《Patterns》歌词

[00:00:01] 作词 : Paul Simon

[00:00:17] The night sets softly

[00:00:19] With the hush of falling leaves

[00:00:24] Casting shivering shadows

[00:00:27] On the houses through the trees

[00:00:32] And the light from a street lamp

[00:00:34] Paints a pattern on my wall

[00:00:39] Like the pieces of a puzzle

[00:00:41] Or a child's uneven scrawl

[00:00:47] Up a narrow flight of stairs

[00:00:49] In a narrow little room

[00:00:54] As I lie upon my bed

[00:00:56] In the early evening gloom

[00:01:01] Impaled on my wall

[00:01:03] My eyes can dimly see

[00:01:08] The pattern of my life

[00:01:10] And the puzzle that is me

[00:01:16] From the moment of my birth

[00:01:18] To the instant of my death

[00:01:23] There are patterns I must follow

[00:01:25] Just as I must breathe each breath

[00:01:30] Like a rat in a maze

[00:01:32] The path before me lies

[00:01:37] And the pattern never alters

[00:01:39] Until the rat dies

[00:02:02] And the pattern still remains

[00:02:04] On the wall where darkness fell

[00:02:09] And it's fitting that it should

[00:02:11] For in darkness I must dwell

[00:02:15] Like the color of my skin

[00:02:18] Or the day that I grow old

[00:02:23] My life is made of patterns

[00:02:25] That can scarcely be controlled