Homecoming (Walter’s Song)
It's desert ice outside
这是外部都已冻结的沙漠
But this diner has thawed my ears
但是这个餐馆让我感到温暖
Hot coffee in a clean white mug
干净的白色缸子里有热咖啡
And a smile when the waitress hears
女服务员的笑声听上去很美
That I was born in North Carolina
我就出生在北卡罗莱纳
Not an hour from her home town
离她的家乡不到一小时的路程
And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball
并且我们经常在同一个披萨店玩弹珠球
And there's a glance in time suspended
在四目对视间时间曾静止不前
As I wonder how it is
就像我想知道为何会那样
We've been swept up just by circumstance
我们被周围的环境清除消失
To where the coyote lives
去往了丛林狼居住的地方
Where my days are strips of highway
从此我的日子都在高速路上度过
And she's wiping tables down
她不断的擦拭桌子
Holding on and still waiting for that windfall
坚持着仍旧在等待那意外的收获
But I've come home
但是我回家了
Even though I've never had so far to go
虽然我从未离开太远
I've come home
我回家了
I pay the check and leave the change
我付了帐并留下了找的零钱
From a crumpled ten-dollar bill
来自一个皱巴巴的十美元账单
Head across the street
穿过街道
Where VACANCY is burning in neon still
空虚在霓虹大道上燃烧
Well the night eats up my body heat
这个夜食尽了我身体的余温
And there's no sign of another
并且那在没有别的什么迹象
And I find myself slipping down into that black
我发现自己滑落陷入那黑暗
But things are good
但事情总是好的
I've got a lot of followers of my faith
我得到了许多和我同样信仰的追随者
I've got a whole congregation
我得到了整个集会
Living in my head these days
那些天在我的脑中不断转动
And I'm preaching from the pulpit
而我正在向神职人员祈祷
To cries of Amen brother
大声祈祷兄弟们
Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back
闭上眼感觉身体又开始变暖
And I've come home
我回家了
Even though I swear I've never been so alone
虽然我发誓我从未如此孤单
I've come home
我回家了
I just want to be living as I'm dying
我只想好好活着然后慢慢死去
Just like everybody here
就像这里的每一个人
Just want to know
只想知道
My little flicker of time is worthwhile
我小小的闪光是有价值的
And I don't know where I'm driving to
我不知道我要去向何方
But I know I'm getting old
但我知道我在变老
And there's a blessing in every moment every mile
在每个时刻每一英里都有一个祷告
Thin white terry bars of soap
细白的毛绒肥皂棒
And a couple little plastic cups
一对小小的塑料杯子
Old Gideons Bible
古老的基甸圣经
In the nightstand drawer saying Go on open up
在床头柜的抽屉里说着去吧打开它
Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here
我将双膝跪在这地毯上
Though I never was sure of God
虽然我从不相信上帝的真实
Think tonight I'll give Him
但是今晚我将相信一次
The benefit of the doubt
怀疑的好处
I switch off the lights and imagine
我关上灯开始想象
That waitress outlined in the bed
那女服务员在床上的轮廓
Her hair falling all around me
她的头发缠绕着我
I smile and shake my head
我笑着摇摇头
Well we all write our own endings
我们那都写好了自己的结局
And we all have our own scars
我们都有自己的伤痛
But tonight I think I see what it's all about
但是今晚我想我看到了一切
Because I've come home
因为我回家了
I've come home
我回家了