This is how I tell it 这就是我告诉它

Oh, but it's long 呵呵，不过它的长

One Sunday morning 一个星期天的早晨

Oh, one son is gone 哦，还有一儿子走了

 

I can see where they're dawning 我可以看到他们在曙光

Over the sea 过海

My father said what I had become 我父亲说了我已经成为

No-one should be 没有人应该是

   

Outside I look lived in 门外的我看住在

Like the bones in a shrine 像骨头神社

How am I forgiven? 我怎么原谅？

Oh, I'll give it time 哦，我给它的时间

   

This, I learned without warning 这一点，我学会了没有警告

Holding my brow 牵着我的额头

In time he thought I would kill him 随着时间的推移，他以为我会杀了他

Oh, but I didn't know how 呵呵，但我不知道怎么

   

I said it's your god I don't believe in 我说这是你的上帝，我不相信

No, your Bible can't be true 不，你的圣经不可能是真的

Knocked down by the long life 由长寿命撞倒

He cried, 'I fear what waits for you' 他哭了， “我怕什么等着你”

   

I can hear those bells 我能听到那些铃铛

Spoken and gone 口语匆匆

I feel relief, I feel well 我觉得解脱，我感觉很好

Now he knows he was wrong 现在他知道自己错了

   

I am cold for my father 我感冒了我的父亲

Frozen underground 冰冻地下

Jesus, I wouldn't bother 耶稣，我不会理会

He belongs to me now 他是属于我的，现在

   

Something sad keeps moving 伤心的事不断移动

So I wandered around 所以，我转悠了

I fell in love with the burden 我爱上了负担

Holding me down 使我坠落

   

Bless my mind, I miss 保佑我的心，我想念

Being told how to live 被告知如何生活

What I learned without knowing 我学到了什么不知道

How much more that I owe that I can give 何况，我欠我可以给

   

This is how I tell it 这就是我告诉它

Oh, but it's long 呵呵，不过它的长

One Sunday morning 一个星期天的早晨

One son is gone 一个儿子走了