The Sleepwalkers (2005 Digital Remaster)

歌曲 The Sleepwalkers (2005 Digital Remaster)
歌手 Van Der Graaf Generator
专辑 Godbluff

歌词

[00:19.04] At night, this mindless army, ranks unbroken by dissent,
[00:27.28] Is moved into action and their pace does not relent.
[00:37.39] In step, with great precision, these dancers of the night
[00:45.75] Advance against the darkness how implacable their might!
[00:52.43] Eyes undulled by moon, their arms and legs akimbo,
[00:59.72] They walk and live, hoping soon to surface from this limbo.
[01:11.58] Their minds, anticipating the dawn of the day,
[01:15.61] Shall never know what's waiting mere insight away
[01:19.39] Too far, too soon.
[01:28.22] Senses dimmed in semi-sentience, only wheeling through this plane,
[01:37.00] Only seeing fragmented images, prematurely curtailed by the brain,
[01:47.41] But breathing, living, knowing in some measure at least
[01:55.97] The soul which roots the matter of both Beauty and the Beast.
[02:02.78] From what tooth or claw does murder spring,
[02:05.85] From what flesh and blood does passion?
[02:09.92] Both cut through the air with the pendulum's swing
[02:13.02] In deadly but delicate fashion.
[02:21.91] And every range of feeling is there in the dream
[02:26.01] And every logic's reeling in the force of the scream;
[02:29.67] The senses sting.
[02:33.71] And though I may be dreaming and reality stalls
[02:37.86] I only know the meaning of sight and that's all
[02:41.69] And that's nothing.
[02:46.32] The columns of the night advance,
[02:49.60] Infectiously, their cryptic dance
[02:51.92] Gathers converts to the fold
[02:54.24] In time the whole raw world will pace these same steps
[02:59.81] On into the same bitter end.
[03:49.62] Somnolent muster now the dancing dead
[03:53.22] Forsake the shelter of their secure beds,
[03:56.81] Awaken to a slumber whose depths they dread,
[04:00.42] As if the ground they tread would give way
[04:03.01] Beneath the solemn weight of their conception.
[04:11.38] I'd search the hidden corners of all this world,
[04:16.54] Make reason of the sensory whorl
[04:21.70] If I only had time,
[04:30.16] But soon the dream is ended.
[07:02.88] Tonight, before you lay down to the sweetness of your sleep
[07:15.95] Do you question your surrender to the drop from Lover's Leap
[07:27.68] Or does the anaesthetic darkness take hold on its very own?
[07:41.13] Does your body rise in service with not one dissenting groan?
[07:49.62] These waking dreams of life and death
[07:52.57] In the mirror are twisted and buckled;
[07:57.07] Lashes flicker, a catch of breath,
[08:00.45] Skin whitening at the knuckles.
[08:09.52] The army of sleepwalkers shake their limbs and are loose
[08:13.65] And though I am a talker, I can phrase no excuse
[08:17.21] Not to rise again.
[08:22.07] In the chorus of the night-time I belong
[08:25.92] And I, like you, must dance to that moonlight song
[08:29.65] And in the end I, too, must pay the cost of this life.
[08:34.54] If all is lost none is known
[08:37.54] And how could we lose what we've never owned?
[08:44.48] Oh, I'd search out every knowledge that I could find,
[08:49.64] Unravel all the mysteries of mind,
[08:54.90] If I only had time,
[08:58.89] If I only had time,
[09:03.30] But soon my time is ended.

