At the center of the world 在世界的中心

There's a statue of a girl. 有一个女孩的雕像。

She is standing near a well 她站在附近的很好

With a bucket bare and dry. 用水桶裸露，干燥。

   

I went and looked her in the eyes 我去了，看着她的眼睛

And she turned me into sand. 她把我变成沙子。

This clumsy form that I despise 这是我鄙视笨拙的形式

It scattered easy in her hand. 它很容易散落在她的手。

   

And came to rest upon a beach, 来到休息后，海滩，

With a million others there. 一百万其他人那里。

We sat and waited for the sea 我们坐在那里，等待着大海

To stretch out so that we could disappear 伸出，使我们可以消失

   

Into the endlessness of blue, 成蓝色的无穷无尽，

Into the horror of the truth. 进入真理的恐惧。

You see, we are far less than we knew. 你看，我们都远远低于我们知道。

Yeah, we are far less than we knew 是啊，我们是远远低于我们知道

   

But we knew what we could taste. 但是，我们知道我们可以品尝。

Girls found honey to drench our hands. 女孩发现蜂蜜淋手。

Men cut marble to mark our graves. 男子砍大理石，以纪念我们的坟墓。

Said we'll need something to remind us of 说我们需要一些东西来提醒我们

All the sweetness that has passed through us 所有通过我们已经通过了甜头

(fresh sangria and lemon tea). （新鲜的桑格利亚汽酒和柠檬茶） 。

The priests dressed children for a choir 祭司穿着儿童的合唱团

(white-robed small voices praise Him) （白袍小的声音赞美他）

But found no joy in what was sung. 但发现在什么唱不快乐。

The funeral had begun 葬礼开始

   

In the middle of the day 在一天的中间

When you drive home to your place 当你开车回家的地方

From that job that makes you sleep 从这项工作，使你的睡眠

Back to the thoughts that keep you awake 回到那个让你清醒的思考

   

Long after night has come to claim 经过一整夜已经到了索赔

Any light that still remains 任何光线仍然是

In the corner of the frame 在该帧的角

That you put around her face. 你把身边她的脸。

   

Two pills just weren't enough. 两片药只是没有足够的。

The alarm clock's going off 闹钟是怎么回事了

But you're not waking up. 但你不起床。

This isn't happening, happening, happening, 这是没有发生，发生的事情，发生的事情，

Happening, happening. It is. 发生，发生的事情。是的。