[Music by Petrucci, Portnoy, Rudess and Myung, Lyrics by Mike Portnoy] [音乐由彼得鲁奇，波特诺伊， Rudess和明，歌词由麦克·波特诺]

   

Remember days of yesterday 还记得昨天的天

How it flew so fast 它是如何飞得这么快

The two score and a year we had, 这两个分数和今年我们有，

I thought it would always last 我认为它会永远持续

Those summer days and west coast dreams 那些夏天和西海岸的梦想

I wished would never end 我真希望永远不会结束

A young boy and his father, 一个小男孩和他的父亲，

Idol and best friend 偶像和最好的朋友

   

I'll always remember 我会永远记得

Those were the best of times 那是最好的时代

A lifetime together 一辈子在一起

I'll never forget 我永远不会忘记

   

The morning shows on the radio 上午显示在收音机

The case of the missing dog 丢失的狗的情况下，

Lying on the pillows at the old 812 在老812趴在枕头

Watching Harold and Maude 看着哈罗德和莫德

The record shops, the stickball fields 唱片店的stickball领域

My home away from home 我的家外之家

And when we weren't together 而当我们不在一起

The hours on the phone 手机上的时间

   

I'll always remember 我会永远记得

Those were the best of times 那是最好的时代

I'll cherish them forever 我会珍惜他们永远

The best of times 的时间最好

   

But then came the call 但后来电话

Our lives changed forever more 永远改变了我们更多的生活

"You can pray for a change “你可以祈祷的变化

But prepare for the end..." 但对于到底准备......“

   

The fleeting winds of time 时间稍纵即逝的风

Flying through each day 度过每一天飞

All the things I should've done 所有的事情我已经做了

But time just slipped away 但只是时间溜走了

Remember seize the day 记住只争朝夕

Life goes by in the blink of an eye 生命的流逝在眨眼

With so much left to say 有这么多可说的

   

These were the best of times 这是最好的时代

I'll miss these days 我会想念这些日子

Your spirit lit my life each day 你的精神，每天点亮了我的生活

   

Thank you for the inspiration 谢谢你的灵感

Thank you for the smiles 谢谢你的微笑

All the unconditional love 所有的无条件的爱

That carried me for miles 这把我哩

It carried me for miles 它把我哩

But most of all thank you for my life 但我最想感谢你的是我的生命

   

These were the best of times 这是最好的时代

I'll miss these days 我会想念这些日子

Your spirit lit my life each day 你的精神，每天点亮了我的生活

My heart is bleeding bad 我的心脏不好出血

But I'll be OK 不过，我会没事的

Your spirit guides my life each day 你的精神指导着我的生命每一天

   

[In Loving Memory of Howard Portnoy 1940-2009] [在一九四○年至2009年的霍华德·波特诺爱的记忆]