[00:00.000] 作词 : Cécile McLorin Salvant[00:01.000] 作曲 : Cécile McLorin Salvant[00:02.650]I saw a sparrow writhing in the clutches[00:07.455]Of what I thought was nothing at all[00:14.244]After a moment, she took flight, and there beneath her[00:19.628]A raving praying mantis lifted her arms to the sky[00:28.887]Take this stone and pass it on[00:34.201]It alters with each handling[00:40.526]But it will not erode[00:46.751]It will not erode[00:53.501]Tomorrow morning, at the edge of a volcano[00:58.461]She′ll meet him with her arms open wide[01:05.254]His hands are broken, he used them to caress her[01:10.447]In places she could not begin to understand[01:19.903]Take this stone and pass it on[01:25.185]It alters with each handling[01:31.667]But it will not erode[01:37.670]It will not erode[01:43.958]Dearly beloved, you're welcome in my home now[01:49.383]Despite the rocky road we traveled on[01:55.856]I can′t imagine that you would now betray me[02:01.328]The love we share is boundless and heavy and sticky[02:10.725]Take this stone and pass it on[02:15.840]It alters with each handling[02:22.264]But it will not erode[02:28.554]It will not erode[02:35.233]Tomorrow morning, he's looking through my window[02:40.268]He watches as I turn in my sleep[02:46.847]His tongue is broken, he used it to caress me[02:52.325]With words that I could not begin to understand[03:01.562]Take this stone and pass it on[03:06.931]It alters with each handling[03:13.221]But it will not erode[03:19.427]It will not erode[03:29.925] 音频工程师 : Evan Wright[03:30.925] 贝斯 : Evan Wright[03:31.925] 母带工程师 : Heba Kadry[03:32.925] 人声 : Cécile McLorin Salvant/June McDoom/Kate Davis