When I answered that I came from "far away",

当我说我来自“远方”

The policeman at the roadblock snapped,"where's that?"

关卡的警察质问：“那是什么地方？”

He'd only half heard what I said and thought

他没听清我的话就以为

It was the name of some place up the country.

那是这个国家某地的名字

And now it is — both where I have been living

如今它——我曾一直生活

And where I left — a distance still to go

又选择离开的所在——仍有很远的路要走

Like starlight that is light years on the go

像来自很多光年之外，

From far away and takes light years arriving.

又要走很多光年才能抵达的星光