Childlike Faith In Childhood's End (2005 Digital Remaster)

歌曲 Childlike Faith In Childhood's End (2005 Digital Remaster)
歌手 Van Der Graaf Generator
专辑 Still Life

歌词

[00:03.29] Existence is a stage on which we pass,
[00:10.29] A sleepwalk trick for mind and heart:
[00:15.46] It's hopeless, I know,
[00:17.99] But onward I must go
[00:20.54] And try to make a start
[00:26.89] At seeing something more than day-to-day
[00:32.80] Survival chased by final death.
[00:37.77] If I believed this the sum
[00:40.11] Of the life to which we've come
[00:42.35] I wouldn't waste my breath.
[00:48.16] Somehow, there must be more.
[01:05.86] There was a time when more was felt than known,
[01:11.20] But now, entrenched inside my sett,
[01:16.12] In light more mundane,
[01:18.72] Thought rattles round my brain:
[01:20.99] We live, we die... And yet?
[01:26.76] In the beginning there was order and destiny
[01:34.30] But now that path has reached the border, and
[01:39.66] On our knees
[01:42.61] Is no way to face the future, whatever it be.
[01:49.49] Though the forces which hold us in place
[01:54.20] Last through eons in unruffled grace
[01:58.24] We, too, wear the face of creation.
[02:16.78] As anti-matter sucks and pulses periodically
[02:23.51] The bud unfolds, the bloom is dead, all space
[02:28.16] Is living history.
[02:29.95] It seems as though time must betray us, yet
[02:34.13] We're alive
[02:36.22] And though I see no God to save us still we survive
[02:42.35] Through the centuries of progress
[02:45.31] Which don't get us very far.
[02:49.90] All illusion! All is bogus
[02:52.63] We don't yet know what we are...
[03:03.49] Laughing, hoping, praying, joking, Son of Man!
[03:09.75] With lowered eyes but lifting hearts, we're
[03:13.28] Grains of sand
[03:15.70] And though, in time, the sea may claim us for
[03:19.76] Its own
[03:22.09] We are the rocks which root the future
[03:25.68] On us it grows!
[03:27.98] We might not be there to share it
[03:31.01] If eternity's a jest
[03:35.34] But I think that I can bear it
[03:38.58] If the next life is the best.
[04:34.71] Even if there is a heaven when we die
[04:39.46] Endless bliss would be as meaningless as the lie
[04:43.81] That always comes as answer to the question
[04:47.08] "Why do we see through the eyes of creation?"
[05:11.09] Adrift without a course, it's very lonely here,
[05:25.72] Our only conjecture what lies behind the dark.
[05:40.93] Still, I find I can cling to a lifeline,
[05:47.17] Think of a lifetime which means more
[05:53.96] Than my own one
[05:56.80] Dreams of a grander thing than we are.
[06:05.29] Time and Space hang heavy on my shoulders:
[06:16.33] When all life is over who can say
[06:23.17] No mutated force shall remain?
[06:40.55] Though the towers of the city are denied to we
[06:46.83] Men of clay
[06:49.61] Still we know we shall scale the heights some day.
[06:56.89] Frightened in the silence
[07:01.39] Frightened, but thinking very hard,
[07:12.57] Let us make computations of the stars.
[08:54.32] Older, wiser, sadder, blinder, watch us run;
[09:01.10] Faster, longer, harder, stronger, now it comes:
[09:07.30] Colour blisters, image splinters gravitate
[09:13.46] Towards the centre, in final splendour
[09:17.20] Disintegrate.
[09:19.78] The universe now beckons
[09:22.67] And Man, too, must take His place...
[09:26.95] Just a few last fleeting seconds
[09:30.35] To wander in the waste
[09:40.51] And the children who were ourselves move on
[09:46.04] Reincarnation stills it's now perfected song
[09:52.36] And at last we are free of the bonds of creation.
[10:05.29] All the jokers and gaolers,
[10:10.04] All the junkies and slavers too,
[10:14.49] All the throng who have danced a merry tune
[10:21.42] Human we can all be,
[10:25.21] But Humanity we must rise above,
[10:36.05] In the name of all faith and hope and love.
[10:45.15] There's a time for all pilgrims,
[10:49.54] And a time for the fakers too,
[10:53.96] There's a time when we all will stand alone and nude;
[11:01.31] Naked to the galaxies
[11:05.61] Naked, but clothed in the overview...
[11:16.05] As we reach Childhood's End we must start anew.
[11:35.22] And though dark is the highway
[11:41.11] And the peak's distance breaks my heart,
[11:46.73] For I never shall see it, still I play my part,
[11:55.90] Believing that what waits for us
[12:00.21] Is the cosmos compared to the dust of the past...
[12:12.11] In the death of mere humans life shall start!

