If I could hold on 如果我能挺住

to just one thought 只是一个想法

For long enough to know 为足够长，以知道

Why my mind is moving so fast 为什么我的心是动得这么快

And the conversation is slow. 和谈话是缓慢的。

Burn off all the fog 烧掉所有的迷雾

And let the sun ，让阳光

through to the snow 通过向雪

Let me see your face again 让我再看看你的脸

Before I have to go. 之前，我得走了。

   

I have seen you in the movies 我看到你在电影

And in those magazines at night 而在这些杂志在夜间

I saw you on the barstool when 我看到你的高脚凳，当

You held that glass so tight. 您认为玻璃那么紧。

And I saw you in my nightmares 我又看见你在我的恶梦

But I'll see you in my dreams 不过，我会看到你在我的梦里

And I might live a thousand years 我可能活一千年

Before I know what that means. 在我知道这意味着什么。

   

Once there was a friend of mine 从前，有一位朋友

Who died a thousand deaths 谁死了一千人死亡

His life was filled with parasites 他的一生充满了寄生虫

And countless idle threats. 和无数空闲的威胁。

He trusted in a woman 他相信在一个女人

And on her he made his bets 并在她的他做了他的赌注

Once there was a friend of mine 从前，有一位朋友

Who died a thousand deaths. 谁死了一千人死亡。