This Earth-Dar Williams

[00:00.000] 作词 : Dar Williams [00:01.000] 作曲 : Dar Williams [00:09.48]In my life on Earth, [00:11.85] [00:13.04]The things I have invented have invented me. [00:18.40] [00:19.97]I've found my industry. [00:24.02] [00:25.83]And I am not alone, [00:28.53] [00:29.59]I've fashioned friends from precious scraps, [00:33.46]They hold the light, they bend to serve me, [00:38.39]Joking that they don't deserve me, [00:42.63]After days of craft and care [00:46.13]I lift a sword and slice the air, [00:50.87]Such has been my time upon this Earth, [00:57.87] [00:58.68]This Earth. [01:01.17] [01:03.61]When my wife returns, [01:06.72] [01:07.28]More beautiful than when she left the night before, [01:12.96] [01:14.03]I show her things I made. [01:18.01] [01:20.13]A filigree of ferns, diamond snowflakes, tears of gold, [01:27.77]She murmurs praise a small caress, [01:31.96]I smile to see her happiness. [01:36.88]Silver webs with sanded grain [01:40.39]That catch and hold real drops of rain, [01:45.18]Such has been my toil upon this Earth. [01:51.73] [01:52.98]This Earth. [01:55.11] [01:57.85]When I'm feeling vexed I go upstairs and bury something deep, [02:05.65] [02:06.21]Then stand back and push a button, from a distance [02:11.58]Watch the earth explode. [02:17.58] [02:22.13]This Earth. [02:24.37] [02:30.93]I love this land of mortal men [02:34.54]They wake to know the fire again, [02:39.42]The things we make, the things we feel, [02:43.10] [02:43.72]Armor plates and molten steel, [02:47.15] [02:47.89]All of these inventions of the Earth. [02:54.30] [02:55.61]This Earth. [02:58.68]