Time's just a passin' 时间只是一个passin

everyone's fine if you ask 'em 每个人都很好，如果你问时间

like we're pulling a fast one with our smiles 像我们拉一快一用我们的笑容

when it gets real bad 当它得到真正的坏

just raise your glass 只是举起酒杯

we might as well laugh before we cry 我们不妨笑，我们哭之前

oh these crazy times 哦，这些疯狂的时代

   

All the stores are closing early 所有的商店都提前关

half the factories shut down 一半的工厂关闭

people are sleeping in the allies 人睡在盟友

cause we could only bail a couple out 因为我们只能救助一对夫妇出

talking heads on the tv 在电视名嘴

try to tell us what to do 试着告诉我们该怎么做

how do you separate the truth from the fake 你如何从假分离的真相

cause man I ain't got a clue 事业的人，我没有一点头绪

   

Time's just a passin' 时间只是一个passin

everyone's fine if you ask 'em 每个人都很好，如果你问时间

like we're pulling a fast one with our smiles 像我们拉一快一用我们的笑容

when it gets real bad 当它得到真正的坏

just raise your glass 只是举起酒杯

we might as well laugh before we cry 我们不妨笑，我们哭之前

oh these crazy times 哦，这些疯狂的时代

   

I close my eyes and remember 我闭上我的眼睛和记忆

the ones we lost last spring 那些我们失去了最后的春天

rising profits mix with goodness 利润上升的组合与善良

like that oil in the sea 像中海石油

   

Time's just a passin' 时间只是一个passin

everyone's fine if you ask 'em 每个人都很好，如果你问时间

like we're pulling a fast one with our smiles 像我们拉一快一用我们的笑容

when it gets real bad 当它得到真正的坏

just raise your glass 只是举起酒杯

we might as well laugh before we cry 我们不妨笑，我们哭之前

oh these crazy times 哦，这些疯狂的时代

   

I remember when 我记得当

but forget how long it's been 却忘记了多久它已经

since we all lived in peace 因为我们都生活在和平

but you can't just sit and grieve 但你不能只是坐在那里伤心

the growing gap between 之间的差距越来越大

what we know and believe 我们知道并相信什么

   

Time's just a passin' 时间只是一个passin

everyone's fine if you ask 'em 每个人都很好，如果你问时间

like we're pulling a fast one with our smiles 像我们拉一快一用我们的笑容

when it gets real bad 当它得到真正的坏

just raise your glass 只是举起酒杯

we might as well laugh before we cry 我们不妨笑，我们哭之前

oh these crazy times 哦，这些疯狂的时代

   

[music] [音乐]

   

Well I’m running out of new words to say 嗯，我跑出来的新词说

And the sky’s been a grayish blue for days 和天空的一直是灰蓝色的天

And the slowly growing sympathy 和缓慢增长的同情

Waits for me on every face. 等我在每个人脸上。

   

I’m trying to figure out what clever is 我试图弄清楚什么是聪明

I look for clues in awkward silences. 我期待在尴尬的沉默线索。

And I don’t know what happened 我不知道发生了什么

But I’ve been this way ever since. 但我至今都是这样。

   

And the truth that keeps me up at night 而这让我彻夜难眠的真相

Is somehow hard to recognize 是某种难以识别

And the world is keeping both my eyes closed. 与世界保持我的两个眼睛闭上。

Yeah everybody knows. 是啊大家都知道。

   

There are elephants in every room I see, 还有，每间客房喔大象，

They softly hum beneath the words we speak. 他们轻声哼哼之下，我们说的话。

We’ve sugarcoating everything 我们已经糖衣一切

And now it’s rotting out my teeth. 现在它的腐烂了我的牙齿。

   

And the truth that keeps me up at night 而这让我彻夜难眠的真相

Is the hardest thing to recognize. 是认识的最困难的事情。

And the world is telling my eyes 与世界告诉我的眼睛

What to see. 看什么。

And everybody knows but me. 大家都知道，但我。

   

To live you have to know what to ignore 为了生活，你必须知道要忽略什么

Decisions set the good and bad at war 决定设定好的和坏的战争

Your life is what you’ve chosen, but 你的生活是你自己选择了，但

Living is the back and forth. 生活是来回。

   

And the truth that keeps me up at night 而这让我彻夜难眠的真相

Is the hardest thing to recognize. 是认识的最困难的事情。

And the world is pulling my eyes closed, closed. 与世界拉我闭着眼睛，休息。

And time’s not what she used to be 时间是不是她曾经是

She’s turned into an enemy. 她变成了敌人。

And all that was in front of me is behind. 和所有在我面前的是后面。

God knows how I try. 上帝知道我多么努力。