When the wind picked up the fire spread 当风拿起火蔓延

And the grapevines seemed left for dead. 而葡萄似乎留给死人。

And the northern sky, like the end of day, 和北方天空，如一天结束时，

The end of days. 天结束。

   

A wake up call to a rented room 敲响了警钟，以一出租房内

Sounded like an alarm of impending doom. 听起来像濒死报警。

To warn us it's only a matter of time. 为了警告我们这只是一个时间问题。

Before we all burn [4x] 以前大家都燃烧[ 4倍]

   

We bought some wine and some papercups 我们买了一些酒和一些papercups

Near your daughter's school when we picked her up 靠近你女儿的学校，当我们拿起她

And drove to a cemetery on a hill 并把车开到一处墓地在一座小山上

On a hill. 在一座小山上。

   

And we watched the plumes paint the sky gray 我们看完了羽毛画天空灰

And she laughed and danced through the field of graves 她笑了起来，并通过坟墓的现场跳舞

There I knew it would be alright 在那里，我知道它会好起来的

That everything would be alright, 一切都会好起来的，

Would be alright 会好起来的

Would be alright 会好起来的

Would be alright. 会好起来的。

   

And the news reports on the radio 并在电台的新闻报道

Said it was getting worse 说，这是越来越差

As the ocean air fanned the flame. 由于海运空运煽动火焰。

But I couldn't think of anywhere I would have rather been 但我想不出任何地方，我会一直比较

To watch it all burn away. 观看这一切烧掉。

To burn away. 烧掉。

   

The firemen worked in double shifts, 消防员在两班制工作，

With prayers for rain on their lips 与祈祷雨的嘴唇

And they knew it was only a matter of time. 他们知道这只是时间的问题。