The Ballad of the Costa Concordia-Car Seat Headrest

[00:00.00] 作词 : Will Toledo [00:01.00] 作曲 : Dido Armstrong/Rick Nowels/Rollo Armstrong/Will Toledo [00:47.38]I used to like the mornings [00:52.05]I'd survived another night [00:56.87]I'd walk to breakfast through the garden [01:01.00]See the flowers stretching in the sunlight [01:06.13]Now I wake up in the mornings [01:10.28]And all the kindness is drained out of me [01:15.56]I spend hours just wincing [01:19.73]And trying to regain some sense of peace [01:25.91]If only I could sustain my anger [01:35.31]Feel it grow stronger and stronger [01:44.79]It sharpens to a point and sheds my skin [01:52.86]Shakes off the weight of my sins [01:55.88]And takes me to heaven [02:02.66]I stay up late every night [02:07.47]Out of some general protest [02:11.43]But with no one to tell you to come to bed [02:17.09]It's not really a contest [02:22.40]Maybe you think [02:25.56]I'll learn from my mistake [02:31.46]But not this time [02:35.92]It's just gonna break me [02:40.97]If only I could sustain my anger [02:50.54]Feel it grow stronger and stronger [02:59.76]It sharpens to a point and sheds my skin [03:08.21]Shakes off the weight of my sins [03:11.20]And takes me to heaven [03:17.54]And if I've lost you for good [03:22.00]Could it have been any other way? [03:26.69]Was the water filling up for years [03:31.50]Or did I wreck it all in a day? [03:36.55]I'm going to bed now [03:41.00]I've sunk into my sorrows [03:45.40]And it'll take three hundred million dollars [03:50.18]To get me up tomorrow [04:33.25]I won't go down with this ship [04:36.87]I will put my hands up and surrender [04:41.39]There will be no more flags above my door [04:46.10]I have lost, and always will be [05:09.39]It was an expensive mistake [05:13.70]It was an expensive mistake [05:16.45]My horse broke his back to get me here [05:19.56]I have his blood on my hands for no reason [05:23.20]But what was I supposed to do? [05:25.95]How was I supposed to know how to use a tube amp? [05:29.83]How was I supposed to know how to drive a van? [05:33.72]How was I supposed to know how to ride a bike without hurting myself? [05:37.59]How was I supposed to know how to make dinner for myself? [05:41.31]How was I supposed to know how to hold a job? [05:45.22]How was I supposed to remember to grab my backpack after I set it down to play basketball? [05:52.59]How was I supposed to know how to not get drunk every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and — why not — Sunday? [06:00.85]How was I supposed to know how steer this ship? [06:04.02]How the hell was I supposed to steer this ship? [06:06.89]It was an expensive mistake [06:09.14]You can't say you're sorry and it's over [06:12.75]I was given a body that is falling apart [06:16.21]My house is falling apart [06:18.66]And what about the pain I'm in right now? (And I was given a mind that can't control itself) [06:21.77]And what about a vacation? (And I was given a ship that can't steer itself) [06:24.59]And what about a vacation to feel good? [06:27.02]My horse broke his back and left me here [06:30.00]How was I supposed to know? [06:32.50]And God won't forgive me [06:34.14]And you won't forgive me [06:35.74]Not unless I open up my heart [06:37.69]And how am I supposed to do that [06:40.23]When I go to this same room every night [06:41.99]And sleep in the same bed every night? [06:44.23]The same ******* bed [06:45.51]Red comforter with the white stripes [06:48.18]And the yellow ceiling light makes me feel like I'm dying [06:51.91]This sea is too familiar [06:53.69]How many nights have I drowned here? [06:57.25]How many times have I drowned? [07:04.68]I give up [07:10.87]I give up [07:17.65] [07:42.09]Let us take you back to where we came in [07:44.86]We were united, an undivided nation [07:47.70]We got divided, it was something inside us [07:50.15]And it was not us [07:51.50]We were so naive, we were just like animals [07:54.69]Told what to believe by the beasts who took control [07:57.85]We wanted control too, but that was normal [08:00.93]Cause our life was one of survival [08:03.44]The decisions we've made, if you can call it deciding [08:06.46]With your life on the line, it'd be social suicide to change your mind [08:10.72]So we got mad and we split the scene [08:12.98]Now we download all of our **** for free [08:15.92]It's the new economy, we have nothing to offer and we sleep on trash [08:22.62]I give up [08:28.64]I give up [08:32.62]Let us take you back to where you came in [08:35.41]A man clinging to the cliff of revelation [08:38.29]So scared of what he would find, he started crying [08:40.87]"It was not me" [08:41.99]Stopped at the borderline they stripped his disguise [08:44.23]So he read a book that won a Pulitzer prize [08:47.44]It was about death [08:48.74]It didn't help [08:49.47]He saw himself in it [08:51.63]And he was disturbed at the conclusions it led to [08:54.54]But he couldn't say what because the author was dead too [08:57.20]And so though he made fun of us, he has now become one of us [09:03.54]I give up [09:09.59]I give up [09:15.70]I give up [09:21.86]I give up [09:26.08] [09:48.79]I give up [10:00.83]I give up [10:12.87]I give up [10:30.00] [11:01.56]And you wake up trembling [11:05.51]From a dream where I swam into the river [11:09.68]I reach out and hold you in my arms [11:14.60]I love you, I love you, I love you