Another suburban family morning. 另一个郊区家庭的早晨。

Grandmother screaming at the wall. 奶奶尖叫墙上。

   

We have to shout above the din of our Rice Crispies 我们喊我们的大米脆的喧闹

We can't hear anything at all. 我们不能听到的所有东西。

Mother chants her litany of boredom and frustration, 母咏无聊和无奈她的长篇累牍，

But we know all her suicides are fake. 但是，我们都知道她的自杀是假的。

   

Daddy only stares into the distance 爸爸只是凝视着远方

There's only so much more that he can take. 这里只有这么多，他可以利用。

Many miles away something crawls from the slime 许多英里以外的东西爬在泥

At the bottom of a dark Scottish lake. 在一个黑暗的苏格兰湖的底部。

   

Another industrial ugly morning 另有工业丑早晨

The factory belches filth into the sky. 本厂嗝藏污纳垢而起。

He walks unhindered through the picket lines today, 他穿过纠察线今天走入无人之境，

He doesn't think to wonder why. 他不觉得奇怪，为什么。

The secretaries pout and preen like cheap tarts in a red light street, 秘书撅起嘴舞动像廉价挞在红灯街，

But all he ever thinks to do is watch. 但所有他曾经认为要做的就是手表。

And every single meeting with his so-called superior 并与他的所谓优越的每一次会议

Is a humiliating kick in the crotch. 在裆羞辱踢。

Many miles away something crawls to the surface 许多英里以外的东西爬在表面

Of a dark Scottish lake. 一个黑暗的苏格兰湖。

   

Another working day has ended. 一个工作日结束。

Only the rush hour hell to face. 只有上下班高峰地狱去面对。

Packed like lemmings into shiny metal boxes. 挤得像旅鼠成闪亮的金属盒中。

Contestants in a suicidal race. 参赛者在比赛中自杀。

Daddy grips the wheel and stares alone into the distance, 爸爸握住方向盘，独自凝视远方，

He knows that something somewhere has to break. 他知道什么地方有突破。

He sees the family home now looming in the headlights, 他认为，家现在若隐若现的大灯，

the pain upstairs that makes his eyeballs ache. 疼痛楼上，使他的眼球疼痛。

Many miles away there's a shadow on the door 几英里外还有门上的影子

Of a cottage on the shore 山寨上了岸的

Of a dark Scottish lake............... 一个黑暗的苏格兰湖...............