The Living Years

Song The Living Years
Artist Declan Galbraith
Album You And Me

Lyrics

[00:20.06] Every generation
[00:24.50] Blames the one before
[00:26.24]
[00:29.37] And all of their frustrations
[00:31.36]
[00:34.06] Come beating on your door
[00:36.11]
[00:39.13] I know that I'm a prisoner
[00:41.38] To all my Father held so dear
[00:43.94] I know that I'm a hostage
[00:45.75] To all his hopes and fears
[00:48.81] I just wish I could have told him
[00:51.44] In the living years
[00:54.49]
[00:59.00] Crumpled bits of paper
[01:00.49]
[01:03.38] Filled with imperfect thoughts
[01:05.11]
[01:08.62] Stilted conversations
[01:09.92]
[01:13.06] I'm afraid that's all we've got
[01:15.86]
[01:18.50] You say you just don't see it
[01:21.06] He says it's perfect sense
[01:22.80]
[01:23.38] You just can't get agreement
[01:25.68] In this present tense
[01:27.18]
[01:27.75] We all talk a different language
[01:29.86]
[01:30.62] Talkin' in defense
[01:32.68]
[01:39.63] Say it loud say it clear
[01:46.00]
[01:46.76] （You can listen） as well as you hear
[01:53.25]
[01:56.82] It's too late when we die
[02:05.81]
[02:06.32] （To admit） we don't see eye to eye
[02:12.37]
[02:16.70] So we open up a quarrel
[02:18.93]
[02:21.45] Between the present and the past
[02:23.62]
[02:26.13] We only sacrifice the future
[02:28.49]
[02:31.51] It's the bitterness that lasts
[02:33.62]
[02:36.82] So don't yield to the fortunes
[02:39.20] You sometimes see as fate
[02:41.51] It may have a new perspective
[02:43.56]
[02:44.26] On a different date
[02:45.68]
[02:46.26] And if you don't give up
[02:47.95] And don't give in
[02:49.20] You may just be O K
[02:51.81]
[02:54.43] Say it loud say it clear
[03:04.80]
[03:05.93] （You can listen） as well as you hear
[03:11.73]
[03:14.62] Because it's too late when we die
[03:23.86]
[03:24.69] （To admit） we don't see eye to eye
[03:31.30]
[03:35.75] I wasn't there that morning
[03:37.55]
[03:40.06] When my Father passed away
[03:42.12]
[03:45.38] I didn't get to tell him
[03:47.42]
[03:49.81] All the things I had to say
[03:52.49]
[03:55.06] I think I caught his spirit
[03:57.56] Later that same year
[03:60.00] I'm sure I heard his echo
[04:02.75] In my baby's new born tears
[04:04.75] I just wish I could have told him
[04:07.62] In the living years
[04:12.82] So say it say it say it loud
[04:15.44]
[04:21.13] Say it clear
[04:22.68]
[04:23.51] （You can listen） as well as you hear
[04:30.18]
[04:33.51] It's too late when we die
[04:42.55]
[04:43.38] To admit we don't see eye to eye
[04:49.74]
[04:53.25] （Say it loud）Say it loud say it clear
[05:00.74]
[05:02.69] （You can listen） as well as you hear
[05:08.93]
[05:12.04] Because it's too late when we die
[05:18.97]
[05:22.49] To admit we don't see eye to eye
[05:28.66]
[05:33.42] I wasn't there that morning

Pinyin

[00:20.06] Every generation
[00:24.50] Blames the one before
[00:26.24]
[00:29.37] And all of their frustrations
[00:31.36]
[00:34.06] Come beating on your door
[00:36.11]
[00:39.13] I know that I' m a prisoner
[00:41.38] To all my Father held so dear
[00:43.94] I know that I' m a hostage
[00:45.75] To all his hopes and fears
[00:48.81] I just wish I could have told him
[00:51.44] In the living years
[00:54.49]
[00:59.00] Crumpled bits of paper
[01:00.49]
[01:03.38] Filled with imperfect thoughts
[01:05.11]
[01:08.62] Stilted conversations
[01:09.92]
[01:13.06] I' m afraid that' s all we' ve got
[01:15.86]
[01:18.50] You say you just don' t see it
[01:21.06] He says it' s perfect sense
[01:22.80]
[01:23.38] You just can' t get agreement
[01:25.68] In this present tense
[01:27.18]
[01:27.75] We all talk a different language
[01:29.86]
[01:30.62] Talkin' in defense
[01:32.68]
[01:39.63] Say it loud say it clear
[01:46.00]
[01:46.76] You can listen as well as you hear
[01:53.25]
[01:56.82] It' s too late when we die
[02:05.81]
[02:06.32] To admit we don' t see eye to eye
[02:12.37]
[02:16.70] So we open up a quarrel
[02:18.93]
[02:21.45] Between the present and the past
[02:23.62]
[02:26.13] We only sacrifice the future
[02:28.49]
[02:31.51] It' s the bitterness that lasts
[02:33.62]
[02:36.82] So don' t yield to the fortunes
[02:39.20] You sometimes see as fate
[02:41.51] It may have a new perspective
[02:43.56]
[02:44.26] On a different date
[02:45.68]
[02:46.26] And if you don' t give up
[02:47.95] And don' t give in
[02:49.20] You may just be O K
[02:51.81]
[02:54.43] Say it loud say it clear
[03:04.80]
[03:05.93] You can listen as well as you hear
[03:11.73]
[03:14.62] Because it' s too late when we die
[03:23.86]
[03:24.69] To admit we don' t see eye to eye
[03:31.30]
[03:35.75] I wasn' t there that morning
[03:37.55]
[03:40.06] When my Father passed away
[03:42.12]
[03:45.38] I didn' t get to tell him
[03:47.42]
[03:49.81] All the things I had to say
[03:52.49]
[03:55.06] I think I caught his spirit
[03:57.56] Later that same year
[03:60.00] I' m sure I heard his echo
[04:02.75] In my baby' s new born tears
[04:04.75] I just wish I could have told him
[04:07.62] In the living years
[04:12.82] So say it say it say it loud
[04:15.44]
[04:21.13] Say it clear
[04:22.68]
[04:23.51] You can listen as well as you hear
[04:30.18]
[04:33.51] It' s too late when we die
[04:42.55]
[04:43.38] To admit we don' t see eye to eye
[04:49.74]
[04:53.25] Say it loud Say it loud say it clear
[05:00.74]
[05:02.69] You can listen as well as you hear
[05:08.93]
[05:12.04] Because it' s too late when we die
[05:18.97]
[05:22.49] To admit we don' t see eye to eye
[05:28.66]
[05:33.42] I wasn' t there that morning