There ain't no reason things are this way. 没有无缘无故的事情是这个样子。

It's how they always been and they intend to stay. 这就是他们一直和他们打算留下来。

I can't explain why we live this way. 我无法解释为什么我们这样生活。

We do it every day. 我们做的每一天。

   

Preachers on the podium speaking of saints. 传道人在讲台上说的圣人。

Prophets on the sidewalk begging for change. 先知在人行道上乞讨的变化。

Old ladies laughing from the fire escape, 老太太从火场逃生笑，

Cursing my name. 骂我的名字。

   

I gotta a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same, 我得满满一篮柠檬，它们味道都一样，

A window and a pigeon with a broken wing, 一个窗口和一个折断的翅膀鸽子，

You can spend your whole life working for something, 你可以花你的整个生活工作的东西，

Just to have it taken away. 只需要把它带走。

   

People walk around pushing back their debts, 人们走动的推背债务，

Wearing paychecks like necklaces and bracelets, 穿着薪水像项链和手镯，

Talking about nothing, not thinking about death, 谈到什么，而不是想着死，

Every little heartbeat, every little breath. 每一个小小的心跳，每一个小的气息。

   

People walk a tightrope on a razors edge. 人们行走在剃刀边缘走钢丝。

Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons. 背着自己的伤害和仇恨和武器。

It could be a bomb, or a bullet, or a pen, 这可能是一个炸弹，或子弹，或笔，

Or a thought, or a word, or a sentence. 或思想，或一句话，或一个句子。

   

There ain't no reason things are this way. 没有无缘无故的事情是这个样子。

Its how they've always been and they intend to stay. 其如何一直是他们打算留下来。

I don't know why I say the things I say, 我不知道为什么我说的事情，我说了，

But I say them anyway. 但我说反正他们。

   

But love will come set me free. 但爱会来给我自由。

Love will come set me free, I do believe. 爱情会来我自由，我相信。

Love will come set me free, I know it will. 爱情会来我自由，我知道它会的。

Love will come set me free, yes. 爱情会来我自由，是的。

   

Prison walls still standing tall. 监狱围墙依然昂首挺立。

Some things never change at all. 有些东西永远不会改变的。

Keep on building prisons, gonna fill them all. 不断建立监狱，要去填补他们。

Keep on building bombs, gonna drop them all. 继续建设的炸弹，会丢弃所有。

   

Working your fingers bare to the bone. 工作手指光秃秃的骨头。

Breaking' your back, make you sell your soul. 打破你的背部，让你出卖自己的灵魂。

Like a lung, it's filled with coal, 就像一个肺，它充满了煤炭，

Suffocating slow. 令人窒息的速度慢。

   

The wind blows wild and I may move. 风吹野，我可能会移动。

But politicians lie and I am not fooled. 但政客说谎，我不上当。

You don't need no reason or a three piece suit, 你不需要任何理由或三件式西装，

To argue the truth. 争辩的事实。

   

The air on my skin and the world under my toes 我的皮肤上的空气，并在我的脚趾世界

Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes 奴隶制缝合到我的衣服面料

Chaos and commotion wherever I go, 混乱和骚动无论我走到哪里，

Love I try to follow. 爱我试着跟随。

   

Love will come set me free 爱情会来我自由

Love will come set me free, I do believe 爱情会来我自由，我相信

Love will come set me free, I know it will 爱情会来我自由，我知道这将

Love will come set me free, yes 爱情会来我自由，是的

   

There ain't no reason things are this way. 没有无缘无故的事情是这个样子。

Its how they've always been and they intend to stay. 其如何一直是他们打算留下来。

I can't explain why we live this way. 我无法解释为什么我们这样生活。

We do it every day. 我们做的每一天。