It's hard to feel obsolete 很难过时的感觉

It's hard to feel your skirts are showing 这是很难感觉到你的裙子都出现了

You pull and tug to hide the works 你拉拽和隐藏工程

That keep the whole thing going 这让整个事情会

   

And you don't know where you stand 而你不知道你的立场

And you feel so small and thin 你觉得这么小又薄

And if you are dismissed 如果你被解雇

Will another take you in? 另将带你？

   

Walking through a hall of doors 通过门的大厅走

Looking through a million portals 翻翻万元门户

Everyone is having fun 每个人都在玩乐

Everybody seems immortal 每个人似乎都不朽

   

And you don't know where you stand 而你不知道你的立场

And did something pass you by? 并没有什么与你擦肩而过了？

And if you are dismissed 如果你被解雇

Will you get another try? 你会得到一次机会？

   

Are you and I an apparition 是你和我一个幽灵

Flickering up on the screen 在屏幕上闪烁起来

Sending out our best transmissions 派出我们最好的传输

Waiting in our velveteen 等待我们的平绒

Tell me you can really see me 告诉我，你真的可以看到我

   

It's hard to feel disqualified 这是很难感觉到被取消资格

For living in a different time 对于生活在不同的时间

As if the train will only stop 仿佛火车将只停

For the current paradigm 对于当前的范例

   

And I don't know where we are 我不知道我们在哪儿

Are we passing through these wires 我们是通过这些电线

Are we walking through the streets 难道我们走在街上

Of invisible empires 无形帝国

   

And I know I shouldn't care 我知道我不应该关心

If I'm out or if I'm in 如果我走了，或者如果我在

Cause if I am dismissed 因为如果我被解雇

Oh you always take me in 哦，你总是在我