Tempest - Bob Dylan.mp3

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Bob Dylan
[00:23.87]The pale moon rose in its glory
[00:27.81]Out on the Western town
[00:31.56]She told a sad, sad story
[00:35.50]Of the great ship that went down
[00:39.44]T'was the fourteenth day of April
[00:43.38]Over the waves she rode
[00:47.26]Sailing into tomorrow
[00:50.88]To a golden age foretold
[00:53.07]
[00:55.00]The night was black with starlight
[00:58.75]The seas were sharp and clear
[01:02.69]Moving through the shadows
[01:06.57]The promised hour was near
[01:10.75]Lights were holding steady
[01:14.44]Gliding over the foam
[01:18.01]All the lords and ladies
[01:22.20]Heading for their eternal home
[01:26.01]The chandeliers were swaying
[01:29.97]From the balustrades above
[01:33.78]The orchestra was playing
[01:37.60]Songs of faded love
[01:40.79]
[01:41.67]The watchman, he lay dreaming
[01:45.29]As the ballroom dancers twirled
[01:49.20]He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
[01:53.20]Into the underworld
[01:56.62]
[02:13.10]Leo took his sketchbook
[02:16.67]He was often so inclined
[02:18.73]
[02:20.55]He closed his eyes and painted
[02:24.30]The scenery in his mind
[02:28.68]Cupid struck his bosom
[02:32.24]And broke it with a snap
[02:36.12]The closest woman to him
[02:39.87]He fell into her lap
[02:43.93]He heard a loud commotion
[02:47.75]Something sounded wrong
[02:51.69]His inner spirit was saying
[02:55.32]That he couldn't stand here long
[02:59.45]He staggered to the quarterdeck
[03:03.58]No time now to sleep
[03:07.21]Water on the quarterdeck
[03:11.15]Already three foot deep
[03:15.21]Smokestack was leaning sideways
[03:18.59]Heavy feet began to pound
[03:22.80]He walked into the whirlwind
[03:26.74]Sky splitting all around
[03:30.55]The ship was going under
[03:34.37]The universe had opened wide
[03:38.37]The roll was called up yonder
[03:42.13]The angels turned aside
[03:46.37]Lights down in the hallway
[03:50.12]Flickering dim and dull
[03:54.07]Dead bodies already floating
[03:57.70]In the double bottom hull
[04:01.80]The engines then exploded
[04:05.56]Propellers they failed to start
[04:09.43]The boilers overloaded
[04:13.19]The ship's bow split apart
[04:17.56]Passengers were flying
[04:21.07]Backward, forward, far and fast
[04:24.88]They mumbled, fumbled, and tumbled
[04:28.63]Each one more weary than the last
[04:32.88]The veil was torn asunder
[04:36.64]'Tween the hours of twelve and one
[04:40.32]No change, no sudden wonder
[04:44.08]Could undo what had been done
[04:48.26]The watchman lay there dreaming
[04:52.08]At forty-five degrees
[04:56.08]He dreamed that the Titanic was sinking
[05:00.02]Dropping to her knees
[05:05.02]
[05:19.92]Wellington he was sleeping
[05:23.17]His bed began to slide
[05:27.23]His valiant heart was beating
[05:30.98]He pushed the tables aside
[05:35.48]Glass of shattered crystal
[05:38.92]Lay scattered roundabout
[05:42.80]He strapped on both his pistols
[05:46.62]How long could he hold out?
