coming of age during the plague 年龄在瘟疫来临

of reagan and bush 的里根和布什

watching capitalism gun down democracy 看资本主义枪下的民主

it had this funny effect on me 这对我这个有趣的效果

i guess 我猜

   

i am cancer 我是癌症

i am HIV 我是艾滋病毒

and i'm down at the blue jesus 而我倒在蓝色的耶稣

blue cross hospital 蓝十字医院

just lookin' up from my pillow 只是看着从我的枕头了

feeling blessed 感觉祝福

   

and the mighty multinationals 与强大的跨国公司

have monopolized the oxygen 垄断氧

so it's as easy as breathing 所以它就像呼吸一样简单

for us all to participate 我们所有参与

   

yes they're buying and selling 是的，他们正在购买和销售

off shares of air 空气断股

and you know it's all around you 你知道这一切都在你身边

but it's hard to point and say "there" 但很难点，并说“有”

so you just sit on your hands 所以你只要坐在你的手

and quietly contemplate 静静地思考

   

your next bold move 你的下一个大胆的举动

the next thing you're gonna need to prove 接下来的事情你会需要证明

to yourself 给自己

   

what a waste of thumbs that are opposable 什么是浪费大拇指是对抗性

to make machines that are disposable 使机器是一次性的

and sell them to seagulls flying in circles 并出售给海鸥飞在圈子

around one big right wing 围绕一个大右派

   

yes, the left wing was broken long ago 是的，左翼是很久以前破

by the slingshot of cointelpro 通过谍的弹弓

and now it's so hard to have faith in 现在它是如此难以有信心

anything 什么

   

especially your next bold move 尤其是你的下一个大胆的举动

or the next thing you're gonna need to prove 或者接下来的事情你会需要证明

to yourself 给自己

   

you want to track each trickle 要跟踪每一个涓流

back to its source 回到它的源头

and then scream up the faucet 然后尖叫起来水龙头

'til your face is hoarse 直到你的脸是嘶哑

cuz you're surrounded by a world's worth 因为你是一个世界上身价包围

of things you just can't excuse 事情你就不能原谅

   

but you've got the hard cough of a chain smoker 但你有一个烟不离手的用力咳嗽

and you're at the arctic circle playing strip poker 和你在北极圈玩脱衣扑克

and it's getting colder and colder 并且它变得越来越冷

everytime you lose 每次你失去

   

so go ahead 所以，尽管

make your next bold move 使你的下一个大胆的举动

tell us 告诉我们

what's the next thing you're gonna need to prove 什么是未来的事情你会需要证明

to yourself 给自己