They'd hooked you up to a fentanyl drip 他们会迷上你到一个芬太尼点滴

To mitigate the pain a little bit 为了减轻疼痛一点点

I flew in from Pennsylvania 我是从宾夕法尼亚州飞来

When I heard the hour was coming fast 当我听到小时来了快

   

And I docked in Santa Barbara 我停靠在圣塔芭芭拉

Tried to brace myself 试图稳住自己，

But you can't brace yourself 但你不能振作起来

When the time comes you just have to roll with the blast 到时候你就必须用滚爆炸

   

And I'm an eighteen wheeler headed down the interstate 而我的18惠勒领导下的跨州

And my brakes are going to give and I won't know until it's too late 我的刹车要给我不会知道，直到为时已晚

Tires screaming when I lose control 轮胎尖叫时，我失去控制

Try not to hurt too many people when I roll 尽量不要伤害太多的人，当我摇

   

Find the harbor freeway and head south 查找港口和高速公路南头

Real tired, head kind of light 真正的累，头光明。

I found Telegraph Road, I'd only seen the name on envelopes 我发现电报路，我只看到信封上的名字

Found the parking lot and turned right 找到了停车场，向右转

   

I felt all the details carving out space in my head 我感觉所有的细节雕刻出空间，在我的脑海

Tropicana's on the walkway, neon red 康纳对人行道，红色霓虹灯

Between the pain and the pills trying to hold it at bay 之间的痛苦和药片试图在海湾保持它

Stands a traveler going somewhere far away 站在一个旅行者去某个遥远的地方

   

And I am an airplane tumbling wing over wing 而我是一个飞机机翼翻滚过翼

Tried to listen to my instruments, they don't say anything 想听听我的乐器，他们不说什么

People screaming when the engines quit 人们尖叫的时候引擎退出

I hope we're all in crash position when we hit 我希望我们都在崩溃的位置，当我们打

   

And then came to your bedside 然后来到你的床边

And as it turns out, I'm not ready 而事实证明，我还没准备好

And as though you were speaking through a thick haze 而且就像您通过厚厚的阴霾中说

You said hello to me 你说我打招呼

   

We all stood there around you 我们都在你身边站在那里

Happy to hear you speak 很高兴听到你说话

The last of something bright burning, still burning 东西明亮燃烧的最后，还在燃烧

Beyond the cancer and the chemotherapy 超出了癌症和化疗

   

And you were a presence full of light upon this earth 而你是一个存在充满光明在这个世界

And I am a witness to your life and to its worth 我是一个见证你的生活，它的价值

It's three days later when I get the call 这是三天后，当我得到电话

And there's nobody around to break my fall 而且也没有人身边打破我的秋天