Family Portrait

歌曲 Family Portrait
歌手 Radical Face
专辑 The Family Tree: The Roots

歌词

So we start with my father as a boy
Barely spoke a word of English
Fell in love from a distance
He watched her working from the back fence
He learned some words
And some clever turns of phrase
From his father’s book of poets
She wasn’t taken in that instant
But grew impressed with his persistence
They met each other out by moonlight
Made love in the nearby woods
Then the folks became suspicious
When her cycle broken so young (?)
They stole away without their goodbyes
Got married in a foreign town
Made their way as best as they could
Found jobs and settled down
And then time moved on
I was born in a river of blood
On sheets from the wedding day
The room was dark and the stench was thick
My father couldn’t stand the smell of it
Mama died in the night cos the nearest
Doctor couldn’t stem the blood loss
Father cried out on the back porch
My sister held me at the neighbor’s house
Oh my, there was a storm then
It was a flood of a different kind
Father’s eyes were often vacant
But his hands were rarely quiet
Sister learned to take her hits well
Both from life and the physical kind
But I was never one to lie down
Despite who picked the fight
So we designed our hells
Father turned into a drinker
A dark bastard with a wooden heart
Sister learned to be a mother
Before she’d ever played another part
And I became a little terror
I lashed out at whatever’s around
Took some time before I settled
And found a mind that was somewhat sound
And as it always does
Time rushed on
Six years later father died in the very same bedroom
Many said it was the grief that did it
I have to say it’s cos he hung himself
To be honest neither sister or myself
Ever much regret his passin’
But I admit it was a nice thing
To always know that we could feed ourselves

拼音

So we start with my father as a boy
Barely spoke a word of English
Fell in love from a distance
He watched her working from the back fence
He learned some words
And some clever turns of phrase
From his father' s book of poets
She wasn' t taken in that instant
But grew impressed with his persistence
They met each other out by moonlight
Made love in the nearby woods
Then the folks became suspicious
When her cycle broken so young ?
They stole away without their goodbyes
Got married in a foreign town
Made their way as best as they could
Found jobs and settled down
And then time moved on
I was born in a river of blood
On sheets from the wedding day
The room was dark and the stench was thick
My father couldn' t stand the smell of it
Mama died in the night cos the nearest
Doctor couldn' t stem the blood loss
Father cried out on the back porch
My sister held me at the neighbor' s house
Oh my, there was a storm then
It was a flood of a different kind
Father' s eyes were often vacant
But his hands were rarely quiet
Sister learned to take her hits well
Both from life and the physical kind
But I was never one to lie down
Despite who picked the fight
So we designed our hells
Father turned into a drinker
A dark bastard with a wooden heart
Sister learned to be a mother
Before she' d ever played another part
And I became a little terror
I lashed out at whatever' s around
Took some time before I settled
And found a mind that was somewhat sound
And as it always does
Time rushed on
Six years later father died in the very same bedroom
Many said it was the grief that did it
I have to say it' s cos he hung himself
To be honest neither sister or myself
Ever much regret his passin'
But I admit it was a nice thing
To always know that we could feed ourselves

歌词大意

[00:55.42] gù shì cóng fù qīn hái shì gè nán hái de shí hòu kāi shǐ
[00:59.54] nà shí tā zhǐ néng shuō chū jǐ gè yīng yǔ dān cí
[01:01.87] tā zài yuǎn fāng zhuì rù ài hé
[01:03.80] kàn zhe tā cóng hòu lí zǒu lái
[01:07.03] tā xué huì le xiē cí jù
[01:08.33] hái yǒu xiē qiǎo miào de cuò cí
[01:10.28] nà shi cóng tā fù qīn de shī jí lǐ zhǎo dào de
[01:13.16] yī shí jiān tā méi yǒu bèi tā xī yǐn
[01:15.92] què zhú jiàn bèi tā de zhí zhuó suǒ gǎn dòng
[01:19.36] tā men zài yuè guāng xià xiāng huì
[01:22.10] zài fù jìn de shù lín zhōng chán mián
[01:25.16] bù jiǔ tā men de fù mǔ qǐ le yí xīn
[01:28.04]
[01:30.60] lián yī shēng gào bié dōu méi yǒu tā men tōu tōu lí qù
[01:33.43] zài yuǎn fāng de chéng shì jié hūn
[01:36.84] jìn lì zhēng qǔ zuì hǎo de shēng huó
[01:39.70] zhǎo dào gōng zuò ān dùn xià lái
[01:44.04] shí guāng jiù zhè yàng guò qù le
[02:12.19] wǒ zài xiān xuè de hé liú lǐ chū shēng
[02:14.99] chū shēng zài tā men hūn lǐ nà tiān de dào de bèi rù shàng
[02:17.82] fáng jiān chōng mǎn hēi àn è chòu pū bí
[02:20.72] nà qì wèi ràng fù qīn wú fǎ zhàn wěn
[02:23.61] mǔ qīn zài nà tiān wǎn shàng sǐ qù le
[02:26.90] gǎn lái de yī shēng wú fǎ zhǐ zhù tā tā liú tǎng de xiān xuè
[02:29.54] fù qīn zài hòu yuàn de zǒu láng lǐ kū qì
[02:32.27] jiě jie zài lín jū de fáng zi lǐ jǐn bào zhe wǒ
[02:35.50] rán hòu fēng bào lái lín le
[02:37.89] nà shi yī zhǒng hóng shuǐ bān de zāi nàn
[02:41.20] fù qīn de yǎn lǐ zǒng shì chōng mǎn kōng xū
[02:44.13] dàn tā de shuāng shǒu zǒng shì hěn ān jìng
[02:47.01] jiě jie xué huì liǎo rú hé chéng shòu tā de shāng tòng
[02:49.87] wú lùn shì shēng huó dài gěi tā de hái shì shēn shàng de shāng tòng
[02:52.88] wǒ méi yǒu sǐ qù
[02:55.93] bù zhī dào shì shuí tiǎo qǐ le zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng
[02:58.75] wǒ men shè jì zhe wǒ men de kǔ nàn
[03:29.34] fù qīn chéng wéi le yí gè jiǔ tú
[03:31.80] chéng wéi le yí gè è dú de rén yǒu zhe má mù de xīn
[03:34.67] jiě jie xué huì le zěn yàng zuò yí gè mǔ qīn
[03:37.57] jǐn guǎn tā hái méi yǒu chéng wéi qí tā de jué sè
[03:40.56] wǒ chéng wéi le yí gè xiǎo xiǎo de zāi nàn
[03:43.43] huǐ huài zhe zhōu wéi de yī qiè shì wù
[03:46.43] zài wǒ píng jìng xià lái zhī qián
[03:49.30] wǒ zhǎo dào le yí gè shēng yīn cóng mǒu chù chuán lái
[03:52.40] tā zǒng shì zhè yàng
[03:56.84] shí guāng qián xíng zhe
[04:09.85] liù nián hòu fù qīn zài tóng yī jiān wò shì zhōng sǐ qù
[04:15.66] rén men shuō tā yīn wèi bēi tòng lí qù
[04:18.60] wǒ zhǐ xiǎng shuō tā zhǐ shì yòng shéng zi diào sǐ le zì jǐ
[04:21.51] duì jiě jie hé zì jǐ chéng shí de shuō
[04:24.69] fù qīn de lí qù dài gěi wǒ men yí hàn dàn chú qù yí hàn zhī wài
[04:27.32] wǒ chéng rèn nà yě shì yī jiàn hǎo shì
[04:30.43] yīn wèi cóng cǐ wǒ men néng bǎo zhèng zì jǐ de wēn bǎo