A person who thinks all the time
一個一直思考的人
Has nothing to think about except thoughts
除了思想，想不到別的
So, he loses touch with reality
於是他失去了和現實的聯繫
And lives in a world of illusions
活在幻想之中
By thoughts I mean specifically, chatter in the skull
我所說的思想，尤指在腦海中揮之不去的想法
Perpetual and compulsive repetition of words
永久而強硬地重複著的
Of reckoning and calculating
計算和算計
I'm not saying that thinking is bad
我並不是說思考不好
Like everything else, It's useful in moderation
像所有其他事物一樣，適度的思考是很有用的
A good servant, but a bad master
一個好的僕人卻是一個壞的主人
And all so called civilized peoples
所有被稱為文明的民族
Have increasingly become crazy and self destructive
變得越來越瘋狂並自我毀滅
Because, through excessive thinking
因為由於過度的思考
The have lost touch with reality
他們失去了和現實的聯繫
That's to say
也就是說
We confuse signs
我們混淆了符號
With the real world
和現實世界
這是深思的開始
This is the beginning of meditation
我們大多數人
寧願擁有金錢也不願擁有實實在在的財富
Most of us would have
而一個偉大的時刻若非被相機記錄則形同無物
Rather money than tangible wealth
第二天我們從報紙上讀到這件事
And a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed
覺得它比原始事件多了些古怪的樂趣
And to read about it the next day in the newspaper
這是一場災難
Is oddly more fun for us than the original event
因為它混淆了真實的自然世界與單純的符號
This is a disaster
我們正在破壞自然
For as a result of confusing the real world of nature with mere signs
被束縛在自己的思想裡，失去了理智
We are destroying nature
是時候清醒了
We are so tied up in our minds that we've lost our senses
什麼是現實？
Time to wake up
顯然沒有人能夠講清楚
What is reality?
因為它不是語言
Obviously no one can say
也不是實質性的，那隻是一個想法
Because it isn't words
現實是
It isn't material, that's just an idea
無法用語言來解釋的
我不是想貶低你們
Reality is
這是一種你們之所以是你們的表述
人必須生存
The point cannot be explained in words
我們需要生存並延續
我們必須延續
I'm not trying to put you down
It's an expression of you as you are
One must live
We need to survive, to go on
We must go on
over thinker (cl oz ee remix)