I was on Grand Street when I heard a woman cry 我在格兰街时，我听到了一个女人哭

Turned to see a young boy with his head held high 转过身，看到一个小男孩与他的头高高抬起

He was screaming abuse at everything and nothing 他的一切，并没有滥用尖叫

Wasn't more than seventeen years old 不超过十七岁

Waving a pistol, blew himself to heaven 挥舞着手枪，引爆了身上的天堂

I guess he just exploded out of control 我猜他只是爆炸失控

   

Minding my own business 照看自己的生意

Playing social snakes and ladders 玩社交蛇和梯子

There's a knock on my door 还有我的敲门声

The military mad-hatter 军事疯帽匠

He says someone pressed a button 他说，有人按下按钮

Only got about 8 minutes 只拿到了约8分钟

To get myself and my family into some underground hole 为了让自己和家人到一些地下洞

Where we can sit and play twenty questions 在这里我们可以坐下来打二十个问题

Whilst our leaders invent answers 虽然我们的领导人发明了答案

It seems the whole world just exploded out of control! 似乎整个世界刚刚发生爆炸失去控制！

   

You sit on your side 你坐在你身边

And I'll sit on mine 我会坐在矿

Used to have such grand plans 曾经有过这样的宏伟计划

Now we can't afford the time 现在，我们无法承受的时候

It may seem pretty arrogant 它可能看起来很傲慢

But words may be heart fire 不过话可能是心脏火

   

Deep inside I'm freezing cold 在内心深处，我冻感冒

Sorry that I beat you 对不起，我打不过你

Sorry that I screamed 对不起，我尖叫

For a moment there I really lost control 有一刻有我真的失去了控制