《Even The Dead Have Their Tasks》歌词

[00:00:00] Even The Dead Have Their Tasks-Being As An Ocean

[00:00:30] We pack up our gear

[00:00:31] And we're gone again

[00:00:33] Driven by passion, outward

[00:00:37] Away from family and friends

[00:00:40] But what they can't see

[00:00:42] Is that every day I'm drowning in a sea

[00:00:47] Of faces that I miss so desperately

[00:00:51] With each flashing countenance

[00:00:54] A torrent of emotion, joy, and memories

[00:00:58] The people I've grown to love so deeply

[00:01:01] Throughout the years

[00:01:01] I've chosen a big family

[00:01:03] And the weight of their absence

[00:01:04] Has brought me more than once to tears

[00:01:06] I wake from sleep violently

[00:01:08] Only to witness those lives and faces

[00:01:10] Disappear slowly behind me

[00:01:13] (I'm drowning)

[00:01:14] Again I'm pulled back into deep waters

[00:01:15] Washed further away from my sisters and brothers

[00:01:18] Am I truly living a dream

[00:01:20] When the only time I spend with you is in my sleep?

[00:01:25] How am I to stay the course, to remain bold

[00:01:32] When all those my heart longs for

[00:01:35] Remain firmly anchored at home

[00:01:40] Am I truly living a dream

[00:01:44] When the only time I spend with you is in my sleep?

[00:01:53] With every "it's-been-awhile" embrace

[00:01:55] I wish it could last an eternity

[00:01:59] Silently praying for the courage to say

[00:02:02] "Oh G-d, how I've missed you!

[00:02:06] I've seen you in my sleep!

[00:02:09] We were laughing, crying, joking

[00:02:10] You know, the way it used to be

[00:02:12] Back when we younger and all that much more free

[00:02:15] I just hope you see that nothing's changed between you and me

[00:02:19] No matter the time we've spent apart

[00:02:21] I know it's not always easy to show it

[00:02:24] But please believe that I carried you in my heart

[00:02:26] That you were with me through every mile

[00:02:28] I could have sworn I saw your phantom standing in the aisle!"

[00:02:32] It seems you already know what I'm thinking

[00:02:34] And that, even after all this time

[00:02:36] Some things still do go without saying

[00:02:38] We savored the taste of our sweet youth

[00:02:40] And now, with calloused hands, gather the remaining fruit

[00:02:43] To go any farther, we must endure further pains

[00:02:47] Skinned, mashed, and finally strained

[00:02:57] Fermenting in the time spent away

[00:03:02] Only to return with a fine vintage

[00:03:09] To cheers to the health of those who stayed