歌词大意

[00:03.29] cún zài jiù shì wǒ men lù guò de de wǔ tái
[00:10.29] shì yī chǎng yǎn gěi sī xiǎng yǔ xīn zàng de mèng yóu de bǎ xì
[00:15.46] wǒ zhī dào zhè shì wú wàng
[00:17.99] dàn wǒ réng bì xū xiàng qián
[00:20.54] bìng shì tú chóng xīn kāi shǐ
[00:26.89] dāng kàn qīng nèi xiē chāo guò rì cháng suǒ shì de cún zài
[00:32.80] xìng cún zhě men biàn bèi zuì zhōng de sǐ wáng gěi zhuī suí
[00:37.77] rú guǒ wǒ xiāng xìn le zhè shēng mìng
[00:40.11] jiù shì wǒ men mù qián suǒ néng dá dào de quán bù
[00:42.35] wǒ hái bù rú yī zǎo qiā duàn wǒ de hū xī
[00:48.16] míng míng zhōng bì bù zhī rú cǐ
[01:05.86] yǒu shí zòng shǐ qí bèi wǒ men gǎn zhī, què yǒng yuǎn wú fǎ chù jí
[01:11.20] dàn xiàn zài, tā men yǐ gēn shēn zài wǒ de dì jī
[01:16.12] bèi píng fán de guāng suǒ mù yù
[01:18.72] sī xiǎng zài wǒ nǎo biān dié dié yán yǔ:
[01:20.99] wǒ men shēng, wǒ men sǐ, rán hòu ne?
[01:26.76] suī rán zhì xù yǔ sù mìng shēng lái rú cǐ
[01:34.30] dàn cǐ shí dào lù yǐ rán qióng jìn
[01:39.66] qiě cán pò sǐ jì háo wú shēng jī
[01:42.61] wú lùn wèi lái shì zěn yàng wǒ men dōu jiāng wú fǎ miàn duì
[01:49.49] zòng shǐ zhè jiāng wǒ men dài rù zhēn lǐ zhī dì de shén mì
[01:54.20] yuán zì gèn gǔ, juàn yǒng chén mò
[01:58.24] wǒ men, dài zhe chuàng shì zào wù de miàn jù
[02:16.78] rú wú xíng de jié jué zhī yú cāng hǎi
[02:23.51] huā lěi zhǎn kāi, què yòu guī yú sǐ jì
[02:28.16] suǒ yǒu de kōng jiān dōu shì zài jí de shí jiān
[02:29.95] zòng shǐ shí jiān zhōng huì bèi pàn wǒ men
[02:34.13] dàn wǒ men réng hái huó zhe
[02:36.22] suī rán wǒ míng bái bìng méi yǒu shén míng huì jiāng wǒ men zhěng jiù
[02:42.35] dàn zài shù shì jì de cháng hé zhōng wǒ men réng huó le xià lái
[02:45.31] yě xǔ bìng bù néng zài zǒu gèng yuǎn
[02:49.90] zhè quán bù de huàn xiàng! zhè suǒ yǒu de xū wěi
[02:52.63] wǒ men réng bù jiě wǒ men jiū jìng shì shén me
[03:03.49] xī xiào, xī wàng, qí qiú, wán xiào, rén lèi a!
[03:09.75] wǒ men jǐn shì nà
[03:13.28] chuí zhe chóu móu tí xīn diào dǎn de shā lì shàng de xì wén
[03:15.70] ér zhè yě dōu bì jiāng suí shí jiān zhī hé
[03:19.76] guī yú dà hǎi
[03:22.09] wǒ men shì wèi lái zhā gēn qí shàng de yán shí
[03:25.68] bìng gōng yǎng qí shēng zhǎng
[03:27.98] wǒ men huò xǔ wú fǎ fēn xiǎng zuì hòu de xǐ yuè
[03:31.01] rú guǒ yǒng héng zhǐ shì yī jù wán xiào
[03:35.34] dàn wǒ rèn wéi wǒ néng dǎ bài zhè sù mìng
[03:38.58] qù qī dài gèng hǎo de lái shì
[04:34.71] jiù suàn wǒ men shì qù hòu qù dào tiān táng
[04:39.46] nà wú jìn de huān yuè yě huì rú huǎng yán yí yàng biàn de xū wú
[04:43.81] zhè tōng cháng dōu huì chéng wéi nà zhōng jí wèn tí de dá àn
[04:47.08] " wèi hé wǒ men dōu zhǐ yòng ròu yǎn qù kàn qù xún mì?"
