that kind of Grace
Sunday morning, Birmingham, quiet in the church
週日早晨，伯明翰，教堂裡靜悄悄
Bombs were planted, House of God, childrens blood on the cross
炸彈已經被安裝在上帝之屋裡，孩子們血流如注
And your daughter, she was one, angel without wings
你的女兒，她曾經是一個沒有翅膀的天使
How could anyone forgive those who do such things
那些犯下如此罪行的人們，怎麼能被原諒
And when I sing Amazing Grace, your face is what I see
當我唱起那首《奇異恩典》，我看見了你的臉
I hope someday that kind of grace will find its way through me
我希望能有一天，歌裡的恩典真的能透過我通達人間
Tuesday afternoon...Jonesboro, fire alarm at school
週二下午，瓊斯伯勒市，學校裡響起了火警鈴聲
Everyone goes rushing out into bloody pools
每個人衝出教室，卻又陷入火海
Thirteen and eleven years old, playing grown-up games
13歲和11歲的孩子們，玩著大人們的遊戲
Mimicking what they'd been taught, now we'll never be the same
模仿著他們“學到”的東西，而現在我們卻再也不會這樣了
Every year they're younger now, drugs and knives and guns
每年，吸毒、持刀、持槍的孩子們越來越年輕
Barely old enough to know the depth of what they've done
但要明白自己究竟做了什麼，他們還略顯稚嫩
Taken off to juvenile hall, Sheriff shakes his head
被帶去少管所之後，警官握了握他的手
A teacher tried to block the shots, gave her life instead
有位教師曾堵住槍口，交出了她自己的性命
When I sing Amazing Grace her face is what I see
當我唱起那首《奇異恩典》，我看見了她的臉
I hope some day that kind of grace will find it's way through me
我希望能有一天，歌裡的恩典真的能透過我通達人間
Wednesday evening, Wyoming, started in a bar
週三晚上，懷俄明州，事情起於一間酒吧
Ended on a wooden fence, dragged off in a car
結束於某處被拖在汽車後的柵欄上
Second Friday funeral, countless gathered round
下個星期五的葬禮上，數不清的人聚集在一起
Some were there to mourn the loss, others there to confound
有些人是為了來悼念逝者，有些人來了，卻罵罵咧咧
Some were there to cry the tears born of grief and rage
有些人是出於悲傷與憤怒而流淚
Others carried signs that said 'A Cure for Fags is Aids'
有些人卻舉著一塊牌子：治療同性戀的藥方就是艾滋
Matthew Shepard lost his life, his parents lost their son
馬修·謝珀失去了生命，他的雙親失去了兒子
Now he brings a cause to light, reluctant martyrdom
現在他有了接近聖光的理由，卻不願殉道
When I sing Amazing Grace his face is what I see
當我唱起那首《奇異恩典》，我看見了他的臉
I hope some day some kind of grace will find it's way through me
我希望能有一天，歌裡的恩典真的能透過我通達人間
'Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound
“奇異恩典，靡靡之音
That saved a wretch like me
拯救瞭如我一般的可憐人
I once was lost, but now Im found
我曾迷失，現在又歸於正途
Was blind, but now I see'
我曾失明，現在又重見天光”