Buildings
Regina spektorHe was a husband who drove his wife home
And in the car he would gently lean her head on the side door window
And in the bathroom he would hold her hair back and hope, saying
They build buildings oh they build buildings oh they build buildings
So tall these days
And in the morning she'd wake up and crouch recollections all day
But she would always always wake up the next morning
And he'd take one look at her a say baby that's ok
And her conscience would issue yet another last warning, saying
They build buildings oh they build buildings oh they build buildings
So tall these days
And she would ask for time and she'd ask for time
And she would ask for time and she would beg for time
And she would beg for time and beg for time and call it a gift
And he would give her time and he'd give her time
And he would give her time and he'd give her time-
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through its sift
And it was coffee and coffee and coffee and coffee and coffee and coffee some more
He'd go to work and she'd take a sick day and rot at the core
And by the time he came back she'd scrub the bathroom and make it smell like pine
It would be almost as if nothing had happened and he'd give her time, saying
They build buildings, oh they build buildings, oh they build buildings
Oh don't they build buildings, oh they build buildings
They build buildings so tall these days
And she would ask for time and shed ask for time
And she would ask for time and she would beg for time
And she would beg for time and beg for time and call it a gift
And he would give her time and he'd give her time
And he would give her time and he'd give her time-
But time is not given and time is not taken
It just sifts through its sift
Ele era um marido que guiava sua esposa bêbada pra casa.
E ele gentilmente apoiaria a cabeça dela na janela da porta do carro.
E no banheiro, seguraria o seu cabelo pra trás e esperar, dizendo
"Eles constroem prédios, oh
Eles constroem prédios, oh
Eles constroem prédios tão altos nos dias de hoje"
E de manhã ela acordaria e humilhantes recordações o dia todo
Mas ela sempre sempre acordaria na manhã seguinte
E ele daria uma olhada pra ela e diria, "Oh, está tudo bem!"
E a consciência dela continuaria pesada ainda, outra última advertência, dizendo:
Eles constroem prédios, oh.
Eles constroem prédios, oh.
Eles constroem prédios tão altos nos dias de hoje.
E ela pediria tempo, pediria tempo.
Ela pediria tempo, ela imploraria por tempo.
E imploraria por tempo, imploraria por tempo e chamaria isso de dádiva
E ele daria o tempo dela e ele daria o tempo dela
E ele daria o tempo dela e ele daria o tempo dela
Mas tempo não é algo que se pode dar
tempo não é algo que se pode capturar
Ele só se espalha através da peneira dele
E era café e café e café e café e café e café e algo mais
Ele iria trabalhar e ela ficaria um dia doente no âmago
E até lá ele volta e teria lavado o banheiro e feito ele cheirar a pinho
E seria como se nada tivesse acontecido e daria tempo a ela, dizendo
"Eles constroem prédios, oh
Eles constroem prédios, oh
Eles constroem prédios tão altos nos dias de hoje"
E ela pediria tempo, pediria tempo
Ela pediria tempo, ela imploraria por tempo
E imploraria por tempo, imploraria por tempo e chamaria isso de dádiva
E ele daria o tempo dela e ele daria o tempo dela
E ele daria o tempo dela e ele daria o tempo dela
Mas tempo não é algo que se pode dar
tempo não é algo que se pode capturar
Ele só se espalha através da peneira dele