the big day has come 大喜的日子已经到来

the bell is sounding 钟声鸣响

i run my hands through my hair one last time 我是通过我的头发，最后一次运行我的手

outside the prison walls 监狱围墙外

the town is gathering 该镇聚集

people are trading crime for crime 人交易罪的犯罪

   

everyone needs to see the prisoner 每个人都需要看囚犯

they need to make it even easier 他们需要使其更容易

they see me as a symbol, and not a human being 他们看到我作为一个符号，而不是一个人

that way they can kill me 这样他们可以杀了我

say it's not murder, it's a metaphor 说这不是谋杀，这是一个比喻

we are killing off our own failure 我们正在扼杀我们自己的失败

and starting clean 并启动清洁

   

standing in the gallows 站在绞刑架

everyone turned my way 每个人都变成我的方式

i hear a voice ask me 我听到一个声音问我

if I've got any last words to say 如果我有什么遗言说

and i'm looking out over the field of familiar eyes 而我看着外面熟悉的眼神领域

somewhere in a woman's arms a baby cries 某处在一个女人的怀抱一个婴儿哭

   

i think guilt and innocence 我觉得内疚和清白

they are a matter of degree 他们是程度的问题

what might be justice to you 可能是什么正义你

might not be justice to me 可能不正义给我

i went to far, i'm sorry 我去远，我很抱歉

i guess now i'm going home 我想现在我要回家了

so let any amongst you cast the first stone 所以让任何你们当中投第一块石头

now we've got all these complicated machines 现在我们已经得到了所有这些复杂的机器

so no one person ever has to have blood on their hands 所以没有一个人永远都必须有血液在他们的手

we've got complex organizations 我们有复杂的组织

and if everyone just does their job 如果每个人都只是做自己的工作

no one person has to understand 没有一个人必须了解

   

you might be the wrong colour 你可能是错的颜色

you might be too poor 你可能会太可怜了

justice isn't something just anyone can afford 正义是不是随便什么人都能买得起

you might not pull the trigger 你可能不扣动扳机

you might be out in the car 你可能会在车上

and you might get a lethal injection 你可能会得到一个注射死刑

'cause we take a metaphor that far 因为我们需要一种比喻，远

   

the big day has come 大喜的日子已经到来

the bell is sounding 钟声鸣响

i run my hands through my hair one last time 我是通过我的头发，最后一次运行我的手

outside the prison walls 监狱围墙外

the town has gathered 全镇已聚集

people are trading crime for crime 人交易罪的犯罪

people are trading crime for crime 人交易罪的犯罪

people are still trading crime for crime 人们仍在交易罪的犯罪