There's a silence on the front lines 有前线一片寂静

You can cut it with a knife 你可以用刀子砍它

You can stay and take your chances 你可以留下来把你的机会

Or you can run to save your life 或者，你可以运行救你的命

And one side is retreating 和一面撤退

And the other's runnin' scared 和其他的飞奔惊

And the drums of war are beating 和战争的鼓敲打

Ever through it's undeclared 在整个过程中的不宣

   

And both sides say they're winning 双方表示，他们正在殊荣

And both sides know they're losing 双方都知道他们正在失去

And neither one knows what they're fighting for 并没有一个知道他们正在争取的东西

And in the quiet little places 而在安静的小地方

You can see the little faces 你可以看到小脸

Huddled right outside the bedroom door 外面卧室的门挤

Praying for an end to this uncivil war 祈祷结束这场战争的不文明

   

Papa needs a new job 爸爸需要一个新的工作

So he's swallowing his pride 所以他舍弃自己的面子

Oh but it don't go down easy 哦，但它不下去容易

And it eats him up inside 而且它吃他里面

And mama, she don't notice 和妈妈，她没有注意到

Little sister's ragged dress 小妹的衣衫褴褛的衣服

Lately she don't notice 最近，她没有注意到

Much of anything I guess 很多东西我猜

   

They're just fightin' off the hunger 他们只是奋力抗争过饥

Tryin' to keep from goin' under 试着以防止布莱恩下

But the wolves just keep on gatherin' 'round the door 但狼只是不断gatherin 轮门

There's no place to run for cover 有没有地方可以运行的封面

So they're turning on each other 于是他们打开对方

'Cause there really ain't no winners anymore “原因是不是真的有没有赢家了

Just victims in this uncivil war 在这种不文明的战争只是受害者

   

There's a silence on the front lines 有前线一片寂静

You can cut it with a knife 你可以用刀子砍它

You can stay and take your chances 你可以留下来把你的机会

Or you can run to save your life 或者，你可以运行救你的命