Why did you steal the matches 你为什么要偷火柴

From the one room motel 从一间汽车旅馆

Once they gave you answers 一旦他们给了你答案

Now they give you hell 现在，他们给你的地狱

They will never understand 他们永远不会明白

They wonder where did they go wrong 他们想知道他们去了哪里错

How could you be so selfish 你怎么能这么自私

Why can't you get along 你为什么不能和睦相处

   

And as you pray in your darkness 当你在你的黑暗中祈祷

For wings to set you free 对于翅膀你自由

You are bound to your silent legacy 你一定会你的沉默遗产

   

You've seen it in the movies 你已经看到它在电影

And you've heard it on the street 而你听说过在大街上

Craving the affection 渴求亲情

Your blood is full of heat 你的血是满热

They don't listen to your reasons 他们不听你的理由

As original as sin 由于原来的罪恶

Deny all that you feel 拒绝一切，你觉得

And they will bring you home again 他们会为你带来回家了

   

And as you pray in your darkness 当你在你的黑暗中祈祷

For wings to set you free 对于翅膀你自由

You are bound to your silent legacy 你一定会你的沉默遗产

   

Your body is alive 你的身体是活的

But no one told you what you'd feel 但是没有人告诉你，你会觉得什么

The empty aching hours 空隐隐作痛小时

Trying to conceal 试图隐瞒

The natural progression 自然发展

Is the coming of your age 你的年龄是未来

But they cover it with shame 但是，他们需要装羞

And turn it into rage 并把它变成愤怒

   

And as you pray in your darkness 当你在你的黑暗中祈祷

For wings to set you free 对于翅膀你自由

You are bound to your silent legacy 你一定会你的沉默遗产

   

You are digging for the answers 你是挖的答案

Until your fingers bleed 直到手指流血

To satisfy the hunger 为了满足饥饿

To satiate the need 吃饱喝足需要

They feed you on the guilt 他们养活你的罪恶感

To keep you humble keep you low 让你谦卑让你低

Some man and myth they made up 有些人与神话，他们组成

A thousand years ago 一千年前

   

And as you pray in your darkness 当你在你的黑暗中祈祷

For wings to set you free 对于翅膀你自由

You are bound to your silent legacy 你一定会你的沉默遗产

   

Mothers tell your children 妈妈告诉你的孩子

Be quick you must be strong 动作要快，你一定要坚强

Life is full of wonder 生命是充满奇迹

Love is never wrong 爱是永远没有错

Remember how they taught you 还记得他们是如何教你的

How much of it was fear 有多少是恐惧

Refuse to hand it down 拒绝交出下来

The legacy stops here 传统到此为止

   

Oh my child... 哦，我的孩子......