The House That Built Me

I know they say you cant go home again
人們都說，離開老家便不能再回去
I just had to come back one last time
我只是想再回家看最後一次
Maam I know you dont know me from Adam
來開門的女士，我想你壓根兒不認識我
But these handprints on the front steps are mine
你不知道這屋前廊封存著我小時候的手印
Up those stairs in that little back bedroom
樓梯上，可以看到後面的小臥室
Is where I did my homework
那是我做作業
and I learned to play guitar
和學吉他的地方
I bet you didnt know under that live oak
還有一個地方，我打賭你們一定不知道，在那棵橡樹下面
My favorite dog is buried in the yard
埋葬著我最愛的小狗狗
I thought if I could touch this place so feel it
只要我能觸摸到這個地方，感受它
This brokenness inside me might start healing
心中的傷痕也許就可以漸漸痊癒
Out here its like Im someone else
現實中我卻是如此脆弱
I thought that maybe I could find myself
我想我可以找回自己
If I could just come in I swear Ill leave
如果能讓我再次回來，我發誓我只待一會兒
Wont take nothing but a memory
不帶走什麼，除了回憶
From the house that built me
舊屋成就了現在的我
Mama cut out pictures of houses for you
媽媽總愛剪下其他房子的圖片
From Better Homes and Gardens magazine
從一本房屋花園雜誌裡
Plans were drawn and concrete poured
畫好藍圖，澆注下幸福的水泥
Nail by nail and board by board
釘子接著釘子，木板挨著木板
Daddy gave life to mamas dream
爸爸盡力使媽媽的美夢成真
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
只要我能觸摸到這個地方，感受它
This brokenness inside me might start healing
心中的傷痕也許就可以漸漸痊癒
Out here its like Im someone else
現實中的我卻是如此脆弱
I thought that maybe I could find myself
我以為在這或許我能找到自己
If I could just come in I swear Ill leave
如果能讓我再次回來，我發誓我只待一會兒
Wont take nothing but a memory
不帶走什麼，除了回憶
From the house that built me
舊屋成就了現在的我
You leave home and you move on
你離開家去外面打拼
and you do the best you can
盡力做到最好
I got lost in this old world and forgot who I am
然後迷失在大千世界裡，忘了自我
I thought if I could touch this place or feel it
只要我能觸摸到這個地方，感受它
This brokenness inside me might start healing
心中的傷痕也許就可以漸漸痊癒
Out here its like Im someone else
顯示中我卻是如此脆弱
I thought that maybe I could find myself
我想我可以找回自我
If I could just come in I swear Ill leave
如果能讓我再次回來，我發誓我只待一會兒
Wont take nothing but a memory
不帶走什麼，除了回憶
From the house that built me
舊屋成就了現在的我