歌词
Let's mark this date together,
让我们一同铭记那一天
lest it pass us by
免得记忆流逝
Let's recall a moment when the powder keg ran dry
当世界正如同干燥的火药桶一般
When all across the USA cities turned to embers
全美的城市化为灰烬时
Anybody old enough vividly remembers
老一辈全部记忆犹新
Everything that happened on that date
那一天发生的事情历历在目
Fifty years ago in '68
五十年前，就在68年
Carpet bombing of the city of Hanoi
河内正遭受地毯式轰炸
Barely two decades after Little Boy
就在小男孩引爆二十年之后
Draft cards burning,
军事计划书在燃烧
police stations on fire
警察局也一片火海
The powers-that-be down to the wire
权力岌岌可危
The naked emperor was the normative state
所谓“标准状态”只不过是皇帝新衣般的谎言
Fifty years ago in '68
五十年前，就在68年
Both ruling parties were exposed, the question of the day
两党都暴露在一个问题前——
Mr President how many kids did you kill today
总统先生，你今天杀了多少孩子？
If we try to draft more soldiers, said the general, I can't guarantee
如果我们派更多的士兵，将军说，但我不能保证
That we could maintain domestic tranquility
我们能够维持社会和谐
A society on the brink, the possibilities so great
即将划入深渊的社会，这可能性很大
Fifty years ago in '68
五十年前，就在68年
It was a time when people everywhere were rising from their knees
那是全球人民站起来的时代
Just outside the halls of power, throughout the colonies
在权力中心之外，在各个殖民地中
From Oakland to Algiers, from Saigon to Paris
从奥克兰到阿尔及尔，从西贡到巴黎
Structures laid bare for all to see
这结构彻底暴露在人民眼前。
The use of force alone will not determine our fate
他们的暴力机关无法改变我们的命运
Fifty years ago in '68
五十年前，就在68年
Soldiers were kept in barracks lest they figure out the score
在兵营中的士兵们明白了一点
That love really can be more powerful than war
友爱是比战争更强大的东西
The ruling class tried desperately to gain the upper hand
统治阶级绝望的挣扎，意图占得上风
Faced with a society they didn't understand
但他们面对的是自己不熟悉的社会
They just about got stuck beneath the historical weight
他们只能被历史的重量压倒粉碎
Fifty years ago in '68
五十年前，就在68年
Anyone in power now knows it might not last
如今，当权者知道那并不会是最后一次
At least if they look back to the fairly recent past
只要他们看看并不久远的过去
When the consent of the governed was for a time withdrawn
当维护暴政的共识衰退之时，
When empires were challenged and some of them were gone
当帝国受到挑战，其中的一些就此消亡之时
When the movement was global and liberation was its freight
当全球串联在一起，为了解放而斗争之时。
Fifty years ago in '68
五十年前，就在68年
Fifty years ago in '68
五十年前，就在68年
Fifty years ago in '68
五十年前，就在68年
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