I met you through a common friend 我遇见了你通过一个共同的朋友

In the attic of my parents' house 在我父母家的阁楼

And though I didn't know it then 虽然我不知道它，然后

I soon was finding out 我很快就被找到了

Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet 哦，你是睡在我脚下的根

And hold the earth in place 而持有之地

Each time a faucet opens 水龙头打开，每次

Words are spoken 词是口语

The water runs away 水逃跑

And I hear your name 我听到你的名字

No, nothing has changed 没有，什么都没有改变

There was this book I read and loved 有这本书我读和喜爱

The story of a ship 船的故事

Who sailed around the world and found 谁航行在世界各地，发现

That nothing else exists 这没有别的存在

Beyond his own two sails and wooden shell 除了他自己的两条帆和木制外壳

And what is held within 什么是内举行

All else is sure to pass 一切一定会通过

We clutch and grasp 仍然抓住和把握

And debate what's truly permanent 和辩论什么是真正的永久

But when the wind starts to shift 但是当风开始转向

Well, there's no argument 那么，有没有说法

Now, I sing and drink and sleep on floors 现在，我唱歌，喝，睡在地板上

And try hard not to be annoyed 并努力不被惹恼

By all these people worrying about me 所有这些人担心我

So when I'm suffering through some awful drive 所以，当我通过一些可怕的驱动很痛苦

You occasionally cross my mind 你偶尔过我的脑海

It's my hidden hope that you are still among them 这是我隐藏的希望，你还在其中

Well are you? 好了，你好吗？

Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet 哦，你是睡在我脚下的根

And hold the earth in place 而持有之地

Each time a curtain opens 窗帘打开，每次

Sunlight pours in 阳光倾泻在

A lifetime melts away 一辈子融化

And we share a name 和我们分享一个名字

On some picturesque grave 在一些风景如画的坟墓