Morning after snowstorm 雪灾后，早上

Stand in the silence 站在寂静

Almost feel reborn all alone on the street 几乎脱胎换骨的感觉孤独的街

It’s a certain sort of stillness when the quiet surrounds you 这是一个特定的某种静止的时候安静的包围着你

The only sound your shovel on concrete 唯一的声音你铲混凝土

   

I remember those piles from the snow plows always seemed much bigger back when I was kid 我记得那些成堆的雪犁总是显得更大回来时，我的孩子

Pushed all of the snow to the end of the driveway 所有推雪在车道的尽头

I was the only person up in the neighborhood 我是唯一的人在附近

Morning after snowstorm 雪灾后，早上

   

I turned the ignition and I started my car 我打开点火和我开始了我的车

Morning after snowstorm 雪灾后，早上

I scraped off my windshield with the edge of a credit card í刮掉我的挡风玻璃上用信用卡的边缘

   

I remember that drive into work 我记得车程投入到工作中

Still can hear the voice coming over the radio 还是可以听到的声音过来的无线电

Listen to our experts give the best tips for the next time you entertain dinner guests 听听我们的专家给出了最好的提示下一次你招待客人吃饭

   

I thought of the day in a tie in the kitchen I sat and I watched you put make-up on 我在我坐在厨房的领带想过的日子，我看着你把化妆上

Thought of the day in the basement when I played house 想到那天在地下室，当我打的房子

I felt ashamed that I’d stayed in my head in the same place for so long 我感到惭愧，我会留在我的脑海在同一个地方这么久

Because I was afraid to change 因为我怕改变

But that’s not an excuse to stay 但是，这不是一个借口留

   

Morning after snowstorm 雪灾后，早上

I climbed up on the snowbank and I stared at the neighborhood 我爬起来的雪堤和我盯着附近

Morning after snowstorm 雪灾后，早上

I think I finally understood what they meant when they said there’s a calm after the storm 我想，我终于明白了他们的意思时，他们说，有一个平静的风暴过后

   

Saw my grandpa at his workbench building grandma’s bookshelf 看到了我的爷爷在他的工作台上大楼奶奶的书架

Watched a woman walk her trash out to the street 看着一个女人走她的垃圾出来到街上

   

Father alone on the highway 父亲独自在高速公路上

I heard the salt trucks and neighbors off to work 我听说盐卡车和邻居去上班

Saw my mother 看到妈妈

Saw how history loops around all of these moments and then I saw you 看到了历史上围绕如何循环所有这些时刻，然后我看见你

   

In a dress there with your eyes open wide to put make-up on 在你的眼睛礼服有敞开把化妆上

Thought of the day in the basement that I played house 在地下室想到那一天，我家打

And I felt ashamed I’d ignored all the hands that extended before and around me 我觉得惭愧我已经忽略了所有之前我周围的延长了手

Because I was afraid to change 因为我怕改变

But that’s not an excuse to stay 但是，这不是一个借口留

It’s not an excuse 这不是借口