My father had so much to tell me 我父亲有这么多告诉我

Things he said I had to know 他说，事情我已经知道

Don't make my mistakes 不要让我犯错

There are rules you can't break. 有规则，你不能打破。

   

But I had to find out on my own 不过，我必须找到自己出去

Now when I look at my own son 现在，当我看着自己的儿子

I know what my father went through 我知道我的父亲通过去

There's only so much you can do. 这里只有这么多，你可以做的。

   

You're proud when they walk 你是骄傲的，他们走路的时候

Scared when they run 害怕当他们跑

That's how it always has been 这就是它一直是

Between fathers and sons. 与父亲和儿子。

   

It's a bridge you can't cross 这是一个桥梁，你不能越过

It's a cross you can't bear 这是一个跨你无法承受

It's the words you can't say 这是你不能说的话

The things you can't change 你不能改变的事情

No matter how much you care. 不管你有多在乎。

   

So you do all you can 所以，你尽你所能

but then you gotta let go 但你总得放手

You're just part of the flow 你是流动的一部份

Of the river that runs 运行河

Between fathers and sons. 与父亲和儿子。

   

Your mother will try to protect you 你的妈妈会尽力保护你

Hold you as long as she can 抱着你，只要她能

But the higher you climb 但较高的，你爬

The more you can see. 你可以看到更多。

   

That's something I understand 这东西我明白

One day you'll look at your own son 有一天，你会看到自己的儿子

There'll be so much that you want to say 还会有这么多，你想说的话

He'll have to find his own way. 他必须找到自己的方式。

   

On the road he must take 在路上，他必须采取

The course he must run 他必须运行过程

That's how it always has been 这就是它一直是

Between fathers and sons. 与父亲和儿子。

   

It's a bridge you can't cross 这是一个桥梁，你不能越过

It's a cross you can't bear 这是一个跨你无法承受

It's the words you can't say 这是你不能说的话

The things you can't change 你不能改变的事情

No matter how much you care. 不管你有多在乎。

   

So you do all you can 所以，你尽你所能

but then you gotta let go 但你总得放手

You're just part of the flow 你是流动的一部份

Of the river that runs 运行河

Between fathers and sons. 与父亲和儿子。