At the turn of the century I did many things to protect myself 在世纪之交我做了很多事情来保护自己

I did many things to protect myself 我做了很多事情来保护自己

I made myself a needle-boy 我自己做一根针男孩

And I hid him in the closet 我把他藏在衣柜里

And I made myself a money-man 我自己做了一个赚钱的人

And I hid him underneath the mattress 我把他藏在床垫底下

I made myself a spider-child 我自己做了蜘蛛儿

And I put him in a matchbox 我把他放在一个火柴盒

And I forged myself a golden statuette 而我自己锻造的黄金雕像

And I wrapped him in a hello magazine 我把他裹在一个hello杂志

And I hid I'm in a wall safe 我躲在我在墙上的保险柜

And finally I made myself a spade-girl 最后我自己做了一把铁锹女孩

And I put her in a garden she'd 我把她的花园，她会

All to protect myself, you see 所有保护自己，你看

From the demon that was coming from the East 从从东方来的恶魔

Or from the west 或从西

Then I sat on the rooftop and I waited 然后，我坐在屋顶和我等

And when at last the demon came 而在去年的时候妖来了

From the East or from the West 来自东方还是西方

And awoke me from my sleep 叫醒了我，从我的睡眠

And awoke me to a particular point of view 等醒来后我到某一角度

And the needle-boy stuck him in the eye 和针男孩卡住他的眼睛

And the money-man chocked him with coins 和钱的人摆满了他与硬币

The spider-child bit him on the ankle 蜘蛛的孩子咬了他的脚踝

And the statuette crashed crashed down upon his head 和雕像坠毁在他的头应声倒下

And the spade-girl buried him underneath the house 和铁锹，女孩把他埋葬了房子底下

And I danced on the rooftops 我跳舞的屋顶

And I danced on the rooftops 我跳舞的屋顶

And I danced to the western world 我跳舞给西方世界

And I danced to the western world 我跳舞给西方世界