I was raised in catholic school, 我成长于天主教学校，

taught to obey that one golden rule 教服从一个金科玉律

That is, He who sits in the Heavens above 也就是说，他谁在天堂坐在上面

deserves all your praise, devotion and your love 值得你称赞，奉献和你的爱

Because he had a son who had died for our sins 因为他谁死为我们的罪儿子

And with that sacrifice came a sense of contrition 有了这样的牺牲来忏悔意识

That we all seem to feel when we’re down on our knees 大家似乎都觉得，当我们倒在我们的膝盖

looking up to die hoping he’ll answer all our needs 望着死去希望他会回答我们所有的需求

   

But I tend to believe that it’s all for not 但我倾向于相信，这一切都在不

and when the sun does set, all our souls will rot 而当太阳不设置，所有我们的灵魂会腐烂

along with our flesh and our bones and our blood 伴随着我们的肉体，我们的骨骼和我们的血液

will seep into the earth reconnecting with the mud 会渗入大地的泥土重新连接

And I think to myself, what a beautiful lie 我心里想着，多么美丽的谎言

to waste being devote to what could all turn out to be a lie 浪费被投入到什么都可以变成是一个谎言

To be a lie 成为谎言

   

Now I do not know, but I have been told 现在我不知道，但有人告诉我

If you don’t believe in Him, well then the devil owns your soul 如果你不相信他，那么魔鬼拥有你的灵魂

But let us just examine what’s below this land 但是，让我们观察一下什么是这片土地下面

It’s the story of a man with a pitchfork in his hand 这是一个男人，手里拿着干草叉的故事

Could you honestly believe in such a tall, tall tale 难道你真的相信在这样一个身材高大，高大的故事

Something that sounds so make believe just like the sailor and the whale 一些听起来很假装就像水手和鲸鱼

   

Well I guess that this song has sealed my own fate 嗯，我想，这首歌已经注定了我的命运

Lucifer won’t take me, ain’t crossing through no pearly gates 路西法不会拿我的，没有经过珍珠门不穿越

   

But if either one exists well that’s fine by me 但是，如果一方存在清楚的罚款由我

I will gladly spend the afterlife waiting in purgatory, purgatory 我会很乐意花来世等待在炼狱，炼狱