And she takes another step
1
Slowly she opens the door
2
Check that he is sleeping
3
Pick up
all the broken glass and furniture on the floor
4
Been up half the night screaming now it’s time to get away
5
Pack up
the kids in the car
6
Another
bruise
to try and hide
7
Another
alibi
to write
8
9
Another
ditch
in the road
10
You keep moving
11
Another stop sign
12
You keep moving on
13
And the years go by so fast
14
15
Wonder how I ever made it
through
16
17
And there are children to think of
18
Baby’s asleep in the backseat
19
Wonder how they’ll ever make it through this living nightmare
20
But the mind is an amazing thing
21
Full of candy dreams and new toys and another cheap hotel
22
Two beds and a coffee machine
23
But there are groceries to buy
24
And she knows she’ll have to go home
25
26
Another
bruise
to try and hide
27
Another
alibi
to write
28
Another lonely highway in the black of night
29
But there’s hope in the darkness
30
You know you’re going to make it
31
32
Another
ditch
in the road
33
Keep moving
34
Another stop sign
35
You keep moving on
36
And the years go by so fast
37
Silent
fortress
built to last
38
Wonder how I ever made it
39
文句注釋
1.
all the broken glass and furniture on the floor
和丈夫吵架後或經歷家庭暴力之後。
2.
Pack up
把孩子像行李般都放到車上
3.
bruise
擦傷,另一個家庭暴力的例子。
4.
alibi
託辭,可能是替丈夫脫罪。
5.
ditch
溝渠,代表挫折。
6.
fortress
堡壘,指女主角堅忍不拔。
7.
Wonder how I ever made it
這裡突然出現我,好似歌手替女主角(原稱為你)說出心裡的疲憊。