It's a series of bars, thrift stores and churches lining the streets 这是一系列的酒吧，旧货店和教堂林立在街头

While women with gold crosses push kids into half-formed beliefs 而女性黄金十字架孩子推入半形成的信念

And if Lord was righteous, I think I'd rather not be 如果上帝是公义的，我想我宁愿不

We lean on fences built from out-dated morality 我们依靠从过时的道德建围墙

It's a gang mentality 这是一个团伙的心态

It's a dangerous thing 这是一个危险的事情

They don't ask you to think, just to repeat after me 他们不要求你去思考，只是跟着我重复

And assume you're too careless to look at it critically 并假定你太不小心看它批判地

You'll stop progress if it contradicts what you're told to believe 你会停止前进，如果它违背了你被告知要相信

I refuse to spend life on my knees 我拒绝花的生命在我的膝盖

   

These billboards that flaunt these scare tactics 在标榜这些恐吓手段，这些广告牌

Make me think you're only good if you're afraid of being punished 让我觉得你是唯一的好，如果你害怕被处罚

Every single Sunday, church bells wake me up 每一个星期天，教堂的钟声叫醒我

But it's never enough to pull me out of bed 但它永远都不够拉我下床

   

The church on Main Street has got its doors painted red 大街上的教堂已经得到了它的大门漆成红色

And I guess it's so the Angel of Death passes over it 我猜它是如此死亡天使越过它

On its way to get gas 在它的途中得气

The church over on Broad Street has got a neon sign that says Jesus Save Me 教会在上宽街已经得到了霓虹灯招牌，上面写着耶稣救我

And I guess it's so God can see from where he is in the cheap seats 我猜它是如此神可以看到他是在廉价座位

I refuse to spend life on my knees 我拒绝花的生命在我的膝盖

And I won't let somebody else make my decisions for me 我不会让别人让我决定为我

If we're all just Christians or Lions 如果我们都只是基督徒或狮子

Then I think I'd rather be on the side with sharper teeth 那么我想我宁愿与锐利的牙齿侧

I don't need saving 我不需要保存