[05:50.62]His men and his companions
[05:54.50]Were nowhere to be seen
[05:58.31]In silence there he waited for
[06:02.19]Time and space to intervene
[06:06.25]The passageway was narrow
[06:09.82]There was blackness in the air
[06:13.70]He saw every kind of sorrow
[06:17.82]Heard voices everywhere
[06:19.07]
[06:21.79]Alarm bells were ringing
[06:25.42]To hold back the swelling tide
[06:29.73]Friends and lovers clinging
[06:33.11]To each other side by side
[06:37.61]Mothers and their daughters
[06:41.05]Descending down the stairs
[06:45.05]Jumped into the icy waters
[06:48.55]Love and pity sent their prayers
[06:52.87]The rich man, Mister Astor
[06:56.47]Kissed his darling wife
[07:00.53]He had no way of knowing
[07:04.28]It'd be the last trip of his life
[07:08.85]Calvin, Blake and Wilson
[07:12.66]Gambled in the dark
[07:16.23]Not one of them would ever live to
[07:19.79]Tell the tale on the disembark
[07:24.30]Brother rose up 'gainst brother
[07:27.80]In every circumstance
[07:31.55]They fought and slaughtered each other
[07:35.37]In a deadly dance
[07:39.56]They lowered down the lifeboats
[07:43.37]From the sinking wreck
[07:47.06]There were traitors, there were turncoats
[07:50.64]Broken backs and broken necks
[07:55.14]The bishop left his cabin
[07:58.70]To help others in need
[08:02.64]Turned his eyes up to the heavens
[08:06.60]Said, he poor are yours to fee
[08:11.23]Davey the brothel-keeper
[08:14.60]Came out dismissed his girls
[08:18.36]Saw the water getting deeper
[08:20.61]
[08:21.85]Saw the changing of his world.
[08:27.29]Jim Dandy smiled
[08:30.17]He never learned to swim
[08:33.73]Saw the little crippled child
[08:37.42]And he gave his seat to him
[08:41.86]He saw the starlight shining
[08:45.92]Streaming from the East
[08:49.67]Death was on the rampage
[08:53.36]But his heart was now at peace.
[08:57.43]They battened down the hatches
[09:00.93]But the hatches wouldn't hold
[09:05.18]They drowned upon the staircase
[09:09.00]Of brass and polished gold.
[09:13.31]Leo said to Cleo
[09:16.57]I think I'm going mad
[09:20.70]But he'd lost his mind already
[09:24.51]Whatever mind he had
[09:28.63]He tried to block the doorway
[09:32.38]To save all those from harm
[09:36.70]Blood from an open wound
[09:40.26]Pouring down his arm
[09:44.70]Petals fell from flowers
[09:48.30]Til all of them were gone
[09:51.80]In the long and dreadful hours
[09:55.68]The wizard's curse played on
[09:59.75]The host was pouring brandy
[10:03.50]He was going down slow
[10:07.43]He stayed right to the end and he
[10:11.43]Was the last to go
[10:15.31]There were many, many others
[10:18.94]Nameless here forever more
[10:22.75]They never sailed the ocean
[10:26.82]Or left their homes before
[10:30.88]The watchman, he lay dreaming
[10:34.63]The damage had been done
[10:38.45]He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
[10:42.45]And he tried to tell someone
[10:47.15]
[11:04.15]The captain, barely breathing
[11:07.91]Kneeling at the wheel
[11:11.78]Above him and beneath him
[11:15.40]Fifty thousand tons of steel
[11:19.34]He looked over at his compass
[11:23.10]And he gazed into its face
[11:26.97]Needle pointing downward
[11:31.10]He knew he lost the race
[11:34.79]In the dark illumination
[11:38.66]He remembered bygone years
[11:42.35]He read the Book of Revelation
[11:46.30]And he filled his cup with tears
[11:50.67]When the Reaper's task had ended
[11:54.17]Sixteen hundred had gone to rest
[11:58.11]The good, the bad, the rich, the poor
[12:02.30]The loveliest and the best
[12:06.18]They waited at the landing
[12:09.68]And they tried to understand
[12:13.68]But there is no understanding
[12:17.44]For the judgement of God's hand
[12:20.20]The news came over the wires
[12:25.51]And struck with deadly force
[12:29.69]Love had lost its fires
[12:33.13]All things had run their course
[12:37.51]The watchman he lay dreaming
[12:40.96]Of all things that can be
[12:45.01]He dreamed the Titanic was sinking
[12:48.70]Into the deep blue sea