And in the last days of the world of plastic records 而在塑料记录世界的末日

He takes the car into town 他把车开进镇

He hears the voices of salvation through the static 他通过静态听到救赎的声音

Just turns the volume down 刚刚调低音量

   

A chain link fence round a boarded up arcade 网围栏轮登上了街机

Towers of glass that petroleum has made 玻璃塔的石油取得了

But he wouldn't have been born 不过，他也不会诞生

At any other moment in the world 在世界上任何其他时刻

   

And in the morning he will hear the silver kettle 到了早晨，他会听到的银水壶

Calling him out of his sleep 叫他从他的睡眠

The world outside goes by in plastic and in metal 外面的世界去了塑料和金属

He's got his secrets to keep 他有他的秘密，以保持

   

The daily news forms a pattern on TV 每日新闻形式在电视上的图案

Violence first, then a cat stuck up a tree 暴力，再一只猫被困在树上

But he wouldn't have been born 不过，他也不会诞生

At any other moment in this world 在这个世界上的任何其他时刻

   

One o'clock and the office empties out 一点钟和办公室清空了

He watches as they pass 他看着他们通过

Nostalgic for something intangible 怀旧的东西，无形

A time that never was 一时间，从来没有为

   

There is a crack along the plaster in the kitchen 有沿厨房石膏裂缝

It forms the shape of her face 它形成了她的脸的形状

Just for a moment he will trace it with his finger 只是片刻，他将追寻它与他的手指

One day he'll paint her away 有一天，他会画她走

   

He sees her now - she's got a clean white shirt on 他看到她了 - 她有一个干净的白衬衫上

She's someone he'd just love to get the dirt on 她是一个人，他会很喜欢拿到上的污垢

And she couldn't have been born 她已经不能生

At any other moment in the world 在世界上任何其他时刻