I can smell the death on the sheets 我可以闻到纸上的死

Covering me 包括我

I can't believe this is the end 我简直不敢相信这是结束

   

But this is my deathbed 但是，这是我的临终

I lie here alone 我躺在这边独

If I close my eyes tonight 如果我闭上眼睛，今晚

I know I'll be home 我知道我将回家

   

The year was nineteen forty one 这一年是一九四一年

I was eight years old and 我是8岁

Far far too young 远太年轻

To know that the stories 要知道，这些故事

Of battles and glory 战斗和荣耀

Was a tale a kind mother 是一个故事，一个好母亲

Made up for her son 弥补了她的儿子

You see 你看

Dad was a traveling preacher 爸爸是个传教士旅行

Teaching the words of the Teacher 教学的老师的话

But mother had sworn 但母亲发誓

Went off to the war 去参加战争

And died there with honor 并死在那里与荣誉

Somewhere on a beach there 某处海滩上有

But he left once to never return 但他留下一次有去无回

Which taught me that I should unlearn 它告诉我，我应该忘掉

Whatever I thought a father should be 无论我想到了一个父亲应该是

I abandoned that thought 我放弃了这个想法

Like he abandoned me 像他抛弃了我

   

By forty seven I was fourteen 由47我是14

I'd acquired a taste for liquor and nicotine 我已经收购了酒和尼古丁的味道

I smoked until I threw up 我抽，直到我吐出来

Yet I still lit 'em up for thirty more years 然而，我依然亮着举起手来了三十多年

Like a machine 像机器

   

So right there you have it 所以，在那里你有它

That one filthy habit 一个肮脏的习惯

Is what got me where I am today 是什么让我在哪里，我的今天

   

I can smell the death on the sheets 我可以闻到纸上的死

Covering me 包括我

I can't believe this is the end 我简直不敢相信这是结束

I can hear those sad memories 我能听到那些伤心的回忆

Still haunting me 还是纠缠着我

So many things 这么多东西

I'd do again 我会再做一次

   

But this is my deathbed 但是，这是我的临终

I lie here alone 我躺在这边独

If I close my eyes tonight 如果我闭上眼睛，今晚

I know I'll be home 我知道我将回家

   

I got married on my twenty first 我结婚在我二十一

Eight months before my wife would give birth 八个月前，我的妻子会生

It's easier to be sure you love someone 这是比较容易确定你爱一个人

When her father inquires with the barrel of a gun 当她的父亲询问用枪杆子

The union was far from harmonious 工会是远远和谐

No two people could have been more alone than us 没有两个人本来是比我们更孤独

The years would go by and she'd love someone else 岁月会流逝，她很想别人

And I realized I hadn't been loved yet myself 我意识到我没有被爱过自己还

   

From there it's your typical spiel 从那里，这是典型的高谈阔论

Yeah if life was a highway 是啊，如果生活是一条高速公路

I was drunk at the wheel 我喝醉了在车轮

I was helping the loose ends 我在帮有始有终

All fall apart 全部散架

Yeah I swear I was destined to fail 是的，我发誓，我是注定要失败

And fail from the start 而且从一开始就失败

   

I bowled about six times a week I A一周保龄球六倍

   

The bottle of Beam kept the memories from me 梁瓶子从我不停的回忆

Our marriage had taken a seven-ten split 我们的婚姻已经采取了7-10分

Along with my pride the ex-wife took the kids 随着我的骄傲前妻带着孩子

   

I can smell the death on the sheets 我可以闻到纸上的死

Covering me 包括我

I can't believe this is the end 我简直不敢相信这是结束

I can hear those sad memories 我能听到那些伤心的回忆

Still haunting me 还是纠缠着我

So many things 这么多东西

I'd do again 我会再做一次

   

But this is my deathbed 但是，这是我的临终

I lie here alone 我躺在这边独

If I close my eyes tonight 如果我闭上眼睛，今晚

I know I'll be home 我知道我将回家

   

I was so scared of Jesus 我很害怕耶稣

But He sought me out 但他要求我出去

Like the cancer in my lungs 像我的肺肿瘤

It's killing me now 现在是我的命

And I've given up hope 我已经放弃希望

On the days I have left 在天，我已经离开

But I cling to the hope 但我坚持，希望

Of my life in the next 我在未来的生活中

Then Jesus showed up 耶稣出现了

Said "Before we go" 说： “以前我们去”

"I thought that we might reminisce" “我认为我们可能会怀念”

"See one night in your life" “见一个晚上在你的生活”

"When you turned out the light" “当你关了灯”

"You asked for and prayed for my forgiveness" “你问，祈求我的原谅”

   

You cried wolf 你喊狼

The tears they soaked your fur 泪水浸湿他们的皮毛

The blood dripped from your fangs 血液从你的獠牙滴

You said, "What have I done?" 你说， “我做了什么？ ”

You loved that lamb 你爱的羔羊

With every sinful bone 随着每一个罪恶的骨头

And there you wept alone 还有你独自哭泣

Your heart was so contrite 你的心脏是如此痛悔

   

You said, "Jesus, please forgive me of my crimes 你说， “耶稣，请原谅我的罪行，我

Sanctify this withered heart of mine 圣我这枯萎的心脏

Stay with me until my life is through 留在我身边，直到我的生命是通过

And on that day please take me home with you" 而在那一天，请把我带回家“

   

I can smell the death on the sheets 我可以闻到纸上的死

Covering me 包括我

I can't believe this is the end 我简直不敢相信这是结束

I can hear You whisper to me, 我能听到你耳语对我来说，

"It's time to leave “这是离开的时候了

You'll never be lonely again" 你永远不会孤单“

   

But this was my deathbed 但是，这是我的临终

I died there alone 我独自死在那里

When I closed my eyes tonight 当我闭上我的眼睛今晚

You carried me home 你带我回家

   

[Jon Foreman of Switchfoot sings, as the voice of Jesus:] [ Switchfoot的乔恩·福尔曼唱歌，因为耶稣的声音： ]

I am the Way 我就是道路

Follow Me 跟我来

And take My hand 拉着我的手

And I am the Truth 而我的真相

Embrace Me and you'll understand 拥抱我，你就会明白

And I am the Life 而我的生活

And for Me you'll live again 而对于我，你会再活一次

For I am Love 因为我的爱

I am Love 我是爱

I, I am Love 我，我是爱