《Patterns》歌词

[00:00:00] Patterns - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙)

[00:00:14] The night sets softly

[00:00:17] With the hush of falling leaves

[00:00:22] Casting shivering shadows

[00:00:25] On the houses through the trees

[00:00:30] And the light from a street lamp

[00:00:33] Paints a pattern on my wall

[00:00:38] Like the pieces of a puzzle

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

[00:00:50] Up a narrow flight of stairs

[00:00:52] In a narrow little room

[00:00:58] As I lie upon my bed

[00:01:00] In the early evening gloom

[00:01:06] Impaled on my wall

[00:01:08] My eyes can dimly see

[00:01:14] The pattern of my life

[00:01:16] And the puzzle that is me

[00:01:27] From the moment of my birth

[00:01:30] To the instant of my death

[00:01:35] There are patterns I must follow

[00:01:37] Just as I must breathe each breath

[00:01:43] Like a rat in a maze

[00:01:45] The path before me lies

[00:01:51] And the pattern never alters

[00:01:53] Until the rat dies

[00:02:10] And the pattern still remains

[00:02:12] On the wall where darkness fell

[00:02:18] And it's fitting that it should

[00:02:20] For in darkness I must dwell

[00:02:25] Like the color of my skin

[00:02:28] Or the day that I grow old

[00:02:33] My life is made of patterns

[00:02:36] That can scarcely be controlled