Verse 1
第一段
The camera lens cracked I never fixed it
相机镜头破碎,我始终未曾修补
The old dog died I never got another
老狗逝去,我再未迎来新伴
That gravel road I drove around it for seventeen years
那条碎石路,我绕行了十七年
Not because I didn't want to Because I couldn't
不是我不想,而是我不能
Verse 2
第二段
The silver chain broke three times I soldered it myself
银链断裂三次,我亲手熔铸修复
The paper inside —the words are gone
内里的纸张,文字早已褪去
I still hear your kitchen faucet dripping
我仍听见你厨房水龙头滴答作响
Fifty-five hundred nights Same drip
五千五百个夜晚 滴水声依旧
Pre-Chorus
前奏
The pond is still there The goose is gone
池塘仍在 鹅已不见
I don't know when it stopped circling I wasn't watching
未察觉它何时停止盘旋 未曾守望
Four days Then thirteen years
四日光阴 十三载流年
Then dead
终至消亡
Chorus
副歌
This kind of certain thing comes once
这般确定的事 一生只有一次
Not about dignity The door just closed
与尊严无关 门就这样关上了
I tried pushing through The mark is still on the wall
我曾试图穿过 墙上痕迹犹在
You never saw it That's fine
你从未看见 没关系
Verse 3
Every ocean I shot after that turned gray
之后我拍摄的每片海 都变成灰色
Every sunrise felt like dusk
每个日出 都像黄昏
You said don't wait I said okay
你说别等了 我说好吧
That lie I told it for seventeen years
那个谎言我隐瞒了十七年
Chorus
副歌
This kind of certain thing comes once
这般确定的事 一生只有一次
Not about regret There just wasn't another way
无关悔恨 只是别无他法
Every morning I wake up and the first thing —
每个清晨醒来 我做的第一件事
I push myself back into the dream
便将自己 推回那梦境之中
You're there The water's still running
你还在那里 流水依旧潺潺
Bridge
过渡段
The universe says four days and four billion years —same thing
宇宙说 四天与四十亿年 本无差别
But I'm not the universe
但我不是宇宙
I'm one heart
我只是一颗心
And it only knows four syllables
它只认得四个音节
It's been knocking for seventeen years
它已敲打了十七年
I don't say it You know
我不必说 你明白
Outro
My ashes are under the bridge
我的骨灰长眠桥下
Next life —you hear wheels don't close the window
来世若闻车轮声 莫将心窗紧闭
One more thing —
尚有一事未诉
Those three words
那三个字
I never said them to anyone else
我从未对旁人提及
Not once
一次也未曾
To my last breath
直至我生命尽头