You can make a plan 你可以制定一个计划

Carve it into stone 它刻在石头上

Like a feather falling 像羽毛掉落

That is still unknown 这仍是未知数

   

Until the clock speaks up 直到时钟讲最多

Says it's time to go 是时候去说

You can choose the high 您可以选择高

Or the lower road 或下路

   

You might clench your fist 你可能会握紧你的拳头

You might fork your tongue 你可能会派生你的舌头

As you curse or praise 当你骂或赞扬

All the things you've done 所有你要做的事情

   

And the faders move 而移动推子

And the music dies 而当音乐结束

As we pass over 当我们越过

On the arc of time 在时间的弧线

   

So you'll nurse your love 所以你吃奶你的爱

Like a wounded dove 像一只受伤的鸽子

In the covered cage of night 在晚上的笼盖

Every star is crossed 每一颗星星是交叉

By phrenetic thoughts 由发狂的想法

They separate and then collide 他们分开，然后碰撞

And they twist like sheets 他们像拧床单

'til you fall asleep 直到你睡着

And they finally unwind 他们终于放松

It's a black balloon, 这是一个黑色的气球，

It's a dream you'll soon 这是一个梦想，你很快就会

Deny 拒绝

   

I hear if you make friends 我听说，如果你交个朋友

With Jesus Christ 与耶稣基督

You'll get right up 你会马上起来

From that chalk outline 从粉笔大纲

   

And then you'll get dolled up 然后你会得到打扮得花枝招展

And you'll dress in white 而且你会穿着白色

All to take your place 所有以取代你的位置

In his chorus line 在他的合唱队

   

And then in you'll come 然后你会来

With those marching drums 有了这些踏着鼓点

In a saintly compromise 在圣洁的妥协

No more whiskey slurs 没有更多的威士忌辱骂

No more blonde hair girls 没有更多的金发女孩

For your whole eternal life 对于你的整个永恒的生命

And you'll do the dance 而你会做舞蹈

That was choreographed 这是编排

At the very dawn of time 在时间的非常黎明

Singing "I told you son, 演唱“我告诉过你的儿子，

The day would come, 这一天会来，

You would die, you die, you die, you die..." 你会死，你死了，你死了，你死了......“

   

To the deepest part 最深的部分

Of the human heart 人的心脏

The fear of death expands 对死亡的恐惧扩大

'til we crack the code, “直到我们破解密码，

We've always known 我们一直都知道

But could never understand 但也无法理解

On a circuit board 在电路板上

We'll soon be born 我们很快要出生

Again, again, again, again... 再次，一次，又一次，又一次...