Song Of Alice - Keren Ann (凯伦·安)
She was the
她是
The patron saint of 23rd street
她是第23街的守护神
She was around for a lot of that
她总是在那里巡视很
She
她
Wandering around the hotel hallways in the middle of the night
半夜里 她漫游在旅馆的走廊上
Carrying a little yellow cardboard box
带着一只小小的 黄色的纸盒子
And she inhabited the place like a butterfly
她栖息于这块土地 就像 一只蝴蝶般
There was this kind of sadness about her and a
关于她和他们 总有些悲哀传说
And she did have this light
而她 总为他们带来光明
And nobody ever knew her real name
然而 没有人知道她真正的名字
There was times
那些时候
I'd see her coming down that street
我偶然看到她
Stepping through broken bottles and gum
在破损的瓶子和口香糖残迹中走上楼梯
And carrying her shoes barefoot
赤裸着脚 提着她的鞋
People said she was crazy
人们都说她疯了 但是我
About six months before the fire there was
在6个月前的火灾中
There was a big blackout
有一场大范围的停电
Famous summer blackout
一场著名的夏季停电
She walked around through the halls giving everyone candles
她穿行于各个教堂间 给予每个人蜡烛
Scared everybody away in the end
然而 她却吓跑了所有人
Then when the fire happened you know
当火灾发生时
Everybody assumed it was her
每个人都说那就是她的化身
There had been fires in the halls that year
他们把那些年全部的火灾都怪罪于她
Little ones
不管大的或小的
I dunno if it was fair or not but everybody blamed her for it
我不知道那是否公平
And then one day she
但每个人都为此诅咒她
She just vanished and later they
然后有一天 她 她突然地消失了
Said her name was Alice
后来 他们 说她的名字叫爱丽丝
All that time I never knew
自始至终 我都不知道她真实的名字