Somebody's Mother

Third of November“
寫於11月3日”
Thanks for your letter
謝謝你的來信
Your picture books stretched out the length of four cars
你的畫冊冗長得和四部車一樣長
Your storys not easy
故事不艱辛
Then what is easy
但什麼是容易的
With parents like yours and my list like ours
有你這樣的父母和我這樣的人
You got me thinking
你讓我思考著
What really happened
到底發生了什麼
To know Ive been happy to let the dogs lie
讓我為了避免新的衝突而高興
Maybe I need to find
也許我需要找到
Someone to bleed to
一個能引導我的人
Maybe thats you and for you maybe I
也許是你也許是我
What do I know
我又知道什麼呢
What do I know about her
我對她又有多了解呢
Ive called her an empress
我稱她為皇后
Ive called her a tempest
我又稱她暴風雨
A force with no equal no other
一個無可比擬的力量
Ive called her an angel
我稱她為天使
A rogue and a stranger
又稱她為一個無賴、陌生人
But it just hit me now
但現在我突然覺得
She was somebodys mother
她曾是一位母親
Suffer the children
讓孩子們受苦
Cursed with the parent
被父母詛咒
So it has been or at least until now
所以直到現在
The looking glass turned to the obvious person
鏡子轉向了那個人
And Ive seen it all and I still dont know how
我經歷了一切但卻不知道
The heart wont be silent
為何心依舊如此沉默
But do I seek the silence
但我是否又在追求這個沉默呢
The question is posed now you need to explain
這個問題已浮出水面，需要一個解釋
The books that Ive read made me hardly prepared
我並不能解釋這個問題
But then whats prepared in the tempest of pain
在這痛苦的風暴中，又在準備什麼呢?
What do I know
我又知道什麼呢
What do I know about it
我又了解什麼呢？
Ive been a soldier the witherthe colder
我當過兵,一個沉默冷漠的人
Ive been a wife and a lover
一位妻子，一位摯愛
Ive been the backbone
我曾是頂樑柱
Ive been the dead zone
我曾感到過無助
But I remember now
但我現在都記得清了
That I was somebodys mother
我曾是一位母親
That I was somebodys
我曾是那位
That I was somebodys
我曾是那位
That I was somebodys mother
我曾是一位母親
That I was somebodys mother
我曾是一位母親