Leave a light on  Tom Walker
(Steve Mac / Thomas Alexander Walker)

The second someone mentioned you were all alone
I could feel the trouble coursing through your veins
Now I know it's got a hold

Just a phone call left unanswered had me sparking up
These cigarettes won't stop me wondering where you are
Don't let go, keep a hold

*If you look into the distance
There's a house upon the hill
Guiding like a lighthouse to a place
Where you'll be safe to feel our grace
'Cause we've all made mistakes
If you've lost your way

**I will leave the light on
I will leave the light on
I will leave the light on
I will leave the light on
( I will leave the light on )

Tell me what's been happening
What's been on your mind?
Lately you've been searching for a darker place to hide
That's alright

But if you carry on abusing
You'll be robbed from us
I refuse to lose another friend to drugs
Just come home, don't let go (*,**)

If you look into the distance
There's a house upon the hill
Guiding like a lighthouse
It's a place where you'll be safe to feel our grace
And if you've lost your way
If you've lost your way
( I will leave the light on )

And I know you're down and out now
But I need you to be brave
Hiding from the truth ain't gonna make this all okay
I see your pain, if you don't feel our grace
And you've lost your way

I will leave the light on
I will leave the light on
'Cause I will leave the light on
留一盞燈  湯姆沃克


第二次聽到有人提起說你孤單一人
我能夠感受流過你血管內的苦惱
現在我明白它已控制了你

不過是一通沒人接聽的電話讓我點燃了菸
幾根香菸都無法讓我停止臆測你在何方
別放手,撐下去

如果你眺望遠方
山坡上有一棟房子
像燈塔一樣指引你到一個處所
在那兒可以安然無恙的領受恩典
因為我們都曾犯錯
如果你已迷失方向

我會留一盞燈
我會留一盞燈
我會留一盞燈
我會留一盞燈
( 我會留一盞燈 )

告訴我發生了什麼事?
你心裡怎麼想的?
最近你一直想找個更陰暗的地方躲藏
沒關係的

但如果你繼續放縱
等於從我們身邊被搶走
我不想因為毒品又失去一個朋友
回家吧!別放棄

如果你眺望遠方
山坡上有一棟房子
像燈塔一樣指引你
那是你可以安然無恙領受恩典的處所
如果你已迷失方向
如果你已迷失方向
( 我會留一盞燈 )

我明白現在的你感到落寞消沉
但我需要你堅強起來
躲在真相背後無助於解決問題
我明白你的痛楚,如果你無法領受恩典
你已迷失了方向

我會留一盞燈
我會留一盞燈
因為....我會留一盞燈

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回到西洋歌曲英漢對照

 " Leave a light on "是蘇格蘭歌手湯姆沃克為他的好友所寫的一首歌,當時他的朋友正為戒除毒癮所苦。藉這首歌,湯姆沃克希望這位朋友能盡快從暗處走出來,如果需要協助的話,他會盡力幫忙,就像在遠方的山坡上點一盞燈等他回來。

 
「寫這首歌,只想讓他明白他並不孤單,我會永遠陪在他身邊。

  我所認識的人裡面,包括我在內,生活中都因陷溺於某種型式的癮患所苦,無論是酗酒或暴食等,每個人都有自己跨不過去的坎。我想為家人、朋友寫一首歌,讓他們知道彼此可以放開胸懷暢談這些事情。」

 這首歌由湯姆沃克和 Steve Mac 史提夫麥克合寫,史提夫麥克是英國著名的製作人,曾創作西城男孩合唱團的"
Flying without wings "、紅髮艾德的" Shape of you "等暢銷曲。

 " Leave a light on "於 2017 年 10 月發行後,在英國排行榜上爬升很慢。隔年三月,這首歌在英吉利海峽對岸的法國突然走紅,帶動它在其他歐洲國家的氣勢,包括奧地利、比利時、德國、瑞士、捷克、匈牙利、義大利、荷蘭等都打進到前 10 名,最後在六月時於英國得到最高名次第 7 名,成為湯姆沃克最受歡迎的歌曲。這首歌後來收錄在他 2019 年發行的首張專輯《 What A Time To Be Alive 》。