard someday might be"
但你的胡子有一天可能会
and she'll wake up in a cold sweat on the floor
她醒来时出了一身冷汗 躺在地板上
next to a family portrait drawn when you were four
靠近你四岁时照的一张全家福
and beside a jar of two cent coins that are no good no more
旁边有一个装着两美分没用的罐子
she'll lay it aside
她会把它放在一边
older father, weary soul, you'll drive
年老的父亲 疲惫的灵魂 你会开车
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
有着丑恶 可怕的事物
those papers for divorce and a lonely ring
离婚协议书和一枚孤单的戒指
a lonely ring
一枚孤单的戒指
sit on your porch
坐在走廊
and pluck your strings
拨起了你的琴弦
and you'll find somebody you can blame
你会找到一个可以责备的人
and you'll follow the creek that runs out into the sea
你会沿着一条汇入大海的小溪走下去
and you'll find the peace of the Lord.
你会发现上帝的真理
grandfather, weary soul, you'll fly
外公 疲惫的灵魂 你会飞过
over your life once more before you die
你的一生 在你死之前
since our grandma passed away
自从外婆去世后
you've waited for forever and a day
你一直等待着有一天
just to die
可以死去
and someday soon
很快有一天
you will die
你会死去
it was the only woman you ever loved
这是唯一一个你爱过的女人
that got burnt by the sun too often when she was young
她年轻时被阳光灼烧的太频繁
and the cancer spread and it ran into her body and her blood
癌症扩散她的身体里 她的血液里
and there's nothing you can do about it now
现在你什么都做不了