Lirik Before (Terjemahan)

Alternatif

I dreamed of Louisiana
Aku bermimpi tentang Louisiana
And a night in Lafayette
Dan malam di Lafayette
We had breakfast with Susanna
[Kami sarapan dengan Susanna]
We were young and wild and left
[Kami muda, liar, dan pergi]

(chorus)
What’s different here than in that dream
[Apa yang berbeda di sini dibandingkan dengan mimpi itu]
and in reality
[dalam kenyataan]
Is we weren’t afraid to fail in love
[Adalah kita tidak takut gagal dalam cinta]
and we all believed in the dream
[dalam mimpi itu]
Before…Before
[Sebelum...Sebelum]

I dreamed of Manhattan
[Aku bermimpi tentang Manhattan]
In a time before this war
[Di masa sebelum perang ini]
It was snowing down on Bleecker Street
[Salju turun di Bleecker Street]
It was before you were a star
[Itu sebelum kamu menjadi bintang]

(chorus)

Now everything is twilight
[Sekarang segalanya adalah senja]
It’s a time too dark to see
[Ini adalah waktu yang terlalu gelap untuk melihat]
It’s fear of being what we were
[Ini adalah ketakutan menjadi apa yang kita dulu]
And pondering the dream
[Dan merenungkan mimpi itu]

Then I dreamed of Texas
[Kemudian aku bermimpi tentang Texas]
And the Gulf Coast shores
[Dan pantai Teluk]
I dreamed of who we used to be
[Aku bermimpi tentang siapa kita yang dulu]
And the hope we had before
[Dan harapan yang kita miliki sebelumnya]

(chorus)