每一代人
都在指责上一代
鄙视他们所有的失败
直到这些失败敲响你的门
我知道我是个囚犯
我父亲所坚持的一切囹圄了我
我知道我是个人质
他的希望和恐惧捆绑着我
我只是想在他的有生之年，把这些告诉他
弄皱的纸
写满了未完成的想法
虚饰的谈话
恐怕就是我和他所有的一切
你说你只是没有看到
他说那是完美的理性
你只是无法赞同他的观点
在任何当下的时态
我们使用的是不同的语言
彼此防御和对立
高声、清晰地说出来
你能听到声音，你也能听到内心
如果等到我们死去
再承认我们从未好好沟通，那就太迟了
所以我们要开始一段争吵
关于现在和过去
我们只是牺牲了将来
那是心酸的延续
所以不要对命运低头
即使有时你相信宿命
也许过了一天
就会有一个新的前景
如果你不放弃(请真的不要放弃)
你也许就能万事如意
那天早晨我不在他身边
当我父亲去世时
我没来得及和他说
我想要说的一切
我想我理解了他的精神
就在那年年底
我确信我听到了他的回响
在我孩子初生的泪滴中
我只是后悔，没有在他有生之年告诉他
Every generation
Blames the one before
And all of their frustrations
Come beating on your door
I know that I'm a prisoner
To all my Father held so dear
I know that I'm a hostage
To all his hopes and fears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
Crumpled bits of paper
Filled with imperfect thought
Stilted conversations
I'm afraid that's all we've got
You say you just don't see it
He says it's perfect sense
You just can't get agreement
In this present tense
We all talk a different language
Talking in defense
Say it loud, say it clear
You can listen as well as you hear
It's too late when we die
To admit we don't see eye to eye
So we open up a quarrel
Between the present and the past
We only sacrifice the future
It's the bitterness that lasts
So Don't yield to the fortunes
You sometimes see as fate
It may have a new perspective
On a different date
And if you don't give up, and don't give in
You may just be O.K.
I wasn't there that morning
When my Father passed away
I didn't get to tell him
All the things I had to say
I think I caught his spirit
Later that same year
I'm sure I heard his echo
In my baby's new born tears
I just wish I could have told him in the living years
- 专辑：The Living Years
- 歌手：Mike + the Mechanics
- 歌曲：The Living Years
