Is Anybody Home

歌名	Is Anybody Home
歌手	Laurie Anderson
专辑	Airwaves

原歌词

[00:07.89]	I live by the Hudson River,
[00:10.6]	And a lot of boats go by.
[00:13.2]	They glide by so quickly,
[00:14.90]	Camouflaged against the Jersey Shore.
[00:20.26]	Sometimes at night when the liners are lit up,
[00:22.88]	It's hard to tell which is moving,
[00:24.62]	the boat, or the shoreline.
[00:27.1]	And it seems like all of Manhattan is comin' anchored,
[00:29.78]	And slowly drifting out to sea.
[00:32.31]	I spent, hours trying to film them,
[00:35.10]	So I set up a camera by the window.
[00:37.95]	And every time I hear a horn,
[00:40.20]	I ran to the window.
[00:42.23]	But I usually miss them.
[00:45.52]	It's kind of rhythem,
[00:47.48]	I kind of thinking it's been getting into the song I've been writing lately.
[00:52.47]	Like walking upstairs in the dark,
[00:54.65]	You think there's one more step than there actually is.
[00:57.73]	And you foot comes pounding down,
[01:00.12]	Is nothing underneath.
[01:02.39]	Or like the piano we got a few months ago,
[01:05.47]	Only a few keys work.
[01:07.96]	So we put it out in the hall near the door.
[01:11.22]	When people come in,
[01:12.6]	they break their hands acorss the keyboard,
[01:15.6]	playing a few notes that still work.
[01:19.8]	It's kind of a doorbell now.
[01:23.42]	All the sounds around were so distracting,
[01:26.22]	I was trying to concentrated
[01:29.11]	on a song for performance.
[01:31.69]	But I couldn't.
[01:33.95]	And my mother called and said,
[01:36.0]	"Why not come out here and write your song? “
[01:38.83]	It's real quiet, I just put on new carpets down."
[01:42.61]	(Anybody home? )（
[01:44.29]	When I got there, I noticed that
[01:46.65]	The new carpets were so thick that
[01:48.89]	None of the doors closed.
[01:51.33]	The only door that still worked was the door to parent's room.
[01:54.97]	It was a swing door,
[01:57.21]	Every time someone opened it,
[01:59.14]	It thwack into the parrot's cage,
[02:01.81]	And the parrot screamed.
[02:03.54]	Each time this happened totally surprised dozens of times a day.
[02:08.9]	And the shirek filled the whole house,
[02:11.27]	Through all the half-opened doors.
[02:23.11]	And this is the song,
[02:26.32]	I finally wrote.

歌词翻译

[00:07.89]	我的住所临着哈德逊河，
[00:10.6]	许多船从这经过。
[00:13.2]	它们经过时速度很快，
[00:14.90]	紧挨着泽西海岸远去，逐渐隐没。
[00:20.26]	有时候在晚上，当邮轮被点亮时，
[00:22.88]	很难分辨是哪个在移动，
[00:24.62]	是船，还是河岸。
[00:27.1]	那看上去就像整个曼哈顿收起了锚，
[00:29.78]	沉缓地漂向大海。
[00:32.31]	我曾花数小时尝试拍下它们，
[00:35.10]	所以在窗前设下了摄影机。
[00:37.95]	只要我听见一声笛鸣，
[00:40.20]	我就冲向窗户。
[00:42.23]	但我经常晚上一步。
[00:45.52]	这可以看作是种节奏，
[00:47.48]	我想，它被我不知觉地写进了后来的歌里。
[00:52.47]	就像在黑暗中上楼梯时，
[00:54.65]	你想象中的阶数要比实际多一阶，
[00:57.73]	但当你的脚猛地踏下去，
[01:00.12]	底下却什么都没有。
[01:02.39]	或是像我们几个月前收到的那台钢琴，
[01:05.47]	只有几个键可以弹奏。
[01:07.96]	所以我们把它闲置在走廊上，挨着门。
[01:11.22]	当有人要进来时，
[01:12.6]	他们会使劲地将手扫过琴键，
[01:15.6]	奏响仅有的几个音符。
[01:19.8]	它现在算是门铃了。
[01:23.42]	周围的声音总叫人分心，
[01:26.22]	我试着集中注意，
[01:29.11]	准备一首将要表演的歌曲。
[01:31.69]	但我做不到。
[01:33.95]	于是我的母亲打来电话，她说，
[01:36.0]	为什么不到这来写你的歌呢？
[01:38.83]	这里很安静，我刚铺上新地毯。”
[01:42.61]	有人在家吗？）
[01:44.29]	当我到那时，我发现，
[01:46.65]	新地毯实在太厚了，
[01:48.89]	没有一扇门能阖实。
[01:51.33]	唯一一扇还能正常运转的是我父母的卧室门。
[01:54.97]	那是一扇双向门，
[01:57.21]	每当有人推开它时，
[01:59.14]	门就会撞上鹦鹉的笼子，
[02:01.81]	鹦鹉就会尖叫起来。
[02:03.54]	这种事情发生时总十分骇人，却又屡见不鲜。
[02:08.9]	嘹呖的尖叫声充斥着整间屋子，
[02:11.27]	穿过每一扇半阖的门。
[02:23.11]	而这就是那首
[02:26.32]	我最终写下的歌。