这首歌是挪威歌唱家Lene Marlin 的成名作之一，收录在她的首张专辑中。

她用一把空心吉他与她优美声音，传达了独有的音乐觉醒意识。

用更深层、更神秘的方式，来反映出冬天的漫长与忧伤，承袭来自斯堪地那维亚的流行乐创作力，以及拥有对美国大陆的词曲创作传统的高度了解。
 

I entered the room

我进屋

sat by your bed all through the night

整夜坐在你床边

I watched your daily fight

我看了你的日常战斗

I hardly knew

我几乎不知道

The pain

疼痛

was almost more than I could bear

几乎超过我所能承受

and still I hear

我仍然听到

your last words to me

最後一句话，给我

Heaven is a place nearby

天堂是一个地方附近

so I won't be so far away

所以我不会那麼远

and if you try and look for me

如果你尝试著寻找我

maybe you'll find me someday

也许有一天你会发现我

Heaven is a place nearby

天堂是一个地方附近

so there's no need to say goodbye

所以没有必要说再见

I wanna ask you not to cry

我想告诉你不要哭

I'll always be by your side

我会一直在你身边

you just faded away

你刚刚散去

you spread your wings you had flown

您已经飞到你展开你的翅膀

away to something unknow

去未知的东西

wish I could bring you back

希望我能把你带回来

you're always on my mind

你总是在我的脑海里

about to tear myself apart

撕自己除了

you have your special place in my heart

你有你在我的心里特别的地方

always

总是

Heaven is a place nearby

天堂是一个地方附近

so I won't be so far away

所以我不会那麼远

and if you try and look for me

如果你尝试著寻找我

maybe you'll find me someday

也许有一天你会发现我

Heaven is a place nearby

天堂是一个地方附近

so there's no need to say goodbye

所以没有必要说再见

I wanna ask you not to cry

我想告诉你不要哭

I'll always be by your side

我会一直在你身边

and even when I go to sleep

甚至当我去睡觉

I still can hear your voice

我仍然能听到你的声音

and those words

和那些话

I never will forget

我永远不会忘记

Heaven is a place nearby

天堂是一个地方附近

so I won't be so far away

所以我不会那麼远

and if you try and look for me

如果你尝试著寻找我

maybe you'll find me someday

也许有一天你会发现我

Heaven is a place nearby

天堂是一个地方附近

so there's no need to say goodbye

所以没有必要说再见

I wanna ask you not to cry

我想告诉你不要哭

I'll always be by your side

我会一直在你身边