歌词
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
在尼克松时代出生 在地狱里长大
A welfare child
我是一个靠福利养大的孩子
Where the teamsters dwelled
居住在贫民窟
The last one born,
最小的孩子出生
The first one to run
最大的孩子就要去劳作
My town was blind from refinery sun
即使阳光普照 我住的城市一片黑暗
My generation is zero
我这一代一文不值
I never made it
我从未在工人阶级
As a working class hero
成为英雄
21st century breakdown
崩溃破碎的二十一世纪
I once was lost but never was found
我曾经迷失却没有得到救赎
I think I am losing
我觉得我正在迷失
What's left of my mind
我脑中的意识
To the 20th century deadline
直到二十世纪的末尾
I was made of poison and blood
我血液里流淌着毒药
Condemnation is what I understood
我所知道的一切就是罪恶
Videogames of the tower's fall
电子游戏到高塔的倒塌
Homeland Security could kill us all
国土安全局能害死我们
My generation is zero
我们这一代一文不值
I never made it as a working class hero
我从未成为工人阶级的英雄
21st century breakdown
崩溃的21世纪
I once was lost but never was found
我曾经迷失却没有得到救赎
I think I am losing
我正在丢失
What's left of my mind
我脑中的意识
To the 20th century deadline
直到二十世纪的末尾
We are the cries of the class of 13
我们是最底层的阶级
Born in the era of humility
出生在谦虚的年代
We are the desperate in the decline
我们在堕落中绝望
Raised by the bastards of 1969
被一个1969年的混蛋养大
My name is no one
我谁也不是
The long lost son
失散很久的孩子
Born on the 4th of July
出生在7月4日
Raised in an era of heroes and cons
在英雄与抗议者的年代长大
That left me for dead or alive
留我在苟活与死亡之间
I am a nation
我代表一个国家
A worker of pride
一名有尊严的工人
My debt to the status quo
我对现状欠下了债
The scars on my hands
我手上的伤疤
And the means to an end
就是对结局的证明
Is all that I have to show
这就是我要告诉你们的
I swallowed my pride
我吞下尊严
And I choked on my faith
我被信仰哽住
I've given my heart and my soul
我献出内心与灵魂
I've broken my fingers
我的手指被折断
And lied through my teeth
我满嘴谎言
The pillar of damage control
我失去了心中的支柱
I've been to the edge
我曾经达到边缘
And I've thrown the bouquet
那束留在坟墓旁的花
Of flowers left over the grave
被我扔掉
I sat in the waiting room
我坐在等候室
Wasting my time
消磨时间
And waiting for judgement day
等待着审判日的来临
I praise liberty
我歌颂自由
The "freedom to obey"
服从的自由
Is the song that strangles me.
是一首扼杀我的歌
Don't cross the line
警告我不要逾越界线
Dream, America dream,
梦想着美国梦
I can't even sleep
我甚至不能入眠
From the light's early dawn
直到晨光的黎明
Scream, America scream
呼喊着 美国在呼喊
Believe what you see from heroes and cons?
从英雄到抗议者 你仍否还相信你所看到的吗
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