silent all these years

Tori Amos(5張)

Excuse me but can I be you for a while

打擾了，可我變成你只在此刻此時

My dog won't bite If you sit real still

你別動，我的狼狗就不咬你

I got the anti-christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again

廚房裏基督的反對者又在朝我叫喊

Yeah I can hear that

是的，我聽得見

Been saved again by the garbage truck

再次被垃圾車拯救

I got something to say you know but nothing comes

我有話 你知道 可我説不出來

Yes i know what you think of me you never shut up

是的，我已知你怎麼看我 你從不閉嘴

Yeah I can hear that

是的，我聽得到

But what if i'm a mermaid

但，假如我是條美人魚會是怎樣

In these jeans of his with her name still on it

在他的牛仔褲上還留着她的名字

Hey but i don't care

呵呵 可我不在乎

‘cause sometimes i said sometimes i hear my voice and it's been here

只因有時我説 有時我聽 我的聲音 就在這裏

silent all these years

沉默這些年

so you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts

看來 你找到了一個思接千載的姑娘

what's so amazing about really deep thoughts

這個視通萬里的姑娘有什麼令人驚奇

boy you best pray that i bleed real soon

小夥子你最好為我祈禱 祈禱我就此心疼

how's that thought for you

這個想法你覺得怎麼樣

my scream got lost in a paper cup

我的歇斯底里迷失於紙杯之中

you think there's a heaven where some screams have gone

歇斯底里迷失的地方 你相信那裏有天堂

i got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough to get us there

我有25塊錢 一塊餅乾 你覺得夠不夠咱走到天堂

but what if i'm a mermaid

但，假如我是條美人魚會是怎樣

In these jeans of his with her name still on it 在他的牛仔褲上還留着她的名字

hey but i don't care 呵呵 可我不在乎

‘cause sometimes，Isaid sometimes 只因有時我説

Ihear my voice and it's beenhere 我的聲音 就在這裏

silent all these. 沉默這些年

.years go by will i still be waiting

光陰流逝 我是否依然等待

for somebody else to understand

等待另一個人慢慢明白

years go by if i'm stripped of my beauty

光陰流逝 如果也抹去我青春的美麗

and the orange clouds raining in my head

橘黃色的雲彩 在我心開始下雨

years go by will i choke on my tears

光陰流逝 我是否哽咽着吞下自己的淚水

till finally there is nothing left

直到沒有什麼依然存留記憶

one more casualty

又一次受傷

you know we're too

你知道 我們都是如此

easy

簡簡單單

easy

簡簡單單

easy

簡簡單單

well i love the way we communicate

喜歡我們交流的方式

your eyes focus on my funny lip shape

你的眼神聚焦於我可愛的唇

let's hear what you think of me now

一起聽聽 此時此刻你怎麼看我

but baby don't look up

寶貝 別往上看

the sky is falling

天在塌陷

your mother shows up in a nasty dress

你的母親 身着長裙令人厭倦

it's your turn now to stand where i stand

輪到你回到我曾站立的地方

everybody lookin' at you

所有人看着你

here take hold of my hand

就在這裏，將我的手牽起

yeah i can hear them

是啊 我聽到他們的聲音

but what if i'm a mermaid

但，假如我是條美人魚會是怎樣

in these jeans of yours with her name still on it

在他的牛仔褲上還留着她的名字

hey but i don't care

呵呵 可我不在乎

‘cause sometimes,i said sometimes

只因有時我説

I hear my voice, Ihear my voice ,Ihear my voice

我聽見我的聲音我聽見我的聲音我聽見我的聲音

and it's beenhere

就在這裏

silent all these years

沉默這些年

i've been here

就在這裏

silent all these years

沉默這些年

silent all these years

沉默這些年

silent all these years

沉默這些年 ^[1] 

譯註：這首歌引用了《海的女兒》的典故。“but what if i'm mermaid in these jeans of his with her name still on it”中，“mermaid”指的就是失去聲音的美人魚；也與前文的“i got something to say you know but nothing come”“i hear my voice”，標題的“silent all these years”呼應。

Tori Amos繼續為這些長了骯髒器官的耳朵們（指那些骯髒的歌迷們）寫着音樂，她可能不得不女權，她不得不質疑人生的元素：性，成長，壓抑，恐懼......那一場風暴對每個女孩活着這件事會產生多少波紋？然後音樂就來了，像一面有波紋的湖水一樣，為什麼要Silent All These Years，或者一生的心境都如此。Tori Amos不停地往心境之湖中投擲着那該死的叫音樂的石塊，讓每一隻有耳動物打撈起生活中的垃圾，也打撈起自己意識流一樣被世界表達着的生活。在奇美的鋼琴聲和飄遊的假音中，你聽那不老的紅髮精靈喃喃自語一樣究竟在唱着什麼。