long way off
Ive seen enough of it
我已經看夠了
The sides are all cemented
雙方的態度都堅定不移(這裡指英國脫歐公投時不同派別的頑固,無論退出還是留下,各方都持堅定的觀點)
Their incentives look the same
他們的動機看起來相同
Are they vetted in the same ways?
他們是否也以同樣的方式接受審查?
As the little guy puts blood and tears
當這個小人物用鮮血和淚水
Into pushing deadweight on the capital steps
把沉重的負擔推到資本台階上
Bleeding out for a caricature of a 50s salesman
為一幅50年代推銷員的漫畫而流血不止
Hare checklist, ticking every box
勾選上海爾精神病態核查表上的每個方框(美國心理學家Robert Hare所創制的一種人格測量工具)
Dead for what?
為了什麼而死?
Standing on the side, I never was the silent type
站在一邊,我從來不是那種沉默寡言的人
All the endless grey conundrums that are painted black and white
所有被塗抹成黑與白的無止境的灰色謎題
I heard a hundred million voices sound the same both left and right
我聽到一億人發出同樣的聲音,左右派都一樣
Were still a long way off
我們仍有很長一段路要走
Were still a long way off
離實現目標還遙遙無期
Some get along with it
有些人能相處得很好
They drag around from town to town
他們從一個城鎮遊蕩到另一個城鎮
With a pretty lie that hoodwinked many of my loved ones
用一個美麗的謊言矇騙了許多我愛的人
And I owe it to my folks for giving me an understanding
我應該感激我的父母讓我能夠認識
Of a world that shot my people down
這個令我所愛之人都失望的世界
The hungry and divided play into the hands of the men who put them there
飢餓和分裂的人們被那些將他們安置在這種處境的人玩弄於股掌之間
So it goes
就任其自然吧
Standing on the side, I never was the silent type
站在一邊,我從來不是那種沉默寡言的人
All the endless grey conundrums that are painted black and white
所有被塗抹成黑與白的無止境的灰色謎題
Heard a hundred million voices sound the same both left and right
我聽到一億人發出同樣的聲音,左右派都一樣
Were still a long way off
我們仍有很長一段路要走
Were still a long way off
離實現目標還遙遙無期
Were still a long way off
我們仍有很長一段路要走
Standing on the side, I never was the silent type
站在一邊,我從來不是那種沉默寡言的人
All the endless grey conundrums that are painted black and white
所有被塗抹成黑與白的無止境的灰色謎題
Heard a hundred million voices sound the same both left and right
我聽到一億人發出同樣的聲音,左右派都一樣
Were still a long way off
我們仍有很長一段路要走
Were still a long way off
離實現目標還遙遙無期
Were still a long way off
我們仍有很長一段路要走