It's a matter of prescience 这是先见之明的问题

No, not the science fiction kind 不，不是科幻小说类

It's all about ignorance, 这是所有关于无知，

and greed, and miracles for the blind 和贪婪，和奇迹的盲人

the media parading, disjointed politics 媒体游行，政治脱节

founded on petrochemical plunder 建立在掠夺石油化工

and we're its hostages 而且我们的人质

   

If you stand to reason 如果你站在道理

you're in the game 你在游戏中

the rules might be elusive 这些规则可能是镜花水月

but our pieces are the same 但我们的片是相同

and you know if one goes down we all go down as well 你知道，如果一个出现故障，我们都下去，以及

the balance is precarious as anyone can tell 平衡是不稳定的因为任何人都可以告诉

this world's going to hell 这个世界走向地狱

   

Don't allow 不要让

this mythologic hopeful monster to exact its price 这mythologic希望怪物苛求它的价格

Kyoto now! 京都吧！

We can't do nothing and I think someone else will make it right 我们不能什么也不做，我觉得别人会作出正确选择

   

You might not think it matters now 也许你不认为现在重要的

But what if you are wrong 但是，如果你错了

You might not think there's any wisdom in a fucked up punk rock song 你可能不认为有任何的智慧在性交的朋克摇滚歌曲

But the way it is 但是，事情是这样的

cannot persist for long 不能持续很长

a brutal sun is rising on a sick horizon 一个残酷的太阳升起在地平线生病

   

It's in the way 这是在路上

we live our lives 我们的生活我们的生活

exactly like the double-edge of a cold familiar knife 酷似感冒熟悉刀双力

and supremacy weighs heavy on the day 和至高无上的重量重的一天

it's never really what you own but what you threw away 它从来没有真正你自己的东西，但你扔东西走

and how much did you pay? 多少钱你支付？

   

In your dreams 在你的梦想

You saw a steady state a bounty for eternity 你看到一个稳定的状态赏金永恒

Silent screams 无声的尖叫声

but now the wisdom that sustains us is in full retreat 但现在，支撑着我们的智慧是全面撤退

Don't allow 不要让

this mythologic hopeful monster isn't worth the risk 这mythologic希望怪物是不值得冒险

Kyoto now! 京都吧！

We can't have vision for the future if it can't be fixed 我们不能对未来的憧憬，如果它不能被固定

Alien 外星人

We need a fresh and new religion to run our lives 我们需要一个新的和新的宗教来运行我们的生活

Hand in hand 手牵手

the arid torpor of inaction will be our demise 无为而治的干旱麻木将是我们灭亡

   

Oh, Kyoto now! 哦，京都吧！