We're character actors from the Tower of Babel 我们是从巴别塔的性格演员

Bewildered, burned out hardly able 一脸茫然，烧坏了几乎不能

To sit astride the high wire cable 分腿跨坐高线电缆

It's hard to balance, a little unstable. 这很难平衡，有点不稳定。

   

Through broken eyes and contact lenses 突破了眼睛和隐形眼镜

(I) Watched you draw your future tenses （一）看着你画你的未来时态

See kisses of flame blow out of your lips 见火焰重击的亲吻你的嘴唇

You're back telling me your Apocalypse. 你回来了，告诉我你的启示。

   

Don't get me wrong, I'll be strong 不要误会我的意思，我会坚强

When the slowburn sunset come along 当slowburn夕阳一起走

You've gotta stay the night 你得留下来过夜

I gotta think that you might. 我得想你可能。

   

We've tried a handful of bills and a handful of pills 我们已经尝试了一把钞票和少数丸

We've tried making movies from a volume of stills 我们试图从剧照体积拍电影

(But) the words fell like hailstones, （但）字样下跌就像冰雹，

bouncing at our feet, 跳跃在我们的脚下，

Covering our feelings with a frozen sheet. 包括我们的感情与冷冻板。

   

A chance to move, I take a shot 一个偶然的机会，以动，我采取了一枪

I get cold - you get hot 我就害怕 - 你变热

We look outside, lyin' awake 我们期待之外，说谎的清醒

See birds breaking surface on a silent lake. 看鸟打破表面上的沉默湖。

   

But don't get me wrong, I'll be strong 但不要误会我的意思，我会坚强

When I'm back on the Isle of Avalon 当我回来的阿瓦隆岛的

Dont get me wrong, I'll be strong 不要误会我的意思，我会坚强

When the slow burn sunset come along 当缓慢燃烧的夕阳一起走

You've got to stay the night 你一定要留下来过夜

I've got to think that you might. 我不得不认为你可能会。

   

Don't try (to) make it easy, it'll cut you down to size 不要尝试（到）可以很容易，它会向下砍你的尺寸

Darlin' we've got to trust in something 亲爱的，我们已经得到了信任某个东西，

We're shooting down our skies 我们击落我们的天空

shooting down (shooting down) our skies 击落（击落）我们的天空

(shooting down our ...) （击落我们的...）