《The Lake (Vocal version)》是Laurie Anderson演唱的歌曲，由Laurie Anderson作曲，收錄於專輯《Heart of a Dog》。
基本介紹
- 外文名：The Lake (Vocal version)
- 所屬專輯：Heart of a Dog
- 歌曲原唱：Laurie Anderson
- 譜曲：Laurie Anderson
- 發行日期：2015年10月23日
歌曲歌詞
I walk accompanied by ghosts
I walk accompanied by ghosts
My father with his time and eyes
His voice life-size
He says "Follow me,"
Follow me
And I come sliding
Where I've been hiding
With the heart of a child
Meet me by the lake
Meet me by the lake
I'll be there
I'll be there
We lived by a lake.
And in the winter it froze.
We skated everywhere.
One evening I was coming home from the movies,
and I was pushing my little brothers – Craig and Phil – in a stroller.
I had decided to take them over to the island,
to look at the moon that was just coming up.
But as we got close to the island – the ice broke.
And the stroller sank into the dark water.
And my first thought was:
"Mom's gonna kill me!"
And I remember the knitted balls on their hats,
as they disappeared under the black water.
So I ripped off my jacket and jumped into the freezing water
and dove down and got Craig –
and pulled him up and threw him on the ice.
Then I dove down again but I couldn't find the stroller.
It'd slipped down the muddy bank, further down under the ice.
Then I dove in again.
And I finally found the stroller, and Phil was strapped in,
and I ripped the strap off
and pulled him out and pushed him up onto the ice.
Then I ran home.
One twin under each arm.
Frozen and screaming.
I ran in the door and I told my mother what had happened.
And she stood there and said:
"What a wonderful swimmer you are.
And I didn't know you were such a good diver."
And when I think of her now I realize –
that was the moment I had been trying to remember
"Tell the animals," she said.
"Tell all the animals."
"Is it a pilgrimage? Towards what?"
