desolate and without purpose 荒凉，无目的

radiating from so many septic sources 从这么多的化粪池源辐射

forming the fabric of a wayward people 形成一个任性的人布

disappearing as the vestiges of our past 消失的我们过去的痕迹

   

scratched like tartan into virgin soil 像刮伤格子呢到处女地

a substrate for progress and disarray 在基材的进步和混乱

a spreading network of broken dreams 破碎的梦的传播网络

searching for a thoroughfare to take us away 寻找通途带我们走

   

just a little tale from the streets of America (say a little prayer) 刚刚从美国的街头小故事（一点点的祈祷）

sparkled promises paved with pathos and hysteria 闪耀的承诺铺平了悲怆和歇斯底里

trenchant, weary native sons 犀利，疲惫的原生的儿子

step back 退一步

and see the damage done 而看到造成的伤害

meander to the horizon (shoot straight to the horizon) 蜿蜒到天边（齐刷刷的地平线）

the streets of America 美国街头

   

black, tarred concrete 黑色，柏油混凝土

pine for me 松对我来说

lying domant 躺在domant

for you and country 为你的国家

hardened surface 表面硬化

cracked within 内破获

catch the sweat 赶上汗

from off the chin 从脱下巴

   

of men and women 男人和女人

senior and child 高级和孩子

who look to you 谁看你

and your sterile miles 和你的不育英里

and in their stares 并在他们的凝视

is bald dismay 是光头不舍

for what you promised 为你承诺

led them astray 导致他们误入歧途

   

hard-cracked, daunting, lifeless veins 硬破解，令人望而生畏，死气沉沉的脉

false hope corridors to greener pastures is all that remains 虚假的希望走廊，择木而栖是所有剩下的