☜ lost heaven ☞

 

 

 

 

 

 

It being in the springtime and the small birds they were singing
Down by yon shady arbour I carelessly did stray
The thrushes they were warbling, the violets they were charming
To view fond lovers talking, a while I did delay

She said, my dear don't leave me all for another season
Though fortune does be pleasing I'll go along with you
I'll forsake friends and relations and bid this Irish nation
And to the bonny Bann banks forever I'll bid adieu

He said, my dear don't grieve or yet annoy my patience
You know I love you dearly a more I'm going away
I'm going to a foreign nation to purchase a plantation
To comfort us hereafter all in America y

Then after a short while a fortune does be pleasing
'Twill cause them for to smile at our late going away
We'll be happy as Queen Victoria, all in her greatest glory
We'll be drinking wine and porter, all in America y

If you were in your bed lying and thinking on dying
The sight of the lovely Bann banks your sorrow you'd give o'er
Or if were down one hour, down in yon shady bower
Pleasure would surround you, you'd think on death no more

Then fare you well, sweet Craigie Hill, where often times I've roved
I never thought my childhood days I'd part you any more
Now we're sailing on the ocean for honour d promotion
And the bonny boats are sailing, way down by Doorin shore

 

Well I was doubling over the load on my shoulders
Was a weight I carried with me everyday
Crossing miles of frustrations and rivers a raging
Picking up stones I found along the way
I staggered and I stumbled down
Pathways of trouble
I was hauling those souvenirs of misery
And with each step taken my back was breaking
'Til I found the One who took it all from me
Down by the riverside
(Down by the riverside)
I laid my burdens down,
Now I'm traveling light
My spirit lifted high
(I found my freedom now)
I found my freedom now
And I'm traveling light

Through the darkest alleys and loneliest valleys
I was dragging those heavy chains of doubt and fear
Then with the one word spoken the locks were broken
Now He's leading me to places
Where there are no tears

Down by the riverside
(Down by the riverside)
I laid my burdens down,
Now I'm traveling light
My spirit lifted high
(I found my freedom now)
I found my freedom now
And I'm traveling light

Down by the riverside
I laid my burdens down,
Now I'm traveling light
My spirit lifted high
I found my freedom now
And I'm traveling light

Down by the riverside
(Down by the riverside)
I laid my burdens down,
Now I'm traveling light
My spirit lifted high
(I found my freedom now)
I found my freedom now
And I'm traveling light

如双倍的重量压在肩上，
感觉自己每日在负重前行；
走过挫折的道路，穿越伤痛的河流，
不断俯拾路旁的卵石；
我摇晃着，坎坷前行，
眼前是充满烦恼的路。

我拖曳着，和这些负重，
每一步都感觉后背要被压垮，
直到我发现了她，
卸下了我全部的负重。

走在河滩上，
我卸下了负重，
现在我轻装前行。
我的精神在升腾，
我终于找到了自由。
我轻装前行。

在黑暗的隧道和孤独的山谷里，
我曾背负那些沉重的锁链，
充满不安和恐惧，
可现在一句简单的话，锁链已打开，
她引导我来到了再也不要流泪的地方。

走在河滩上，
我卸下了负重，
现在我轻装前行。
我的精神在升腾，
我终于找到了自由。
我轻装前行。

 

the tower
the one who survives by making the lives of others worthwhile
she's coming apart right before my eyes
不再依照他人的意愿活着
在我眼前，她慢慢崩溃

the one who depends on the services she renders
to those who come knocking
她放弃她依靠而活的那个人

she's seeing too clearly that she can't be
what understanding defies
她看得十分清楚
她无力改变拒绝这一切

she says I need not to need
or else a love with intuition
someone who reaches out to my weakness and won't let go
她说，我不需要什么
只要能够感触到的爱情
一个能抚摸到我的脆弱
不离不弃的人

I need not to need
I've always been the tower
but now I feel like I'm the flower trying to bloom in snow
我不需要什么
我一直都很坚强
但是现在我感觉自己像是努力在雪地里绽放的花朵

she turns out the light anticipating night falling
tenderly around her
and watches the dusk
the words won't come
她预见到黑夜将要来临
她关上灯，柔和夜雾环绕
注视着薄暮 无言

she carries the act so convincingly the fact is
sometimes she believes it
that she can be happy the way things are
be happy with the things she's done
凭诚实的信念而行事
有时事实正如她所相信
能感到快乐的方法
就是对自己的所为感到满足

reach out
but hold back
where is safety
reach out
and hold back
where is the one who can change me
where is the one
the one
the one
前进 退缩 哪里才安全
前进 退缩 能改变我的那个人身在何方
在那里

reach out
but hold back
where is safety
reach out
and hold back
where is the one who can save me
where is the one
the one
the one
前进 退缩 哪里才安全
前进 退缩 能拯救我的那个人身在何方
在那里