歌词
Surrogates and shadowy henchmen galore
台上的门客,台下的走狗。
Party hacks and swift-boatin' talk-show whores
政治的艺术,的脱口秀。
Look at all the lies it takes, the job of making kings
看看那些操纵选举的谎言。
You can own the truth, you just gotta conceive it
你能占有真相,因为你只需要设想出一个来,
Put it on the television screen, they'll believe it
然后放到电视上,他们就会相信。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美妙的事情啊。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美妙的事情啊。
We wonder how our leaders could ever deceive us
我们想知道,政治家们岂能如此欺骗我们。
While the profiteers count their cash and praise Jesus
得利者边数着钞票,边拜着耶稣。
The press sings another chorus of "Let Freedom Ring"
媒体们又一次赞颂着美利坚的自由。
We send our boys away to come home in parts
我们的孩子前往远方,归来的却是残骸。
Believe the lies with all our hearts
我们打心眼里,相信着一句句谎言。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美妙的事情啊。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美妙的事情啊。
Dissention is a song only fools and traitors sing
你们说,只有傻瓜和不爱国的人才会有异议。
Just look at all the benefits your global economy brings
那就看看你们所谓的全球化经济。
Today we sing the gilded age's song
如今,我们为这镀金时代歌唱。
The 20th century's dead and gone
20世纪已经一去不复返。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美妙的事情啊。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美妙的事情啊。
I live in a land of hope and betrayal
在这片土地上,希望和背叛并存。
I get up each morning, try to tell the tale
每天早上起床 ,我开始讲述着一段段故事。
And so until my dying day whatever fate may bring
如此这般,直到我死去,无论今后我会遇到什么。
A dark age looms, there's evil at hand
黑暗的时代快要到来。
Somehow I still believe in the goodness of man
不过我依旧坚信着人类美好的品性。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美好的事情啊。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美好的事情啊。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美好的事情啊。
It's a beautiful thing
真是件美好的事情啊。
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