There is a fire, burning in the ocean 有火，燃烧在海洋

With death black smoke and devil red flames 死亡黑烟和魔鬼的红色火焰

You can see it, burning from the valley, 你可以看到它，从谷烧，

Oh you can see it from the high planes 哦，你可以从高高的飞机看到它

   

Well they went drillin' 那么，他们去了drillin “

Searching for black gold 搜索黑金

To add more dollars to their names 为了更多的美元，增加他们的名字

Then one evening so suddenly and violent, 然后，有一天晚上如此突然和猛烈，

There was an explosion they can’t explain 有爆炸，他们无法解释

   

Now the deep water horizon 现在深水地平线

Descends down to deaths door 下降下降到死亡的门

And at the bird’s foot 而在鸟的脚

They’ve lost all hope 他们已经失去了所有的希望

Cause oil is a driftin' 因为油是driftin “

For miles and miles 千里

Poisoning the Gulf of Mexico 中毒墨西哥湾

   

But what of the eleven 但是， 11是什么

Men at the bottom, 男性在底部，

Who sank to 谁沉入

An underwater grave? 水下坟墓？

And while they were sinking 虽然他们被击沉

And their lungs filled with oil, 而他们的肺部充满了油，

They must have been screaming, 他们一定是尖叫，

Screaming to be saved 尖叫保存

   

But what of the eleven 但是， 11是什么

Men at the bottom, 男性在底部，

Who sank to 谁沉入

An underwater grave? 水下坟墓？

And while they were sinking 虽然他们被击沉

And their lungs filled with oil, 而他们的肺部充满了油，

They must have been screaming, 他们一定是尖叫，

Screaming to be saved. 尖叫保存。