We wanted to know when we’d be free
– 我们想知道什么时候有空
What life looked like on the other side of that sanctuary
– 那个避难所另一边的生活是什么样子的
Believing somehow we’d make them proud
– 相信我们会让他们感到骄傲
Knowing the sins they made
– 知道他们所犯的罪
And figuring we could stay on common ground
– 我们可以保持共同的立场
Cigarette smoke in an August sky
– 八月天空中的香烟烟雾
Drinkin’ the beers you convinced your older brother to buy
– 喝你说服你哥哥买的啤酒
We hadn’t make any of our mistakes
– 我们没有犯任何错误
Our world was in the cradle but innocence wasn’t in the grave
– 我们的世界在摇篮里，但天真不在坟墓里
And I know we can’t go back in time
– 我知道我们不能回到过去
But every now and then you look at me and I know you wonder why
– 但你不时地看着我，我知道你想知道为什么
We can’t get back to when September was our only adversary
– 我们不能回到九月是我们唯一的对手
In the lot behind St. Mary’s
– 在圣玛丽教堂后面的地段
Well I thought I’d be all you’d need
– 我以为我就是你所需要的一切
But your heart was in the dark and mine was in the weeds
– 但你的心在黑暗中，我的心在杂草中
I’m sure the dreamer who built the first trapeze
– 我相信建造第一个空中飞人的梦想家
Fell in love with someone who grew
– 爱上了一个成长的人
To resent the goddamn thing
– 讨厌那该死的东西
And I know we can’t go back in time
– 我知道我们不能回到过去
But every now and then you look at me as if to wonder why
– 但你不时地看着我，好像在想为什么
We can’t get back to the love we made
– 我们无法回到我们所做的爱
Before our teenage dreams were buried
– 在我们十几岁的梦想被埋葬之前
In the lot behind St. Mary’s
– 在圣玛丽教堂后面的地段
St. Mary’s
– 圣玛丽
A nightlight glowed in the rectory
– 一盏小夜灯在教区里闪闪发光
We told ourselves the pastor must be sound asleep
– 我们告诉自己，牧师一定睡着了
But now we’re old enough to know he never slept
– 但现在我们已经长大了，知道他从不睡觉
And that God’s love is almighty
– 上帝的爱是全能的
But our love is just bones and flesh
– 但我们的爱只是骨肉
And I know we can’t go back in time
– 我知道我们不能回到过去
But every now and then you you reach for me
– 但你不时地向我伸出援手
And I close my eyes and try
– 我闭上眼睛试试
To get back to that summer and the blue jeans we were wearing
– 回到那个夏天和我们穿的蓝色牛仔裤
In the lot behind St. Mary’s
– 在圣玛丽教堂后面的地段
St. Mary’s
– 圣玛丽
