Damien Echols Death Row Letter, Year 16 1/2 - Johnny Depp/Nick Cave/Warren Ellis
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Written by:Nick Cave/Warren Ellis/Jake Jackson
Today
今日
The guards made me bleed again
狱卒再次让我鲜血淋漓
They chained my feet
他们锁住我的双足
So tight
如此之紧
I could barely move
我几乎无法动弹
I bleed through my socks
鲜血浸透了我的袜筒
Last month it was my left ankle
上个月是我的左脚踝
Today it was the right
今日轮到右边遭殃
When I wash
当我清洗时
The soap burns like fire
肥皂灼烧如火
But I have to keep my ankles clean
但我必须保持脚踝洁净
Because I don't have any alcohol
因我没有任何酒精
Or peroxide
或双氧水
Nothing to kill the bacteria or infections
无法消灭细菌与感染
And this place is filthy
而这地方污秽不堪
I can't remember
我已记不清
What it's like
这是怎样的感受
To walk as a
作为一个
Human being anymore
人类行走的滋味
My cell is so small
我的牢房如此狭小
That I can only take
小到只能
Two steps
迈出两步
Anytime I'm brought out
每次被带出牢房
However briefly or infrequently
无论多么短暂或稀少
I have chains on my hands and feet
镣铐锁住我的手脚
As well as guards hanging on me
狱卒时刻监视着我
Been well over 16 years since I've actually walked anywhere
十六载春秋未曾踏出方寸之地
Sometimes I still can't wrap my mind around that
至今仍觉难以置信
I'm working on my 17th year now
如今已是第十七个年头
There were times when I thought
多少次我总以为
Surely
终会
Someone's gonna put a stop to this
有人来结束这场折磨
Surely someone
一定有人
Is gonna do something
会伸出援手
But they never do
却始终无人行动
Time just rolls on
时间无情流逝
It's insanity
这简直疯狂
I am truly amazed
我实在难以置信
At what they've been allowed to
他们竟被纵容至此
Get away with
逍遥法外
And for how long
这煎熬还要持续多久
Ah well
Does no good to dwell on it
沉溺其中毫无益处
Either I waste my energy by focusing on things I
要么耗尽心力纠结那些
Cannot change
无法改变的事
Or I conserve my energy
要么保存精力
And apply it to small
专注去改变
Things I can change
力所能及的小事
That's what the I ching calls
正如易经所言
The taming power
以柔克刚
Of the small
以小制大