Long Lost Penpal

Long Lost Penpal - 哈囉 Saferide久 違 的 筆 友

哈囉 Do you remember me I am your long lost pen pal
你好 記得我嗎 久別的筆友

It must have been ten years ago we last wrote
距離我們上一次通信已有十年

I don』t really know what happened I guess life came in the way
後來就斷了聯絡 或許生活 本來就是這樣吧

Let me know if you』re still alive Let me know if you ever used that knife or not
你還好嗎 現在怎樣 好想再聽你說的那些故事

哈囉 Yes I remember you
你好 久違的筆友

I』ve got a husband and two children now work as an accountant and make fairly good money
我結婚了 已經是兩個孩子的媽媽 工作還不錯 做會計

I still have your letters, you used a pink pen to write them
我還留著你的信 那些用粉色筆寫給我的信

And you would comfort me when my tears would stain the ink
你安慰我的話 我哭過的淚跡

And I would send you mix tapes with Kate Bush on
然後 我記得我就會 寄KATE BUSH的磁帶給你

I have to admit I sometimes lied in those letters
其實我不得不承認 我在信里說過慌

Tried to make life better than it was I still wasn』t kissed at sixteen
把我的生活虛擬得很好 那次初吻並不是16歲

And I still need a friend
可我仍然需要你 朋友

There was this letter I never told you this back then
這些寫好的信 我從沒想過要寄給你

But it would be fair to say it saved my life
不過，現在看來，它們救了我的命

I sat in the window The only one left out from a party again
獨坐窗邊的我 是唯一會中途退場的人

Pretty sure I didn』t have a single friend
我很確認 其實我沒有任何朋友

Then I checked the mailbox
不過，我還是會檢查信箱

Dear long lost penpal I was lying the whole time
久別的親愛的筆友 我說了很多很多的謊

I』m really a 46 years old man named Luke
其實我叫LUKE 一個46歲的老男人

I have three children and a wife, she doesn』t care
我有三個孩子 還有一個妻子，她根本不關心我

And I hope you don』t resent me And I hope you do not hate me
我不奢望你會回信 只是希望你不要恨我

For trying to find my way back to what it’s like to be young
因為我後悔懊惱 我那荒唐虛度的年少