All the rowboats in the paintings 所有的画作划艇

They keep trying to row away 他们一直试图排掉

And the captains’ worried faces 和巡抚“担心脸

Stay contorted and staring at the waves 留下扭曲的盯着浪

They’ll keep hanging in their gold frames 他们会继续挂在他们的黄金帧

For forever, forever and a day 为了永远，永远和一天

All the rowboats in the oil paintings 所有的油画划艇

They keep trying to row away, row away 他们一直试图排程，排程

   

Hear them whispering French and German 听到他们的窃窃私语法语和德语

Dutch, Italian, and Latin 荷兰语，意大利语，拉丁语和

When no one’s looking I touch a sculpture 当没有人看我触摸雕塑

Marble, cold and soft as satin 大理石，冷，软如缎

But the most special are the most lonely 但最特别的是最寂寞

God, I pity the violins 上帝，我可怜的小提琴

In glass coffins they keep coughing 在玻璃棺材，他们不断咳嗽

They’ve forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing 他们已经忘了，忘了怎么唱，怎么唱

   

First there’s lights out, then there’s lock up 首先有熄灯，然后有锁定

Masterpieces serving maximum sentences 服最高刑罚杰作

It’s their own fault for being timeless 这是他们自己的错，是永恒的

There’s a price to pay and a consequence 还有一个代价和后果

All the galleries, the museums 所有的美术馆，博物馆

Here’s your ticket, welcome to the tombs 这是你的门票，欢迎墓葬

They’re just public mausoleums 他们只是公共陵园

The living dead fill every room 活死人填充每一个房间

But the most special are the most lonely 但最特别的是最寂寞

God, I pity the violins 上帝，我可怜的小提琴

In glass coffins they keep coughing 在玻璃棺材，他们不断咳嗽

They’ve forgotten, forgotten how to sing 他们已经忘了，忘了怎么唱

   

They will stay there in their gold frames 他们将呆在那里，在他们的黄金帧

For forever, forever and a day 为了永远，永远和一天

All the rowboats in the oil paintings 所有的油画划艇

They keep trying to row away, row away 他们一直试图排程，排程

   

First there’s lights out, then there’s lock up 首先有熄灯，然后有锁定

Masterpieces serving maximum sentences 服最高刑罚杰作

It’s their own fault for being timeless 这是他们自己的错，是永恒的

There’s a price to pay and a consequence 还有一个代价和后果

All the galleries, the museums 所有的美术馆，博物馆

They will stay there forever and a day 他们将呆在那里，永远和一天

All the rowboats in the oil paintings 所有的油画划艇

They keep trying to row away, row away 他们一直试图排程，排程

All the rowboats in the oil paintings 所有的油画划艇

They keep trying to row away, row away… 他们一直试图排程，排程...