empty

She lifts her skirt up to her knees

她把裙襬提到膝蓋

Walks through the garden of roses with her bare feet laughing

微笑着赤腳走過玫瑰花園

I never learned to count my blessings

我從來沒有學會依賴於禱告

I choose instead to dwell in my disasters

我決定生活在不幸裏

I walk on down the hill

在山間漫步

Through grass grown tall and brown

穿過綠草與沃土

And still it's hard somehow to let go of my pain

卻仍舊無法讓疼痛散去

On past the busted back and

曾經那殘敗的背影

Of that old and rusted Cadillac

在那輛老舊生鏽的凱迪拉克裏

That sinks into this field collecting rain

像雨露一樣滲入心房

Will I always feel this way?

我會一直這麼沉浸下去嗎？

So empty, so estranged

那麼無趣，那麼的望塵莫及

Of these cutthroat busted sunsets

清冷的日暮中透着殘酷之光

These cold and damp white mornings I have grown weary

我厭倦了那些帶着冰冷潮濕的茫茫清晨

If through my cracked and dusty dime store lips

掠過我蒼白龜裂的嘴唇

I spoke these words out loud would no one hear me

我嘶啞着説出真情，卻沒有一個人聆聽

Lay your blouse across the chair

將你的襯衫放在椅子上

Let fall the flowers from your hair

任由花兒從你的長髮上落下

And kiss me with that country mouth so plain

給我一個鄉村式的熱吻

Outside the rain is tapping on the leaves

窗外的雨點打濕了樹葉

To me it sounds like they're applauding us

聽起來就好像是為我們喝彩

The quiet love we make

這靜謐的愛

Will I always feel this way?

我會一直這麼沉醉下去嗎？

So empty, so estranged

那麼徒勞，那麼的遙遙無期

Well I looked my demons in the eyes

我看到了自己眼裏的魔鬼

Laid bare my chest said do your best destroy me

你應當將我放逐消亡

See I've been to hell and back so many times

我在地獄和人世兩處徘徊

I must admit you kinda bore me

我必須承認你讓我有點厭煩

There's a lot of things that can kill a man

有太多事物能奪人性命

There's a lot of ways to die

有太多方式能使我死去

Yes and some already dead who walk beside me

誠然，那些在我身旁的人都已經準備接受死亡

There's a lot of things I don't understand

有太多情景我無法理解

Why so many people lie

又為何人們都在訴説謊言

Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fire inside me

那些隱蔽之傷又激起了我內心的希冀

Will I always feel this way?

我會一直這麼沉淪下去嗎？

So empty, so estranged

那麼空洞，那麼的遙不可及 ^[1] 

Ray LaMontagne原名Raymond Charles Jack LaMontagne，生於1974年6月18日，是位民謠創作型歌手，擅長吉他、鋼琴、口琴等樂器。