Falling from the top floor your lungs 从顶楼坠落你的肺

fill like parachutes 填补像降落伞

windows go rushing by. 窗户冲去了。

people inside, 里面的人，

dressed for the funeral in black and white. 穿着黑色和白色的葬礼。

These ties strangle our necks, hanging in the closet, 这些关系扼杀我们的脖子，挂在衣柜里，

found in the cubicle; 在柜中;

without a name, just numbers, on the resume stored in the mainframe, marked for delete. 没有名字，只是数字，存储在大型机上的简历，标记为删除。

   

please take these hands 请把这些手

throw them in the river, 扔在河里，

wash away the things they never held 洗去他们从未举行过的东西

please take these hands, 请把这些手，

throw me in the river, 把我扔在河里，

dont let me drown before the workday ends. 不要让我沉浸在工作日结束前。

   

9 to 5! 9 to 5! 朝九晚五！朝九晚五！

   

and we're up to our necks, 我们是不是都在我们的脖子，

drowning in the seconds, 溺水秒，

ingesting the morning commute 摄取早晨上班

lost in a dead subway sleep 在一个死的地铁睡眠失去

Now we lie wide awake in our parents beds, 现在，我们躺在父母的床很清醒，

tossing and turning. 辗转反侧。

tomorrow we'll get up 明天我们会站起来

drive to work, 开车上班，

single file 单个文件

with everyday 日常

it's like the last. 这就像过去的。

waiting for the life to start, is it always just always ahead of the curve? 等待生命开始，是它永远只是始终遥遥领先？

   

please take these hands 请把这些手

throw them in the river, 扔在河里，

wash away the things they never held 洗去他们从未举行过的东西

please take these hands, 请把这些手，

throw me in the river, 把我扔在河里，

dont let me drown before the workday ends. 不要让我沉浸在工作日结束前。

   

just keep making copies 只是不停地复印

of copies 副本

of copies 副本

when will it end? 何时才能结束？

   

it'll never end, 它永远不会结束，

'til it gets so bad 直到它变得如此糟糕

that the ink fills in our fingerprints 该墨水填充中的指纹

and the silouhette of your own face becomes the black cloud of war 和你自己的脸silouhette变成黑色的云战争

and even in our dreams we're so afraid the weight will offset who we are 甚至在我们的梦想我们害怕的重量会抵消我们是谁

all those breaths that you took have now been canceled in your lungs. 你把所有的呼吸现在已经取消了你的肺部。

last night my teeth fell out like ivory typewriter keys 昨晚我的牙齿掉了出来象牙一样打字键

and all the monuments and skyscrapers burned down and filled the sea. 和所有的古迹和摩天大楼烧毁，充满海中。

   

save our ship 拯救我们的船

the anchor is part of the desk 锚是在办公桌的一部分

we can't cut free, 我们不能削减自由，

the water is flooding the decks 水泛滥的甲板

the memo's sent through the currents 备忘录的通过电流发送

computers spark like flares 电脑火花像弹

i can see them. 我可以看到他们。

they don't touch me, 他们不碰我，

touch me. 碰我。

   

please someone, 请人，

teach me how to swim. 教我如何游泳。

please, don't let me drown, 请不要让我淹没，

please, don't let me drown. 请不要让我淹死。