The alarm goes off, another monday morning 警报响起，另一周一上午

Just one more time you wake up in this mess 只需一次，你在这混乱醒来

And baby it scares you but you catch yourself 宝贝，它害怕你，但你发现自己

You do whatever you do to face the test 你做你做的要面对的考验

   

I know you feel alone in this great big world machine 我知道你觉得一个人在这个大大的世界机床

It's crazy, but maybe there's a soul somewhere out there 这很疯狂，但也许有一个灵魂在某处，

who's just like you now what are you waiting for 谁就像你现在你在等待

Baby don't mourn what might have been, 宝贝不要哀伤本来可能会出现，

here's the only world we're living in 这里是我们生活中唯一的世界

   

This is the modern world, This is the modern world 这是现代世界中，这是现代世界

   

This is the modern world, and this is all it's going to be, 这是现代世界，而这一切都是它的将是，

Living in the modern world... 生活在现代世界...

   

Yeah, The telephone rings, another faceless caller 是啊，这时电话铃响了，另一种面目模糊来电

You're not a soul you're just a number 你不是一个灵魂，你只是一个数字

You're looking at families living on the street 您正在寻找流落街头的家庭

Where mama can't buy her baby enough to eat 妈妈在哪里买不来她的宝宝吃不饱

   

We all feel alone, in this great big world machine 我们都感到孤独，在这个大世界机

But baby, just maybe listen to your heart 但亲爱的，只是也许听你的心脏

I don't know just what you're waiting for 我不知道你在等待只是什么

Cause baby here's just where you begin, 因为宝贝在这里只是你开始的地方，

in the only world we're living in 在唯一的世界我们生活在