Sitting in the lazy chair, 坐在椅子上偷懒，

the channels look the same 渠道看起来是一样的

I realize that the roof is stable 我认识到，屋顶是稳定的

and start to feel ashamed 并开始感到很惭愧

it's cold outside but dont ask me 它的外面冷，但不要问我

the weather's fine in here 这里天气好

ask the man around the corner 问该男子在拐角处

who lives his life in fear 谁住他的生命在恐惧中

   

Two hundred pennies, 两百便士，

forty ounces later he's okay 40盎司后来他没事

he doesn't have the pressure 他不具有的压力

to think about the next day 想想第二天

but I bet it's something cold 但我敢打赌，它的东西冷

and hard and grey 硬和灰色

   

Complaining and whining all the time 抱怨和牢骚所有的时间

I never seem to quit 我似乎从来没有退出

always lying to myself, 总是骗自己，

A shoe that always fits 总适合的鞋

never is a long time and 永远是一个漫长的时间，

it seems like I'm a clock 好像我是一个时钟

ticking like a time bomb, 滴答就像一个定时炸弹，

someday soon his life will stop 在不久的将来他的生命就会停止

   

I listen to the radio but 我听收音机，但

nothing good is on 没事找事是

my friends are calling up but I'm 我的朋友都打电话了，但我

pretending I'm gone 假装我走了

we're all pieces in a chess game 我们正处在一个棋局的所有作品

he's a pawn 他是一个棋子

   

I wonder how it turned out like this 我不知道怎么弄成这样

no one seems to care 似乎没有人关心

the scale has tipped me fortunate 规模已经放倒了我幸运

is this what we call fair? 这就是我们所说的公平呢？

but I've never had the mind to know it 但我从未有过的心灵去认识它

never had the guts to show it 从未有过的勇气来证明这一点

I know one thing, his dream is my nightmare 我知道一件事，他的梦想是我的噩梦