Photograph-R.E.M./Natalie Merchant

[00:00.000] 作词 : William Berry/Peter Buck/Natalie Merchant/Mike Mills/Michael Stipe [00:01.000] 作曲 : William Berry/Peter Buck/Natalie Merchant/Mike Mills/Michael Stipe [00:08.92]I found this photograph [00:12.16]Underneath broken picture glass [00:16.39]Tender face of black and white [00:19.87]Beautiful a haunting sight [00:24.13]Looked into an angel's smile [00:27.69]Captivated all the while [00:31.73]From her hair and clothes she wore [00:35.31]I'd have placed her in between the wars [00:39.19]Was she willing when she sat [00:42.68]And posed a pretty photograph [00:46.80]To save her flowering and fair [00:50.32]For days to come [00:52.35]For days to share [00:54.51]A big smile for the camera [00:59.64]How did she know [01:02.59]The moment could be lost forever forever [01:07.13]Forever more [01:13.01]I found this photograph [01:16.12]In stacks between the old joist walls [01:20.57]In a place where time is lost [01:23.94]Lost behind where all things fall [01:28.20]Broken books and calendars [01:31.74]Letters script in careful hand [01:36.21]The music to a standard tune by [01:39.63]Some forgotten big brass band [01:43.36]From the thresh hold what's to see [01:47.30]Of our brave new century [01:51.01]Television's just a dream [01:54.79]Of radio and silver screen [01:58.78]A big smile for the camera [02:03.70]How did she know [02:06.69]The moment could be lost forever forever [02:11.41]Forever more [02:33.85]Was her childhood filled with rhyme [02:36.83]Or stolen books of passion crimes [02:41.52]Was she innocent or blind to the [02:46.00]Cruelty of her time [02:51.31]Was she fearful in her day [02:54.96]Was she hopeful did she pray [02:58.99]Were there skeletons inside [03:03.04]Family secrets sworn to hide [03:06.91]Did she feel the heat that stirs [03:10.33]The fall from grace of wayward girls [03:14.51]Was she tempted to pretend [03:18.31]In love and laughter until the end