The dark cloak of winter's war 冬季战争的黑暗斗篷

Left a future still unsure 留下了未来仍不确定

Sitting in a class 坐在班

Of the future's past 未来的过去

We saw a list of dates 我们看到日期列表

And we knew we would last 我们知道我们将持续

To see them all. 一饱眼福。

   

1984 was a year to fear 1984年一年就害怕

Hope was dead, a police state here 希望已经死了，一个警察国家在这里

Halley's comet was to fly by 哈雷彗星是由飞

And we would see a shining in the nighht sky 我们将看到在nighht天空中闪耀

Now 2001 is soon to come 现在， 2001年即将到来

And just as soon will have come and gone 而且，正如很快就会来来去去

Nothing changes. 没有什么变化。

   

Standing at the crossroads 站在十字路口

Of what is, will be, and was 是什么，会，并

The obvious eludes us 最明显的躲避我们

Not because the zeroes line up 不是因为零排队

We should change our way of thought 我们应该改变我们的思维方式

More if we do not, the way ahead 更多的，如果我们不这样做，前进的道路

Is dangerously fraught 是充满危险

And if we did the things we all know to be right 如果我们做的事情，我们都知道是正确的

Left would be the childish fears 左边是幼稚的恐惧

Of danger in the night. 危险的夜晚。

   

We, each of us are fine 我们，我们每个人都是精品

For we have all heard the word 因为我们都听过这个词

But grouped together 但组合在一起

Babel's triumph stampedes 巴别塔的胜利踩踏事件

The thoughtless herd 该轻率牛群

Nothing changes. 没有什么变化。

   

Nothing changes 没有变化

And nothing stays the same 并没有保持不变

And life is still 而生活依旧

A simple game. 一个简单的游戏。