The demands made upon you 在你所提出的要求

Are hard to live up to 很难不辜负

It's futile to try and deny 这是徒劳的尝试和否定

And the things you hold dearly 而你持有的东西心疼

Are scoffed at and yearly 被嘲笑和每年

Judged once and then left aside 判断一次，然后搁置

   

'Cause they're blind 因为他们是盲人

They hold you too close to the light 他们认为你太接近光

and I see what they only might if they'd learn 我看他们只可能，如果他们想学什么

but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind 但他们让你燃烧“因为他们是盲人

   

To the brown-eyed beholder 对棕色眼睛的杀机

See the chip on your shoulder 看到芯片上你的肩膀

That fools everyone to believe 这愚弄大家相信

that you're so hard to talk to 你是这么难说话

And so easy to read through 等容易阅读

Yet nobody looks past your sleeve, yeah 然而，没有人过去看你的袖子，是

   

'Cause they're blind 因为他们是盲人

They hold you too close to the light 他们认为你太接近光

and I see what they only might if they learn 我看他们只可能，如果他们学什么

but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind 但他们让你燃烧“因为他们是盲人

   

They only like what they can see 他们只喜欢他们所看到

And what they can't, they just can't agree 他们不能，他们只是不能同意什么

If you run to me, run, run 如果你跑我跑，冒

Only like the day with her 只喜欢新的一天，她

Only like a date with her 只喜欢和她约会

then you'll run back 然后你就会跑回来

Then you'll run back blind 然后，你会跑回来瞎

   

'Cause they're blind 因为他们是盲人

They hold you too close to the light 他们认为你太接近光

and I see what they only might if they'd learn 我看他们只可能，如果他们想学什么

but they're letting you burn 'cause they're blind 但他们让你燃烧“因为他们是盲人

   

An old man said to me 一位老人对我说：

Go home and take it easy 回家放轻松

And run to me, run, run 并运行对我来说，跑，冒

Only like a date with her 只喜欢和她约会

Only one more day with her 仅一天时间，她

Then I'll run back 然后，我会跑回来

Then we'll run back blind 然后，我们会跑回来失明

They hold you too close to the light 他们认为你太接近光

And I see what they only might if they learn 我看他们只可能，如果他们学什么

But they're letting us burn 但他们让我们烧

'Cause they're blind 因为他们是盲人