[05:11.09] méi yǒu mù dì de piāo fú, zài zhè jì mò zhī dì
[05:25.72] wǒ men nà cáng nì zài hēi yè shēn hòu de yì cè
[05:40.93] wǒ fā jué wǒ réng néng zhuā zhù wǒ de jiù mìng cǎo
[05:47.17] sī kǎo zhe huó zhe nà yuǎn chāo yú wǒ zì shēn
[05:53.96] de yì yì
[05:56.80] mèng xiǎng zhe yǒu zhe yuǎn gāo yú wǒ men de cún zài cún zài
[06:05.29] shí kōng dōu chén diàn diàn zài wǒ jiān shàng:
[06:16.33] dāng suǒ yǒu de shēng mìng wán jié
[06:23.17] shuí néng duàn yán bú huì yǒu jié rán de shén mì cún liú?
[06:40.55] jǐn guǎn zhè yòng nián tǔ pīn chéng de wǒ men bù xiè nèi xiē
[06:46.83] chéng shì lǐ sǒng lì de gāo lóu
[06:49.61] rán ér wǒ men zǒng yǒu yì tiān yě huì qù zài yì tā men de gāo dù
[06:56.89] zài chén mò lǐ huáng kǒng
[07:01.39] shòu pà, què yòu jí lì de sī kǎo
[07:12.57] ràng wǒ men sī kǎo bìng jì suàn chū xīng xīng de shù liàng ba
[08:54.32] nà lǎo xiǔ, zhì zhě, qǐ gài, máng rén, zhù shì zhe wǒ men qián jìn
[09:01.10] nà gèng kuài, gèng chí jiǔ, gèng jiān yìng, gèng qiáng zhuàng de, yǐ rán lín jìn
[09:07.30] qīng zǐ de shuǐ pào, xì chén fēi xù yīn zhòng lì xià zhuì
[09:13.46] cháo zhe wàn wù de zhōng xīn, dào zuì hòu suǒ yǒu hóng wěi
[09:17.20] yě bēng suì
[09:19.78] yǔ zhòu zài zhào huàn
[09:22.67] rén men yě jǔ qǐ shuāng shǒu, shì bì qǔ dài zì jǐ de dì wèi
[09:26.95] jǐn zài zhuǎn shùn jí shì de shí jiān lǐ
[09:30.35] zài huāng dì lǐ tiào wàng
[09:40.51] rán hòu nà yǐ wǎng tiān zhēn de hái tóng biàn qǐ chéng
[09:46.04] lún huí zhuǎn shì réng shì duō me wán měi dí zàn gē
[09:52.36] zhí dào zuì zhōng wǒ men zhōng yú kě yǐ tuō lí ròu tǐ yǐ dé zì yóu
[10:05.29] suǒ yǒu xiǎo chǒu yǔ kān shǒu
[10:10.04] suǒ yǒu yǐn zhě yǔ shèng rén
[10:14.49] suǒ yǒu wǔ chū huān lè xuán lǜ de rén qún
[10:21.42] suǒ yǒu wǒ de tóng lèi men
[10:25.21] wǒ men rén lèi bì xū miǎn shòu yú
[10:36.05] nèi xiē míng wéi xìn yǎng xī wàng hé ài de dōng xī de yǐng xiǎng
[10:45.15] suǒ yǒu de cháo shèng zhě dōu yǒu jī huì
[10:49.54] suǒ yǒu de wěi shàn zhě yě shòu ēn huì
[10:53.96] wǒ men zhōng huì gū dú de zhàn lì chì luǒ zhe shēn tǐ
[11:01.31] miàn xiàng nà máng máng hào hàn de yǔ zhòu
[11:05.61] zài zòng lǎn de cháng hé lǐ què yòu huàn shàng yī fú
[11:16.05] dāng wǒ men lái dào tóng nián de jìn tóu wǒ men dōu jiāng chóng xīn kāi shǐ
[11:35.22] jǐn guǎn hēi àn shì shǔ jié jìng
[11:41.11] bìng qiě nà tōng wǎng diān fēng de jù lí lìng wǒ dǎn hán
[11:46.73] zòng shǐ wǒ yǒng yuǎn yě wú fǎ qīn yǎn mù dǔ, wǒ réng mài hǎo wǒ de jiǎo bù
[11:55.90] xiāng xìn zhe nèi xiē děng dài zhe wǒ men de
[12:00.21] shì yóu rú yǔ zhòu huī hóng zhī yú guǎng mào kōng zhōng de fú yóu
[12:12.11] cāng hǎi sāng tián zhī jì rén lèi biàn huì chóng xīn zhàn qǐ!