歌手 & 背景介绍

Damien Rice出生于70年代早期，以摇滚风格开始音乐之路，但在这张专辑里面你实在听不出来，大量的空心吉它和弦,轻松打击乐器低调而简约的伴奏，间或有一些悲伤弦乐来烘托气氛，沒有多余的花俏來转移焦点，只为呈现Damien Rice 那充份蘊含情感的歌声，精致而干净。Damien Rice声音的渲染力，甚至可以将歌曲的情绪化为实质，然后直接传到听者的心上。

 歌词
Older chests reveal themselves
老箱子自己显露了出来
Like a crack in a wall
就像墙上的裂纹
Starting small， and grow in time
开始很小，跟随着时间在长大
And we always seem to need the help
我们看起来都需要帮助
Of someone else
来自别人的
To mend that shelf
去修理那搁板
Too many books
它放了太多的书
Read me your favourite line
把你最爱的文字读给我
Papa went to other lands
爸爸去过其它的地方
And he found someone who understands
他找到了一些人，他们能够理解
The ticking， and the western man’s need to cry
滴嗒声，还有西部男人为什么哭泣
He came back the other day， you know
前几天他回来了，你知道的
Some things in life may change
生命中的一些东西可能会改变
And some things
而一些东西
They stay the same
他们保持原样
Like time， there’s always time
就像时间，那儿总有时间
On my mind
让我担心
So pass me by， I’ll be fine
这样地从我身边掠过，我会很好
Just give me time
只是给我一些时间吧
Older gents sit on the fence
年老的绅士坐在篱笆上
With their cap in hand
手里拿着帽子
Looking grand
看上去很高贵
They watch their city change
他们看着他们的城市在变化
Children scream， or so it seems，
孩子们尖叫着，好像是吧
Louder than before
声音比以前大了
Out of doors， and into stores with bigger names
出了门，进了商店，长大了
Mama tried to wash their faces
妈妈想去给他们洗脸
But these kids they lost their graces
可是这些孩子却早已失去了他们的体面
And daddy lost at the races too many times
爸爸也在赛跑中失败了很多次了
She broke down the other day， yeah you know
前几天妈妈屈服了，你知道的
Some things in life may change
生命中的一些东西可能会改变
But some things they stay the same
但也有一些东西他们会保持原样
Like time， there’s always time
就像时间，那儿总有时间
On my mind
让我担忧
So pass me by， I’ll be fine
就这样经过我身边，我会很好的
Just give me time
只是给我一些时间
Time， there’s always time
时间，总有时间
On my mind
让我担忧
Pass me by， I’ll be fine
经过我身边，我会很好
Just give me time
仅仅给我一些时间

注释

(1) reveal 展现,显露出

He revealed the secret by accident.

(2) crack 裂缝,裂痕

There are many cracks on the wall.

还有爆裂声的意思，I heard a crack of thunder.

(3) gents=gentleman

(4) fence 栅栏;篱笆

He built a fence around his house.

A white fence enclosed the house.

(5) grand 伟大的;崇高的;高贵的

We met a lot of grand people when we went to the palace.

(6) break down 打破

之前在turn turn turn, to everything there is a season 歌曲中出现过这个词组A time to build up, a time to break down.
这里指的是身体垮掉

We are worried about that his health might break down.