[00:00.000] 作词 : Rob Mathes/Sting
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Rob Mathes/Sting
[00:07.420] When a man of my age shaves his face in the mornin'
[00:11.750] Who is it stares back and greets him?
[00:15.750] The ghost of his father, long dead all these years?
[00:19.680] Or the boy that he was, still wet in the ears?
[00:23.870] Or the terrible sum of all of his fears
[00:27.860] In the eyes of this stranger who meets him?
[00:31.870] So his glance rarely strays from his chin or his jawline
[00:35.860] To face up to the truth of his soul
[00:39.820] It's the eyes he avoids, so afraid to acknowledge
[00:43.710] Somethin' strange, unexpected, out of control
[00:48.550] There are times when a man needs to brave his reflection
[00:52.840] And face what he sees without fear
[00:56.780] It takes a man to accept his mortality
[01:00.850] Or be surprised by the presence of a tear
[01:07.290] It was only an arrangement, a practical arrangement
[01:12.520] I forgot the first commandment of the realist's handbook
[01:17.980] Don't be fooled by illusions you created yourself
[01:22.630] And fall in love with someone, when she loves someone else
[01:33.480] Like a coverin' of snow on a winter's night
[01:40.050] It glistens and it sparkles in the moonlight
[01:44.930] But it's gone by the mornin', how quickly it melts
[01:53.870] You still love her, but she loves someone else
[02:04.350]
[02:09.570] And where does that leave you?
[02:12.450] You self-styled man of vision
[02:14.860] You feel stupid, you feel angry, are you losin' your mind?
[02:20.560] To destroy the one she loves, does that become your mission?
[02:26.450] Like a pantomime villain, with an axe to grind
[02:31.360] To regain your self-respect, hold your head up like a man
[02:37.520] Use the ice around your heart before it melts
[02:45.490] But you're not foolin' anybody, you're only foolin' yourself
[02:55.610]
[02:58.330] Like a coverin' of snow on a winter's night
[03:03.650] It glistens and it sparkles in the moonlight
[03:09.740] But it's gone by the mornin', how quickly it melts
[03:18.780] You still love her, but she loves someone else

作词 : Rob Mathes/Sting
作曲 : Rob Mathes/Sting
When a man of my age shaves his face in the mornin'
Who is it stares back and greets him?
The ghost of his father, long dead all these years?
Or the boy that he was, still wet in the ears?
Or the terrible sum of all of his fears
In the eyes of this stranger who meets him?
So his glance rarely strays from his chin or his jawline
To face up to the truth of his soul
It's the eyes he avoids, so afraid to acknowledge
Somethin' strange, unexpected, out of control
There are times when a man needs to brave his reflection
And face what he sees without fear
It takes a man to accept his mortality
Or be surprised by the presence of a tear
It was only an arrangement, a practical arrangement
I forgot the first commandment of the realist's handbook
Don't be fooled by illusions you created yourself
And fall in love with someone, when she loves someone else
Like a coverin' of snow on a winter's night
It glistens and it sparkles in the moonlight
But it's gone by the mornin', how quickly it melts
You still love her, but she loves someone else
And where does that leave you?
You self-styled man of vision
You feel stupid, you feel angry, are you losin' your mind?
To destroy the one she loves, does that become your mission?
Like a pantomime villain, with an axe to grind
To regain your self-respect, hold your head up like a man
Use the ice around your heart before it melts
But you're not foolin' anybody, you're only foolin' yourself
Like a coverin' of snow on a winter's night
It glistens and it sparkles in the moonlight
But it's gone by the mornin', how quickly it melts
You still love her, but she loves someone else