歌词大意

[00:19.04] yè wǎn, zhè zhǐ bèi cāo kòng de jūn duì, yīn yì yì ér wán zhěng
[00:27.28] bèi tuī jìn mù ǒu xì jù qiě bù fá kēng qiāng
[00:37.39] zhèi xiē hēi yè de wǔ zhě a, jīng zhǔn wán měi dí cǎi zhe wǔ bù
[00:45.75] áng shǒu xiàng hēi yè jìn fā, duō me de yì zhì jiān dìng!
[00:52.43] tā men de yǎn shén bèi yuè guāng shuā liàng, liǎng jiǎo jiāo cuò bù tíng
[00:59.72] tā men yīn xíng jìn ér xiān huó, qī wàng zǎo rì bǎi tuō nà dì yù bān de láo suǒ
[01:11.58] tā men de sī xiǎng, zhèng yù gǎn dào xīn rì de lí míng
[01:15.61] què bù zhī nà dào lái jǐn shì líng guāng de yī shǎn ér guò
[01:19.39] yuǎn shì shèn lóu, kuài rú huā huǒ
[01:28.22] zhè bàn zhì néng de shēn qū zhī jué xiù dùn, líng jiàn chí huǎn yùn zhuàn
[01:37.00] nèi xiē huà miàn yǔ jì yì líng suì, bèi dà nǎo guò zǎo de qīng chú
[01:47.41] dàn zhì shǎo réng zài hū xī, xīn tiào, rèn zhī zhōu zāo
[01:55.97] líng hún zhā gēn zài shèng jié yǔ wū huì gòng cún de
[02:02.78] nà móu shā chūn tiān de zhǎo yá lǐ
[02:05.85] nà fèn nù yǔ qíng yù de xuè ròu lǐ
[02:09.92] liǎng zhě dōu zài zhōng bǎi de huàng dòng lǐ yòng lěng kù qiě
[02:13.02] jīng měi dí shǒu fǎ gē liè kōng qì
[02:21.91] suǒ yǒu de zhī jué de gǎn shòu yóu yǔ mèng zhōng
[02:26.01] suǒ yǒu luó ji de zhēng zhá rú mù jīng kǒng
[02:29.67] zhè qiè fū de cì tòng
[02:33.71] ràng wǒ huò xǔ zhǐ néng zài mèng zhōng pái huái, cuī cán xiàn shí de huā duǒ
[02:37.86] wǒ zhǐ zhī dào wǒ yǎn qián jǐng xiàng de hán yì, tā men biàn shì suǒ yǒu
[02:41.69] què yòu cóng shǔ xū wú
[02:46.32] nà hēi yè de zòng duì zhuāng chóng xíng jìn
[02:49.60] tā men nà shēn cáng zhe mì mì de wǔ dǎo
[02:51.92] xī yǐn zháo guī yī zhě men jiā rù háng liè
[02:54.24] bù jiǔ hòu zhěng gè yuán shǐ de shì jiè biàn huì tà zhe tóng yàng de bù fá
[02:59.81] mài xiàng nà bù biàn de tòng kǔ de jié jú
[03:49.62] cuī mián de jiǎn yuè rú jīn wǔ dǎo yǐ rán shì qù
[03:53.22] zhǐ de shě qì tā men wēn chuáng bān de bì suǒ
[03:56.81] yì shí dào nà má mù zhī rén duō me dī sú zhì rén shēng wèi
[04:00.42] jiù xiàng tā men jiǎo xià de tǔ dì huì bèi cǎi kuǎ yì bān
[04:03.01] zài nà lěng jùn qiè yán sù de guān niàn zhòng liàng zhī xià
[04:11.38] wǒ yuàn tàn suǒ zhè shì jiè de měi gè jiǎo luò
[04:16.54] zhǎo dào suǒ yǒu nà gǎn guān xuán wō de yóu lái yǔ mài luò
[04:21.70] zhǐ yào wǒ yǒu wú qióng de shí jiān
[04:30.16] dàn hěn kuài wǒ de mèng biàn wán jié
[07:02.88] jīn yè, zài nǐ tǎng jìn měi mèng de shuì mián zhī qián
[07:15.95] nǐ huì tàn wèn zì jǐ huì fǒu xiàng nà liàn rén fēi yuè de luò chà tóu xiáng
[07:27.68] huò zhě nà zuì rén de hēi àn huì zài nǐ xīn lǐ fàn làn mí màn ma?
[07:41.13] yòu huò nǐ de qū tǐ zài wú yī fǎn duì de shēn yín zhōng fú wù yú nǐ ma?
[07:49.62] zhèi xiē guān yú shēng yǔ sǐ de qīng xǐng de mèng
[07:52.57] dōu zài jìng zhōng niǔ qū biàn xíng
[07:57.07] biān shéng shǎn guò, huǎn yī kǒu qì
[08:00.45] guān jié chù de pí fū shī qù xuè sè
[08:09.52] zhè mèng yóu zhě de jūn duì yáo bǎi zhe zhī bì bìng shēn zhǎn kāi lái
[08:13.65] jí biàn wǒ shì yóu yín zhě, wǒ yě yī shí yǔ sè
[08:17.21] bìng bù xiǎng zài fā chū shēng xiǎng
[08:22.07] zài zhè wǒ suǒ shǔ de hēi yè zhī hé chàng
[08:25.92] rán ér nǐ wǒ dōu yí yàng, bì xū wèi nà yuè guāng xiàn gē zài wǔ
[08:29.65] rán ér dào zuì hòu wǒ, yě bì jiāng cháng huán wǒ shēng mìng zhī xiāo hào
[08:34.54] rú guǒ suǒ yǒu dōu huì bèi wàng jì, méi rén jiāng bèi jì de
[08:37.54] rú guǒ wǒ men bù céng yōng yǒu yòu hé tán shī qù?
[08:44.48] ō, wǒ yuàn tàn suǒ wǒ néng zhǎo dào de rèn hé zhī shí
[08:49.64] nòng qīng nèi xiē sī xiǎng lǐ de shén mì
[08:54.90] zhǐ yào wǒ yǒu wú qióng de shí jiān
[08:58.89] zhǐ yào wǒ yǒu wú qióng de shí jiān
[09:03.30] dàn hěn kuài wǒ de mèng biàn wán jié