Water, water everywhere and not a place to stand 水，到处都是水，而不是一个支点

My foundation rests on bedrock 我的基础建立在基岩

But the bedrock rests on shifting sand 但基岩依赖于流沙

   

Once the mighty jungle gave way to the streets 曾经不可一世的丛林让位给街头

Now the city's a jungle again 现在的城市是一个丛林再次

Every time the cycle completes 在周期完成每一次

It's like nothing ever had changed 这就像什么事也没发生了变化

   

Tables will turn, tables will turn, tables will turn 表会转，表会变成，表格会变成

Tables can turn 表可以打开

When will I learn that tables will turn 我什么时候能知道表会变成

Tables can turn 表可以打开

   

It was always my hope to repay 这一直是我的希望偿还

All those favors that you would endow 所有这些好处，你会赋予

Though I took what I could yesterday 虽然我把我所能昨天

Where are the crumbs when I'm so hungry now? 哪里有面包屑的时候我太饿了吧？

   

And the wind cries "Merry Christmas, Happy 4th of July" 风叫“圣诞快乐， 7月4日”

When will I see you again? 何时才能再见到你？

Sometimes it's not safe to fly 'til 有时，它不是安全飞行，直到

Tables have turned 表已转向

   

This is the law and we didn't make it 这是法律，我们没能

But daily we twist it and bend it and brake it 但是每天我们扭曲它，让它和它的制动

And to prove just how little we understand it 为了证明我们是多么小的理解

We act as if it's just like we planned it 我们表现得好像它就像我们计划好了

   

We're in a state of constant revolution 我们在不断的革命的状态

'Cause we got a small problem with our distribution 因为我们有一个小问题，我们的分销

And if the balance of power needs arranging 而如果电力需求的平衡安排

Then the situation's got to keep changing 那么这种情况的一定要坚持转变

   

And if you start messin' 'round with the ratio 如果你开始messin 轮的比

It's like tryin' to ride a seesaw solo 这就像试着骑跷跷板独奏

'Cause the further you get from the middle “因为你从中间得到了进一步的

You throw the balance off little by little 你扔平衡一点了一点

   

"Class distinctions come naturally" “等级差别自然而然”

You think that that can justify the inequity 你认为这有充分理由证明不公平

And the sky grows black while the cities burn 和天空生长黑色，而城市烧

And round and round and round, tables will turn 而团团转，表会变成

   

Tables will turn, tables will turn, tables will turn 表会转，表会变成，表格会变成

Tables can turn 表可以打开

When will we learn? Tables will turn 我们何时才能学会？表会转

Tables can turn 表可以打开

   

Tables have turned, tables have turned, tables have turned 表已经转向，表格已经转向，桌子已经翻

Tables are turned, don't be concerned when 扭转了局面，不要当关注

Tables have turned 表已转向

Round and round and round, tables will turn 一圈又一圈又一圈，表格会变成