Standing In The Doorway

前往安東街的途中，聽著"Time out of Mind"這張專輯，突然就覺得這首歌很好聽。不是常常都會這樣嗎？原本沒特別注意的歌，在某個特別的時間、特別的地點、特別的心情下，就會有不同的感覺。然後你就會愛上這首歌！往後每次聆聽，就會回想起當時的場景...

I'm walking through the summer nights
我徒步穿越過夏夜
Jukebox playing low
投幣式點唱機低聲的播放著
Yesterday everything was going too fast
昨日的一切，離開得太快
Today, it's moving too slow
今日，前進的太緩慢
I got no place left to turn
我沒有其他的地方可去
I got nothing left to burn
我沒有其他的東西可以熱衷
Don't know if I saw you, if I would kiss you or kill you
不知道假如我看見妳，我會親吻妳還是殺了妳
It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
對妳來說，這或許不會是個問題
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
妳留下我佇立在門前，哭喊著
I got nothing to go back to now
我現在沒有什麼事可以回想

The light in this place is so bad
這地方的光線如此的差
Making me sick in the head
讓我的頭覺得不舒服
All the laughter is just making me sad
所有的笑聲都讓我難過
The stars have turned cherry red
星星已轉變成櫻桃紅色
I'm strumming on my gay guitar
我正彈奏著我輕浮的吉他
Smoking a cheap cigar
抽著便宜的香煙
The ghost of our old love has not gone away
我們往日戀情的幻影仍未離去
Don't look like it will anytime soon
別當作它會很快不見
You left me standing in the doorway crying
妳留下我佇立在門前，哭喊著
Under the midnight moon
在午夜的月光之下

Maybe they'll get me and maybe they won't
也許他們會找到我，也許他們不會
But not tonight and it won't be here
但不是在今夜，也不是在此處
There are things I could say but I don't
有些事我可以說，但我沒說出來
I know the mercy of God must be near
我知道上帝的寬恕必定在附近
I've been riding the midnight train
我一直搭乘著午夜的列車
Got ice water in my veins
從我的血管裡取得冰水
I would be crazy if I took you back
我將會發瘋，如果我帶妳回去
It would go up against every rule
這違背了所有的規則
You left me standing in the doorway, crying
妳留下我佇立在門前，哭喊著
Suffering like a fool
像個傻瓜一樣被折磨

When the last rays of daylight go down
當白日的最後一道光線變暗
Buddy, you'll roll no more
朋友，你將不再奔波
I can hear the church bells ringing in the yard
我可以聽見教堂的鐘聲在庭院響起
I wonder who they're ringing for
我想知道他們在為誰敲鐘
I know I can't win
我知道我無法戰勝
But my heart just won't give in
但我的心絕對不會屈服
Last night I danced with a stranger
昨晚我和一個陌生人共舞
But she just reminded me you were the one
但她卻提醒我，妳曾是命中註定的人
You left me standing in the doorway crying
妳留下我佇立在門前，哭喊著
In the dark land of the sun
在太陽的陰暗面

I'll eat when I'm hungry, drink when I'm dry
我將會進食，當我飢餓時，我將會飲水，當我口渴時
And live my life on the square
我將在廣場上過著我的生活
And even if the flesh falls off of my face
就算有肉塊掉落在我的臉上
I know someone will be there to care
我知道某人將會在那裡關注著
It always means so much
這總是意味深重
Even the softest touch
即使是最輕柔的觸碰
I see nothing to be gained by any explanation
我知道沒有任何事可以藉由解釋被取得
There are no words that need to be said
沒有什麼話好說
You left me standing in the doorway crying
妳留下我佇立在門前，哭喊著
Blues wrapped around my head
藍調音樂圍繞著我的腦袋