Your grand dad left home for the circus. He was young just like me, 你的大爸爸离开家马戏团。他年轻的时候像我一样，

with hope to explore. He married a girl in Virginia. 带着希望去探索。他在弗吉尼亚州娶了一个女孩。

She could swing the trapeze; they could sleep on the floor. 她可以摆动的秋千;他们可以睡在地板上。

   

Your mother was born in December, on the one sunny day that winter gave up. 你的母亲出生在12月，一个阳光明媚的一天，冬天就放弃了。

She had warm summer eyes that flickered like fireflies, 她有温暖的夏天眼睛像闪烁的萤火虫，

when she stared at the world. 当她凝视着这个世界。

   

So why do you leave these stories unfinished, 那么，为什么你离开这些故事未完，

my Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in her eyes? 我的柴郡猫看家泪水在她的眼里？

Why do you look when you've already found it? 为什么你看，当你已经找到了吗？

What did you find that could leave you walking by? 你发现了什么，可以让你走了？

   

She was raised in a New England village. 她成长于新英格兰村庄。

Then she moved to LA with her firefly stare, 然后，她搬到洛杉矶与她的萤火虫瞪眼，

and you loved sunset strip when it sparkled, 和你爱的日落大道时，它闪闪发光，

you grew up and you sparkled but why don't you care? 你长大了，你闪闪发光，但你为什么不关心？

   

So why do you leave these stories unfinished, 那么，为什么你离开这些故事未完，

my Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in her eyes? 我的柴郡猫看家泪水在她的眼里？

Why do you look when you've already found me? 为什么你看，当你已经找到了我？

What did you find that could leave you walking by? 你发现了什么，可以让你走了？

   

These nights I get high just from breathing. 这天晚上，我飘飘然刚刚从呼吸。

When I lie here with you I'm sure that I'm real, 当我躺在这里与你，我敢肯定，我是真实的，

like that firework over the freeway. 这样的烟花在高速公路上。

I could stay here all day but that's not how you feel. 我可以在这里呆了一整天，但是，这不是你的感觉。

   

So why do you leave these questions unanswered? 那么，为什么你离开这些问题没有答案？

The circus awaits and you're already gone. 马戏团的等待，你就已经走了。

My Cheshire cat doorstop with fear in your smile, 害怕我的柴郡猫门挡在你的微笑，

what makes it so easy for you to be walking by? 是什么使得它很容易让你可以走了？

And what did I do that you can't seem to want me? 而我做了，你似乎无法要我怎样？

Why do we lie here and whisper goodbyes? 我们为什么躺在这里和耳语道别？

Where can I go that your pictures won't haunt me? 我可以在哪里，你的照片就不会缠着我？

What makes it so easy for you to be walking by? 是什么使得它很容易让你行走了？