He tore down the work of 17 years brick by brick 他拆毁了17年砖的工作由砖

And stone by stone 石经石

No hammer was swingin' cause cheatin' and drinkin' 没有锤子荡秋千事业不忠的和喝酒“

Don't need no help wreckin' a home 不需要任何帮助，乐队创作了歌曲“回家

Ah, but when he came back through the dust and the rubble 啊，但是当他回来的时候穿过尘土和瓦砾

Of what he had once called his life 什么，他曾经打电话给他的生活

He dropped to his knees in sheer disbelief of the total destruction inside 他在彻底毁灭的纯粹怀疑跪倒内

   

There were empty closets and empty drawers 还有空壁橱和抽屉空

And a tearstained note on the kitchen floor 和tearstained注意在厨房的地板上

And burning memories in the fireplace 和燃烧的回忆在壁炉

He waited too late to say he was wrong 他等着来不及说他错了

His house was still standing but his home was gone 他的房子还在，但站在他的家不见了

Brother, you would not believe 大哥，你不会相信

What you can see From Your Knees 你可以从你的膝盖见

   

Right then and there in an old sinner's prayer ，然后有一个古老的罪人的祷告

He told things he'd kept in the dark 他告诉他的东西会被蒙在鼓里

There was no use in lying cause the man who was listening 有说谎的原因谁听的人有什么用

Could see every room in his heart 可以看到每一个房间在他的心脏

Ah, he took empty whisky bottles, little black book and all 啊，他把空的威士忌瓶子，黑色小书和所有

To the fire she left on the grate 火，她留在篦

Ah, sometimes a man will change on his own 嗯，有时候一个人会改变自己

But sometimes I tell you it takes 但有时候，我告诉你，它需要

   

Empty closets and empty drawers 空壁橱和抽屉空

And a tearstained note on the kitchen floor 和tearstained注意在厨房的地板上

And burning memories in the fireplace 和燃烧的回忆在壁炉

He waited to late to say he was wrong 他等着来不及说他错了

His house was still standing he'd fight for his home 他家还站在他会争取自己的家

Brother, you would not believe, oh you would not believe 大哥，你不会相信，哦，你不会相信

What you can see from your knees 你可以从你的膝盖见