On a cobweb afternoon
一个凌乱的下午
In a room full of emptiness
一个空荡的房间
By a freeway I confess
高速路边我开始忏悔
I was lost in the pages
我迷失了在 一页页
Of a book full of death
充斥着死亡的书籍中
Reading how we’ll die alone
我读到我们将孤独死去
And if we’re good we’ll lay to rest
好人会被安葬
Anywhere we want to go
无论我们想去向何方
In your house I long to be
我多么希望是你家
Room by room patiently
我会耐心走到你家
I’ll wait for you there
在那里等你
Like a stone I’ll wait for you there alone
像石头一样屹立不倒地等你
On my deathbed I will pray
临终之时我会
To the gods and the angels
向上帝天使祈祷
Like a pagan to anyone
对别人来说我是个异教徒
Who will take me to heaven
而他们（上帝天使）会带我去天堂
To a place I recall
去我记得的地方
I was there so long ago
很久以前我在那里
The sky was bruised
天空青紫
The wine was bled
酒如鲜血
And there you led me on
然后你指引着我
In your house I long to be
去我盼望已久的你家
Room by room patiently
耐心走到你家
I’ll wait for you there
我会在那里等你
Like a stone I’ll wait for you there alone Alone
像石头一样屹立不倒地等你
And on I read
我继续读
Until the day was gone
直到第二天
And I sat in regret
我抱憾而坐
Of all the things I’ve done
悔我所做过的
For all that I’ve blessed
所赞美的
And all that I’ve wronged
所做错的
In dreams until my death
直到我死那天在我梦里
I will wander on
我会继续探索
In your house I long to be
我所盼望的你家
Room by room patiently
移步到你家
I’ll wait for you there
在那儿等你
Like a stone I’ll wait for you there alone Alone
像石头般屹立不倒