They say there's an underground river, 他们说，有一个地下河，

That none of us can see, 那我们谁都可以看到，

And it flows through winding tunnels, 它流经蜿蜒的隧道，

On its way to a tide-less sea. 在它的途中到潮少海。

   

And across that sea is an island, 而对面的海是一座孤岛，

A paradise we are told, 上有天堂，我们被告知，

Where the toils of life are forgotten, 在那里生活的辛劳都忘了，

And they call it the Island of Souls. 他们把它叫做灵魂的岛。

   

For only a soul can go there, 对于只有一个灵魂可以去那里，

A soul that's been set free, 一个已经释放灵魂，

From the confines of a working life, 从工作生活的范围，

To find eternity. 为了找到永恒。

   

Your old man had a cage for his pigeons, 你的老男人有一个笼子里，他的鸽子，

But that's really where he kept his soul, 但是，这是真的，他保留了他的灵魂，

And when he watched them fly he would see himself, 当他看着他们飞，他会看到自己，

Least that's how it was told. 至少这是它是如何说。

   

But his soul was still trapped in the cage son, 但他的灵魂仍然被困在笼子里的儿子，

While the birds they soared to the sky, 而鸟儿们飙天空，

But he couldn't find his own way out, 但他找不到自己的出路，

Least not 'til the day he died. 至少没有，直到有一天他死了。

   

Oh, a man builds a cage with the tools he is given, 呵呵，一个人建立了自己被赋予的工具架，

His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun, 他的棺木被盖上铆机的枪，

This solitary madness is where he is driven, 这孤独的疯狂是他的带动下，

It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son, 这是他谁是被困在笼子里的灵魂儿子，

It was him that was trapped in the soul cage. 这是他被困在笼子里的灵魂。

   

I know that he loved you, but he hadn't the words, 我知道他爱你，但他没有的话，

He'd be easier speaking the language of birds, 他会很容易讲鸟类的语言，

For to speak of emotion, it just wasn't done, 对于讲感情的，只是没有这样做，

It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son, 这是他谁是被困在笼子里的灵魂儿子，

It was him that was trapped in the soul cage. 这是他被困在笼子里的灵魂。

   

A man builds a cage with the tools he is given, 一个人构建了一个笼子，他被赋予的工具，

His casket is sealed with a riveter's gun, 他的棺木被盖上铆机的枪，

The solitary madness is where he is driven, 孤独的疯狂是他的带动下，

It was him who was trapped in the soul cage son, 这是他谁是被困在笼子里的灵魂儿子，

It was him that was trapped in the soul cage. 这是他被困在笼子里的灵魂。