Let me watch by the fire and remember my days
让我借着火焰探视 铭记我的岁月
And it may be a trick of the firelight
它可能只是火光的一场惑人把戏
But the flickering pages that trouble my sight
但那肆意飘曳 扰乱我视线的张页
Is a book I'm afraid to write
正是一本我不敢落笔点墨的书
It's the book of my days it's the book of my life
它是我的岁月之书 是我的生命之册
And it's cut like a fruit on the blade of a knife
它被切分开 像是刃下瓜果般利落
And it's all there to see as the section reveals
一章一节 正在此地展现乾坤
There's some sorrow in every life
每段生命总有其独自的悲伤
If it reads like a puzzle a wandering maze
倘若解读它犹如揭视秘思 闯荡迷障
Then I won't understand ‘til the end of my days
那么直到生命终结我也难以参透
I'm still forced to remember
我还是被迫去铭记
Remember the words of my life
记住我那生命的箴言
There are promises broken and promises kept
诺许几何 或守道义 或成信口
Angry words that were spoken when I should have wept
本应悲泣之时 我却出口暴语怒辞
There's a chapter of secrets and words to confess
既有未解之章 亦存坦诚之词
If I lose everything that I possess
若是我尽失我拥有的一切
There's a chapter on loss and a ghost who won't die
定致残章断节 伴生不甘瞑目之魂
There's a chapter on love where the ink's never dry
墨迹未干之处 必定是谈情论爱之章回
There are sentences served in a prison I built out of lies
书中还有我用谎言垒砌的狱刑
Though the pages are numbered
即便各张各页都已编上页码
I can't see where they lead
我仍不清楚它们指引何方
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
因为结局是无人能阅的谜
In the book of my life
在我的生命之册中
There's a chapter on fathers a chapter on sons
一章谨致父亲 一章恭献儿子
There are pages of conflicts that nobody won
一些章节中矛盾重重 却无人制胜
And the battles you lost and your bitter defeat
还有你的败仗和那惨胜之战
There's a page where we fail to meet
总有一页 我们未能参读
There are tales of good fortune that couldn't be planned
书中有那无法谋划的顺景泰运
There's a chapter on god that I don't understand
书中有我看不懂的上帝之篇节
There's a promise of Heaven and Hell but I'm damned if I see
还有受到诅咒后才能见证的天堂地狱之契
Though the pages are numbered
即便各张各页都已编上页码
I can't see where they lead
我仍不清楚它们指引何方
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
因为结局是无人能阅的谜
In the book of my life
在我的生命之册中
Now the daylight's returning
现在黎明的曙光正在重现
And if one sentence is true
当中若有一句所言非虚
All these pages are burning
一张一页都付诸焰舌
And all that's left is you
而你 就是唯一的遗卷
Though the pages are numbered
即便各张各页都已编上页码
I can't see where they lead
我仍不清楚它们指引何方d
For the end is a mystery no-one can read
因为结局是无人能阅的谜
In the book of my life
在我的生命之册中