[Originally by Genesis] [最初由创世纪]

   

I must have dreamed a thousand dreams 我一定是做了一千年的梦想

Been haunted by a million screams 一直萦绕着一百万的尖叫声

But I can hear the marching feet 不过，我可以听到行军

They're moving into the street 他们移动到街上

   

Now, did you read the news today? 现在，你有没有看今天的新闻？

They say the danger has gone away 他们说危险已经消失

But I can see the fire's still alight 但我可以看到火的依然神采奕奕

They're burning into the night 他们燃烧到深夜

   

There's too many men, too many people 有太多的人，太多的人

Making too many problems 做太多的问题

And there's not much love to go around 并没有太多的爱去走一走

Can't you see this is a land of confusion? 你看不出这是混乱之地？

   

This is the world we live in 这就是我们生活的世界

And these are the hands we're given 而这些都是我们提供的手

Use them and let's start trying 利用它们，让我们开始尝试

To make it a place worth living in 要使它成为一个值得居住的地方

   

Oh, superman, where are you now? 哦，超人，你现在在哪里？

When everything's gone wrong somehow? 当一切都出了问题不知何故？

The men of steel, these men of power 钢的人，权力的这些人

Are losing control by the hour 是按小时失控

   

This is the time, this is the place 这是时间，这是地方

So we look for the future 所以，我们期待的未来

But there's not much love to go around 但没有太多的爱去走一走

Tell me why this is a land of confusion 告诉我为什么这是混乱之地

   

This is the world we live in 这就是我们生活的世界

And these are the hands we're given 而这些都是我们提供的手

Use them and let's start trying 利用它们，让我们开始尝试

To make it a place worth living in 要使它成为一个值得居住的地方

   

I remember long ago 我记得很久以前

When the sun was shining 当阳光明媚

And all the stars were bright all through the night 和所有的星星都彻夜明亮所有

In the wake of this madness, as I held you tight 在这种疯狂过后，我持有你紧

So long ago 很久以前

   

I won't be coming home tonight 我不会在今晚回家

My generation will put it right 我这一代将会把它的权利

We're not just making promises 我们不只是做承诺

That we know we'll never keep 我们知道我们永远不会保持

   

There's too many men, too many people 有太多的人，太多的人

Making too many problems 做太多的问题

And there's not much love to go round 并没有太多的爱去圆

Can't you see this is a land of confusion? 你看不出这是混乱之地？

   

Now, this is the world we live in 现在，这是我们所生活的世界

And these are the hands we're given 而这些都是我们提供的手

Use them and let's start trying 利用它们，让我们开始尝试

To make it a place worth fighting for 要使它成为一个值得为之奋斗的地方

   

This is the world we live in 这就是我们生活的世界

And these are the names we're given 而这些都是我们给出的名字

Stand up and let's start showing 站起来，让我们开始展示

Just where our lives are going to 就在这里，我们的生活会