Well i dreamed i went out a wanderin' 好吧我梦见我去了wanderin “

i heard promises become fables forgotten 我听到的承诺成为被遗忘的寓言

i saw bridges stretchin' out across the water 只见桥stretchin 出来一水之隔

and towers pushing taller 和塔推高

   

i knew my reality was clearly defined 我知道我的真实被明确定义

by the fences put up around my mind 由围栏搭起搂着我的心灵

i watched them thicken into walls over time 我看着他们勾芡成随着时间的推移墙

taller than any boarder line 比任何边境线长高

i saw civilizations deemed insignificant 我看到了文明视为微不足道

i saw people's history tatooed on their skin 我看到了人的历史tatooed在他们的皮肤

i saw families taken from their land 我看到他们的土地采取家庭

dynasties shattered and stolen 王朝破灭和被盗

   

and i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命

i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命

   

in all the burdens of centuries accrue 在几个世纪的所有起租负担

that get passed along to every generation's youth 沿途每一代人的青春是获得通过

and all the allegories told in lieu of truth 并告诉代替真理的一切寓言

i watched them grow wild and spread like the flu 我看着他们长大野，传播，如感

   

i saw the rise of an untamed industry 我看到一个野性产业的崛起

i watched machines paint a paper economy 我看着机器油漆纸经济

i saw my own self stand right in front of me 我看到我自己的自我立场的权利在我面前

and i didn't do a thing 我没有做的事情

   

i saw poisons pushed in the street 我看到毒药推在大街上

and prescription pills mingling in the mezzanine 和处方药混在一起的夹层

with a whole host of wealth of doctors and pharmaceutical companies 有丰富的医生和制药公司的一大堆

still poor people were dying from disease 还是穷人从死于该病

   

and i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命

i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命

i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命

i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命

   

and i broke down at the break of dawn 我崩溃了，在破晓时分

I saw new meaning in the clouds above the Pentagon 我上面五角大楼云层看到了新的含义

as real as the hollocaust as stong as the Parthanon 作为真正的hollocaust的杨卫国的Parthanon

visions of Sudan Iraq and Vietnam 苏丹伊拉克和越南的愿景

   

i stood silent upon a flooded levy 我呼吁被水淹没的征收默默地站在那里

and stared at the ruins of a merchant city 盯着一个商人城市的废墟

and the president who came to dine with the noble elite 和谁传出总统与高贵的精英用餐

he didnt do a thing 他没有做任何事情

   

i saw three ships come sailing in 我看见三艘船航行过来的

through the passage of the CARIBBEAN 通过加勒比的通道

i saw children coming home in coffins 我看到孩子们回家的棺材

millions marching on washington 数以百万计踏着华盛顿

   

and i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命

i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命

i asked when, when... is a revolution 我问的时候，当...是一场革命

i asked when... is a revolution 我问的时候......是一场革命