
在手机上保存,获得更好体验
Daddy where was I before I could remember
爸爸,在我记事之前,我都在哪儿呢?
Before I could talk before I could think
在我还不会说话、不懂思考的时候
I was doing something but I don't know I surrender
我一定在做着什么,但我不知道,我认输了
Where was I Daddy on the missing link
爸爸,那段记忆的断层里,我究竟在哪?
She asked me this at bedtime looking at baby photos
睡前看着婴儿时期的照片,她这样问我
Of herself confused said Daddy who knows
看着照片里的自己,她困惑地说:爸爸,谁知道呢
What I was doing where I was back then
那时我在做什么,又身在何方
I said baby nobody remembers not even grown men
我说,宝贝,没人记得住,大人们也一样
I don't remember three don't remember two
我不记得三岁的事,也不记得两岁
Don't remember learning to walk or my first word to world
不记得学走路的样子,也不记得对世界说的第一句话
But watching you grow I feel like I'm re living
但看着你长大,我仿佛在重活一次
The years I lost the years I'm re giving
那些我丢失的岁月,正以另一种方式归还
Daddy where was I before I could remember
爸爸,在我记事之前,我都在哪儿呢?
Before I could talk before I could think
在我还不会说话、不懂思考的时候
I was doing something but I don't know I surrender
我一定在做着什么,但我不知道,我认输了
Where was I Daddy on the missing link
爸爸,那段记忆的断层里,我究竟在哪?
Then she said Daddy maybe I was too busy being new
接着她说:爸爸,也许是因为那时我正忙着适应世界
Too busy learning to breathe learning to chew
忙着学习呼吸,忙着学习咀嚼
She said maybe my brain was too full of the now
她说,也许是因为我的小脑袋里装满了“现在”
To save any then and I don't know how
再也存不下“过去”,我也不知道该怎么办
She said but you remember for me Daddy you do
她说:但是爸爸,你会替我记住的,对吧
You watched me do all the things I can't view
你见证了我所有无法亲眼看见的瞬间
And I looked at her four years old and so wise
我看着四岁的她,竟如此充满智慧
Realized she was right I was her memory's eyes
意识到她说得没错,我就是替她记住一切的眼睛
Daddy where was I before I could remember
爸爸,在我记事之前,我都在哪儿呢?
Before I could talk before I could think
在我还不会说话、不懂思考的时候
I was doing something but I don't know I surrender
我一定在做着什么,但我不知道,我认输了
Where was I Daddy on the missing link
爸爸,那段记忆的断层里,我究竟在哪?
And I held her tight said baby you're right
我紧紧抱住她,说:宝贝,你说得对
I don't remember my own first steps my own first night
我不记得自己迈出的第一步,也不记得自己的第一个夜晚
But I remember yours every single one
但我记得你的每一个瞬间,每一个都不曾忘怀
And somehow that feels like my memory has begun
不知为何,这感觉就像我的记忆才刚刚开始
EVERY photo of you is a photo of me
你的每一张照片,其实也都是我的写照
Re raising the child I used to be
在抚养你的过程中,重新养育那个曾经的孩子
You're not just my daughter you're my second chance
你不仅是我的女儿,更是我重新来过的机会
To remember the life that slipped through my glance
去记起那些曾从我眼前溜走的时光
Daddy where was I before I could remember
爸爸,在我记事之前,我都在哪儿呢?
Before I could talk before I could think
在我还不会说话、不懂思考的时候
I was doing something but I don't know I surrender
我一定在做着什么,但我不知道,我认输了
Where was I Daddy on the missing link
爸爸,那段记忆的断层里,我究竟在哪?
