I found a map in a cereal box
我在麦片盒里 寻到一张地图
Three blue marks and a bent up corner
三处蓝色标记 还有一角折皱
You laughed like you knew what it meant
你笑得灿烂 仿佛看透了其中奥秘
So I folded time into paper
于是我 将时光揉进纸中折叠
My shoes were wet from the garden hose
园里的水管 溅湿了我的鞋子
Your red bike leaning by the mailbox
你的红单车 依偎在信箱旁
We made a fleet from the back porch step
我们在后门台阶 组建起一支舰队
And let them go in the rain
任由它们 在雨中远航
One little wind
一阵微风吹过
Then two
接着又是一阵
My whole day changed
我的一整天 悄然改变
Because of you
只因有了你
Paper boats
纸船啊
Take us home
带我们回家
Paper boats
纸船啊
Don’t sink slow
莫要慢慢沉没
We can drift
我们可以随波漂流
We can roam
我们可以四处漫游
Paper boats
纸船啊
Take us home
带我们回家
Your mother called from the screen door
母亲隔着纱门 唤我们回去
Dinner steam in a yellow window
昏黄的窗里 晚餐热气氤氲
You shouted back “five more minutes”
你大声回道 “再玩五分钟就好”
Like the moon was waiting for us
仿佛连月亮 也在静候我们
We chased the creek through the clay bank
我们追逐溪流 穿过粘土河岸
Hands on our knees mud on our ankles
手扶膝盖 脚踝沾满泥泞
You said the world was bigger than fear
你说这世界之大 足以容下恐惧
Then pushed the first one off
随后推下第一只船
One little wind
一阵微风吹过
Then two
接着又是一阵
My whole chest shook
我的胸口 剧烈震颤
Because of you
只因有了你
Paper boats
纸船啊
Take us home
带我们回家
Paper boats
纸船啊
Don’t sink slow
莫要慢慢沉没
We can drift
我们可以随波漂流
We can roam
我们可以四处漫游
Paper boats
纸船啊
Take us home
带我们回家
If the water rises
若是潮水上涨
We’ll build again
我们便再次重建
From receipt paper
用那些收据纸
And stubborn hands
和这双执拗的手
If the day goes heavy
若是日子变得沉重
We’ll leave a line
我们会在水面留下一道痕迹
Of tiny bright roofs
那是些微小而明亮的屋顶
On the tide
在潮汐中起伏
Paper boats
纸船啊
Take us home
带我们回家
Paper boats
纸船啊
Don’t sink slow
莫要慢慢沉没
We can drift
我们可以随波漂流
We can roam
我们可以四处漫游
Paper boats
纸船啊
Take us home
带我们回家
Paper boats
纸船啊
Take us home
带我们回家