Sat at my window watched the world 坐在窗前看世界

wake up this morning 今天早上醒来

Purple sky slowly turning golden, 紫色的天空中缓缓转动的金色，

distant elms so orange 遥远的榆树所以橙色

you'd swear they're burning 你会发誓，他们燃烧

   

All this flowing water 所有这一切流水

has got my mind wandering 得到了我的脑海里徘徊

Do you ever finally reach 你是否最终达成

a point of knowing 点知道的

or do you just wake up one day 或者你只是有一天醒来

and say I am going? 说我去不去？

   

What will I tell you 那我告诉你，

when you ask me why I'm crying? 当你问我为什么哭？

Will I point above 我会点以上

at the Red Tail gracefully soaring 在红尾巴优雅地翱翔

or down to below where its prey 或向下跌破这里猎物

is quietly trembling? 正在悄悄地颤抖？

   

Two thousand years ago Jesus is left is left there hanging 两千年前，耶稣是左是左挂有

Purple sky slowly turning golden 紫色的天空中缓缓转动的金色

Cowards at his feet loudly laughing 懦夫在他的脚下大声笑

Loved ones stumbling homeward 亲人回家的绊脚石

their worlds reeling 他们的世界缫丝

Red Tail above my head quietly soaring 红色的尾巴上面我的头静静地飙升

Water turns from ice, creek is roaring 从冰变成水，小溪正在咆哮

He says enough of all this shit, I am going 他说，所有这一切，足够，我会