There have been many tales 已经有许多故事

Tainted by truth twisted by time... 真理被时间扭曲玷污...

   

Some choose to forget 有些人选择忘记

Yet it still 然而，它仍

Weaves webs in their minds.... 编织网在他们的心目中....

   

And it seems like she's been here forever 而且好像她一直在这里永远

Her branches as black as the seas 她的枝条黑如海

She's been through it all 她经历过这一切

By the luck of the draw 通过抽签的运气

She became the old hanging tree... 她成了老挂树......

   

She asked for nothing 她问了什么

Except maybe 除了可能

A little rain... 下了点雨...

They used her strenght 他们用自己的实力

To help them steal lives away... 为了帮助他们窃取的生活而去...

   

And she witnessed the sadness and sorrow 她见证了悲伤和忧愁

To this day she still doesn't know why 为了这一天，她仍然不知道是什么原因

And her heart broke 而她的心脏破裂

When they came with the rope 当他们带着绳索

To declare her the old hanging tree... 申报她老挂树......

   

Life stranger than fiction 生活比小说还离奇

Can make you want to cry 可以让你想哭

Roots could never stop her 根永远无法阻止她

From reaching for the sky... 从深远的天空...

Those years have all past 这些年都过去

Lucky for us lucky for her... 幸运的是我们的幸运，她...

Now, children play at her feet 现在，孩子们在她的脚下玩

And in her arms she cradles birds... 而在她的怀里，她的摇篮鸟...

And it seems she's been here forever 而且似乎她一直在这里永远

These days are the best that she's seen 这些天是最好的，她所见过

But somewhere in the back 而是介于背面

Of her mind 她心里

Is the time 是时候了

She was known as the old hanging tree... 她被称为老挂树......