作曲 : Yoann Lemoine/Nils Oliver Frahm I remember the sound of the wind as I was falling asleep. The tree branches scrapping the roof like people whispering. I arrived here one winter morning,or maybe it was spring. And I can’t remember anymore. The mind plays tricks. Papa has just died two weeks before. The ground was frozen when they dug his grave. Mama left a note at my suitcase, Telling me to do something that would make her proud, To be a good man. There were so many winters. I came here because I wanted a home, Or I can find peace, Or I can be treated like anyone else, Or I can be anyone I want to be. It wasn’t always empty. They all had to come down here. People would lined up here holding their suitcases, And their children holding on to them for dear life. There were young people and old people, families. But lots of them, they were completely alone. They waited their turn to reach the guard at the end of the hall. The guard would stamp in a book, and say, “Go over there.” And,“Welcome.” I was one of them. When I got here, I went into a huge room. Doctors are asking these quick questions. A doctor comes to me and tells me, “You’ve got to go back.” I say, “Back where?” He says, “Back where you came from.” I said, “I’ve got to go to New York. I come for a new life.” He says, “No, you can’t. You go to, back home.” And I fight him. He doesn’t listen. He says “five minutes”, and walks away. I grab my suitcase, And I went to hide in the closet behind all those dressing gowns. And when it was dark, I went to hide somewhere else. And somewhere else. I stayed where nobody could find me. And, a week became a month. I had only one thing in mind, one place to be. Like you can fly if you had the wings, You can swim there if the current wasn’t so hard. Lots of people tried. And I tried lots of times to get there. I even tried to swim once, but I only made a little way. One night, I met somebody else. She was hiding, too. So we hid together, living at night. And we talk about what we would be when we got to the shore, What our lives were going to be like. And one day, she didn’t wake up. So I took her body, and put it in the water, And watched it flow to where she wanted to go. And I was alone again. I’m sorry, we were so close. There were all these millions of people who come to here, And I see them all, People of every color, shape, and size. And I think about all those people who did, All of those that made it, Made it to some distant shore, And when they come up the beach, Or over a bridge, or onto a road, They start to walk. And they start walking faster and faster. Then they are running. They made it. They were last home. But don’t get me wrong. I am the ghost of all those who never got to get there.
[00:00.000] 作曲 : Yoann Lemoine/Nils Oliver Frahm [01:09.130]I remember the sound of the wind as I was falling asleep. [01:13.510]The tree branches scrapping the roof like people whispering. [01:30.350]I arrived here one winter morning,or maybe it was spring. [01:34.890]And I can’t remember anymore. [01:37.710]The mind plays tricks. [02:02.020]Papa has just died two weeks before. [02:04.450]The ground was frozen when they dug his grave. [02:07.410]Mama left a note at my suitcase, [02:09.550]Telling me to do something that would make her proud, [02:13.930]To be a good man. [02:21.890]There were so many winters. [03:59.420]I came here because I wanted a home, [04:02.360]Or I can find peace, [04:04.690]Or I can be treated like anyone else, [04:07.500]Or I can be anyone I want to be. [04:23.730]It wasn’t always empty. [04:29.370]They all had to come down here. [04:42.300]People would lined up here holding their suitcases, [04:44.600]And their children holding on to them for dear life. [04:51.950]There were young people and old people, families. [04:55.800]But lots of them, they were completely alone. [05:43.590]They waited their turn to reach the guard at the end of the hall. [05:49.230]The guard would stamp in a book, and say, [05:51.310]“Go over there.” [05:54.990]And,“Welcome.” [06:03.640]I was one of them. [06:09.540]When I got here, I went into a huge room. [06:15.650]Doctors are asking these quick questions. [06:24.570]A doctor comes to me and tells me, [06:28.660]“You’ve got to go back.” [06:31.790]I say, “Back where?” [06:33.710]He says, “Back where you came from.” [06:41.110]I said, “I’ve got to go to New York. I come for a new life.” [06:46.740]He says, “No, you can’t. You go to, back home.” [07:05.740]And I fight him. [07:06.670]He doesn’t listen. [07:07.530]He says “five minutes”, and walks away. [07:10.110]I grab my suitcase, [07:11.550]And I went to hide in the closet behind all those dressing gowns. [07:16.440]And when it was dark, I went to hide somewhere else. [07:22.620]And somewhere else. [07:29.880]I stayed where nobody could find me. [07:34.390]And, a week became a month. [08:27.050]I had only one thing in mind, one place to be. [08:34.110]Like you can fly if you had the wings, [08:36.780]You can swim there if the current wasn’t so hard. [08:40.690]Lots of people tried. [08:42.360]And I tried lots of times to get there. [08:52.840]I even tried to swim once, but I only made a little way. [09:07.730]One night, I met somebody else. [09:11.710]She was hiding, too. [09:14.990]So we hid together, living at night. [09:22.230]And we talk about what we would be when we got to the shore, [09:28.480]What our lives were going to be like. [09:46.420]And one day, she didn’t wake up. [10:05.460]So I took her body, and put it in the water, [10:10.480]And watched it flow to where she wanted to go. [10:31.480]And I was alone again. [10:52.200]I’m sorry, we were so close. [12:33.510]There were all these millions of people who come to here, [12:38.080]And I see them all, [12:42.300]People of every color, shape, and size. [12:46.880]And I think about all those people who did, [12:50.450]All of those that made it, [12:57.010]Made it to some distant shore, [12:58.370]And when they come up the beach, [12:59.720]Or over a bridge, or onto a road, [13:03.170]They start to walk. [13:07.550]And they start walking faster and faster. [13:12.090]Then they are running. [13:17.740]They made it. [13:22.320]They were last home. [13:33.430]But don’t get me wrong. [13:36.930]I am the ghost of all those who never got to get there.
