Silent all these years  Tori Amos

Excuse me but can I be you for a while
My dog won't bite if you sit real still
I got the anti-Christ in the kitchen yelling at me again
Yeah I can hear that
Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say you know but nothing comes
Yes I know what you think of me you never shut-up
Yeah I can hear that

*But what if I'm a mermaid in these jeans
  of his with her name still on it
Hey but I don't care cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice and it's been here
Silent all these years

So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts
What's so amazing about really deep thoughts
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker
Do you think it's enough to get us there (*)

Years go by will I still be waiting
For somebody else to understand
Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty
And the orange clouds raining in my eye
Years go by will I choke on my tears
Till finally there is nothing left
One more casualty
You know we're too easy easy easy

Well I love the way we communicate
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Let's hear what you think of me now
But baby don't look up
The sky is falling

Your mother shows up in a nasty dress
Well, it's your turn now to stand where I stand
Everybody looking at you
Here take hold of my hand
Yeah I can hear them

But what if I'm a mermaid in these jeans
  of yours with her name still on it
Hey but I don't care cause sometimes
I said sometimes
I hear my voice, I hear my voice, I hear my voice
And it's been here silent all these years
I've been here silent all these years
Silent all these
Silent all these years
沉寂多年  多莉艾莫絲

抱歉,我能不能暫時扮演你的角色
只要你坐好,我的狗狗就不會咬你
廚房裡有個反基督者又在對我大叫
沒錯,我聽到了
垃圾車又一次解救了我
我有話要說,卻無言以對
我知道你對我的看法,你從來不閉嘴
沒錯,我聽到了

如果我是穿著牛仔褲的美人魚
他的褲子上依然有她的名字
但我不在乎,因為有時候
我是說有時候
我聽到自己的聲音,在這兒
已沉寂了許多年

那麼,你遇見了一個思想深奧的女孩
那些深奧的思想有什麼好訝異的
男孩,你最好祈禱我血流的很快
現在,為你著想
我的吶喊迷失在一個紙杯裡
你認為有個吶喊會去的天堂
我有二十五元和一塊餅乾
你想這樣夠我們前往嗎?

歲月流逝,我還會再等待嗎?
等待有人了解?
歲月流逝,如果我褪去了美貌
橘色的雲在我眼裡下著雨
歲月流逝,我是否該哽住淚水?
直到什麼也不留
又一個傷亡者
你明白我們都太隨性了

嗯,我喜歡我們溝通的方式
你的眼睛盯著我可笑的唇型
現在,聽聽你對我的看法
但寶貝,別往上看
天空正墜落下來

你的媽媽穿著一套討人厭的服裝出現
嗯,現在該你來扮演我的角色
每個人都看著你
來,牽著我的手
沒錯,我聽得到他們的聲音

如果我是穿著牛仔褲的美人魚
你的褲子上依然有她的名字
但我不在乎,因為有時候
我是說有時候
我聽到自己的聲音───
在這兒,已沉寂了許多年
我在這兒,沉寂了許多年
沉寂了許多年
沉寂了許多年

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