One child stood before the altar 一个孩子站在祭坛前

One child stood out in the rain 一个孩子站在外面淋雨

One child spent his time imagining 一个孩子把时间花在想象

And I don't believe he's coming home again, home again, home a... 我不相信他又回到家了一遍，回家，回家......

   

[chorus] [合唱]

Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line 正确的，在土里，我一直在画线

I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find 我挖它深，不知道是否我会找到

A tunnel out so we all can be saved 隧道出来让大家都可以保存

If not, just take this earth and bury me, 'cause this will be my grave 如果没有，只是借这个地球和埋葬我，因为这将是我的坟墓

   

One child hid inside the darkness 一个孩子躲在黑暗里

One child never said a thing 一个孩子从来不说的事

One child closed his eyes and disappeared 一个孩子闭上了眼睛，消失

But at night I still can hear him whispering, whispering, whisper... 但到了晚上我仍然能听到他窃窃私语，交头接耳，窃窃私语......

   

[chorus] [合唱]

Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line 正确的，在土里，我一直在画线

I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find 我挖它深，不知道是否我会找到

A tunnel out so we all can be saved 隧道出来让大家都可以保存

If not, just take this earth and bury me, for this will be my grave 如果没有，只是借这个地球，把我埋了，因为这将是我的坟墓

   

[lead break / coda] [铅休息/尾声]

I will believe in you 我会相信你

If you still want me to 如果你还想要我

Or tell me I'm on my own 或者告诉我我对我自己的

There on the other side 还有在另一侧

Tell me the Pilate's died 告诉我彼拉多的死亡

And we're no longer alone 而且我们不再孤单

   

[bridge] [桥]

Take your answers and your promises, believe me I don't care 把你的答案和你的承诺，请相信我，我不在乎

I have held on to your words until I found them only air 我曾扶着你的话，直到我发现他们只是空气

What good are your promises if you can always take them back? 有什么好处是你的承诺，如果你总是可以带他们回来？

Still, I hang on every word till my hands are bleeding 不过，我挂在每一个字，直到我的手都流血

   

[coda] [尾声]

I will believe in you 我会相信你

If you still want me to 如果你还想要我

Or tell me I'm on my own 或者告诉我我对我自己的

There on the other side 还有在另一侧

Tell me the Pilate's died 告诉我彼拉多的死亡

And we're no longer alone 而且我们不再孤单

   

[simultaneously] [同时]

   

I will believe in you 我会相信你

We had no choice but to stay and follow 我们只好留下来，并按照

If you still want me to 如果你还想要我

We have nothing left except tomorrow 我们明天留下什么，除了

Or tell me I'm on my own 或者告诉我我对我自己的

We have nothing left except what will be 我们已经离开了，除了会有什么什么

There on the other side 还有在另一侧

What we need here are some real decisions 我们需要在这里有一些真正的决定

Tell me the Pilate's died 告诉我彼拉多的死亡

While you only offer mindless visions 虽然你只提供没头脑的愿景

And we're no longer alone 而且我们不再孤单

Visions that nobody else here can see 愿景没有其他人在这里可以看到

   

[simultaneously / = where stanza 1 lines begin in comparison to other stanzas] [同步/ =其中1节线相比较开始向其他节]

   

[1.] [ 1 ]

We're on our own 我们在我们自己的

We're on our own 我们在我们自己的

We're on our own 我们在我们自己的

We're on our... 我们就应该...

   

[2.] [ 2 ]

/I will believe in you /我会相信你

If you still want me to 如果你还想要我

/Or tell me I'm on my own /或者告诉我我对我自己的

/There on the other side /还有另一边

Tell me the Pilate's died 告诉我彼拉多的死亡

/And we're no longer a... /而且我们不再是一个...

   

[3.] [ 3 ]

/We had no choice but to stay and follow /我们只好留下来，并按照

We have nothing left except tomorrow 我们明天留下什么，除了

/We have nothing left except what will be /我们已经离开了，除了会有什么什么

/What we need here are some real decisions /我们在这里需要有一些真正的决定

While you only offer mindless visions 虽然你只提供没头脑的愿景

/Visions that nobody else here can... /愿景没有其他人可以在这里...

   

[all together] [在一起]

I will believe in you 我会相信你

If you still want me to 如果你还想要我

Or tell me I'm on my own 或者告诉我我对我自己的

There on the other side 还有在另一侧

Tell me the Pilate's died 告诉我彼拉多的死亡

And we're no longer a... 而且我们不再是一个...

   

[chorus] [合唱]

Right there in the earth, I've been drawing a line 正确的，在土里，我一直在画线

I'm digging it deep, don't know if I'll find 我挖它深，不知道是否我会找到

A tunnel out so we all can be saved 隧道出来让大家都可以保存

If not, just take this earth and bury me, for this will be my grave 如果没有，只是借这个地球，把我埋了，因为这将是我的坟墓

   

NOW THROUGH THE OLD ARE OFF FORGOTTEN 现在通过老都熄灭遗忘

THEY TEND NOT TO FORGET 他们往往不要忘记

AND THE OLD MAN CAME EACH NIGHT 和老男人来到每间夜

AND PLAYED HIS SOUL'S REGRET 并发挥他的灵魂S后悔

   

BUT THIS NIGHT THE SOUND CUT DEEPER 但这个夜晚的声音令更深

AS IF THE SOUL ITSELF WOULD LEAVE 仿佛灵魂本身会离开

FOR SNOW COVERED THE GROUND 雪覆盖了地面

AND THE NIGHT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE 而夜间是圣诞夜