In Another Life

[ti:In Another Life] [ar:Vienna Teng] [al:Inland Territory] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]In Another Life - Vienna Teng (史逸欣) [00:00.02] [00:09.87]In another life [00:10.86] [00:12.31]You and I worked West Virginia coal mines [00:17.17] [00:17.90]Side by side [00:19.13] [00:23.61]Collecting the black dust like sin [00:26.30]The day the main shaft caved in [00:28.73] [00:29.55]I caught your eye [00:30.44] [00:32.68]As the lantern light guttered out [00:36.71]And the afterdamp swallowed us slowly [00:41.45] [00:44.36]I gripped your hand [00:45.29] [00:46.48]And caught a glance [00:47.45]Of the next time 'round [00:48.85] [00:53.39]In another life [00:54.61] [00:55.59]You and I were red guards in training [01:00.54] [01:01.40]Side by side [01:02.88] [01:07.03]We marched on tiananmen [01:09.16] [01:09.70]Turned our own parents in [01:11.20]For hding rice [01:14.42] [01:15.86]And in the great leap forward [01:19.98]We crawled on our bellies and died [01:25.50] [01:27.30]A blood orange sky [01:29.67]Gave a cry [01:30.86]Of next time 'round [01:32.31] [01:34.12]In another life [01:35.76] [01:36.48]I was married at thirteen [01:38.87]You were killed at twenty one [01:41.01]On a minor battlefield [01:44.69] [01:45.23]I was buried beside my second stillborn child [01:53.33] [01:53.97]My last thought it seemed [01:57.34] [01:59.82]A fever dream [02:05.01] [02:23.50]Now we sink into a Summer afternoon [02:26.38] [02:27.31]Central park in June [02:29.25] [02:29.96]Marveling at the bounty our days contain [02:34.56] [02:36.89]And we feel it like the shiver [02:38.68] [02:39.50]Of a passing train [02:41.13] [02:44.06]That other life [02:45.56] [02:46.54]Deep underground [02:51.25] [02:52.17]You and I [02:54.87] [02:57.96]Side by side [03:00.18] [03:01.43]We are the next time 'round