Kill the Dream

Benny’s waiting for a new brain implant;
本尼在等待新的大脑植入物
His old one’s working fine
他的大脑当然没有问题
He don’t
他也不关心
care if it’s worth it
这样是否值得
He just needs the new version
他只想看看外面的世界
Benny’s gotta make that money
但本尼必须一直赚钱
So he can afford to update the life
才能负担得起更好的生活
That he don’t spend living;
他没有时间享受生活
Too distracted searching for the new
活着本已很难

Ginger’s got her nose stuck in a book
金桔把头埋在书里
Hypnotized by symbols on a page
教科书总是使人困倦
Imbued with meaning
上课摸鱼当然有意义
Certainly means more than the life that she ignores
而且比她所忽略的更值得
Replacing her thoughts with authored thoughts
用教科书的话代替思想
Living half a life through pulp and ink;
用白纸黑字定义半生
It’s imitation;
不过又是一个仿制品
She’s been told it’s education but it ain’t life
有人告诉她这是教育，但这不是生活

It’s living a fiction in fear of raw life
这些在恐惧中生活的原始生命，是虚构的
The distractions they’re mired in are lies
他们纠结的进退两难亦是谎言
Facsimile dream but I’ve got a scheme to wake up;
虚假的梦想，但我有一个计划来唤醒一切
Oh, I’ve got a scheme to kill the dream
噢，不过是个扼杀这个梦的小阴谋罢了

Jumbo Ron is pacing back and forth
巨人罗恩忐忑不安
He’s worried that he may have made the wrong impression last night
担心昨晚可能给人留下了坏印象
On a date with a doggy from work
与工作中的小狗约会时
He’s obsessing over one small turn of phrase
他在纠结于一个小小的措辞
He’s not sure if it conforms to current standards
他不确定这是否符合现在的标准
Of political correctness as it changes day to day
因为正确的标准每天都在变化

It’s living a fiction in fear of raw life
那些在恐惧中生活的原始生命，是虚构的
The distractions they’re mired in are lies
他们陷入的纠结亦是谎言
Facsimile dream but I’ve got a scheme to wake up;
虚假的梦想，但我有办法醒来
Oh, I’ve got a scheme to kill the dream
嘘~，我有一个秘密计划，杀死这个梦~