You who live in heaven 你们谁住在天堂

Hear the prayers of those of us who live on earth 听到我们这些谁生活在地球上的祈祷

Who are afraid of being left by those we love 谁是害怕被留下我们爱的人的

And who get hardened by the hurt 又是谁得到了强化伤害

   

Do you remember when You lived down here 你还记得当你住在这儿

Where we all scrape 在那里，我们都凑

To find the faith, to ask for daily bread 为了找到信念，要求每天的面包

   

Did You forget about us 难道你忘了我们

After You had flown away 之后你已经飞离去

Well, I memorized 嗯，我记住

Every word You said 每一个字你说

   

Still I'm so scared 不过我很害怕

I'm holding my breath 我抱着我的呼吸

While You're up there 当你在那里

Just playing hard to get 只是欲擒故纵

   

Do You who live in radiance 你谁住在光辉

Hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin 听到我们这些谁住在皮肤的祈祷

We have a love that's not as patient as Yours was 我们有爱，这不是为病人和你是

Still we do love now and then 还是我们现在再爱

   

Did You ever know loneliness 你可曾知道孤独

Did You ever know need 你有没有知道的必要

Do You remember just how long a night can get 你还记得一个晚上能有多长得到

   

When You are barely holding on 当你撑不住了

And Your friends fall asleep 和你的朋友们入睡

Don't see the blood 看不到血

That's running in Your sweat 这是在你的汗水运行

   

Will those who mourn 请问那些谁哀悼

Be left uncomforted 留uncomforted

While You're up there 当你在那里

Just playing hard to get 只是欲擒故纵

   

And I know You bore our sorrows 我知道你担当了我们的悲伤

And I know You feel our pain 我知道你觉得我们的痛苦

And I know that it would not hurt any less 我知道，它不会伤害任何减少

Even if it could be explained 即使它可以解释

   

And I know that I am only lashing out 我知道，我只是抨击

At the One who loves me most 在谁爱我大部分的一

And after I have figured this somehow 之后我已经想通了这莫名其妙

All I really need to know 我真正需要知道的

   

Is if You who live in eternity 是，如果你谁住在永恒

Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time 听到我们这些谁住在时间的祷告

We cannot see what's ahead 我们看不到什么未来

And we cannot get free from what we've left behind 我们不能得到免费从我们所留下的

   

I'm reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ear 我从这些声音的不断尖叫在我耳边缫丝

All these words of shame and doubt, blame and regret 羞耻和怀疑，指责和遗憾，这些话

I can't see how You're leading me unless You've led me here 我看不出你如何带领我，除非你已经在这里使我

To where I'm lost enough to let myself be led 到了那里，我失去了足以让自己被领导

   

And so You've been here all along I guess 所以，你一直在这里我想

It's just Your ways and You are 这只是你的方式，你是

Just playing hard to get 只是欲擒故纵