When I was little I was scared of earthquakes 我小的时候我很害怕地震

Out in California that's where the earth shakes 在加州这就是地球也要抖

Techtronic motion, it was terrifying 创科的议案，这是可怕的

I'd think of windows breaking and I'd think of people dying 我想打破的窗户，我还以为将要死去

The Bay Bridge collapsed in 1989 海湾大桥于1989年崩溃

Richter scale 6.8, buildings shook a real long time 芮氏规模6.8 ，建筑震撼真实的很长一段时间

I was in the other room when I heard my mother scream 我在另一个房间，当我听到妈妈尖叫

Thought adults were invincible it wasn't what it seemed 思想的成年人是不可战胜它不是什么，似乎

15 seconds later there were dozens left dead 15秒后有几十个离开死亡

I'd get scared at night and climb into my parents' bed 我很害怕，晚上爬入我父母的床上

I still get chills when I see photographs 我仍然得到寒颤，当我看到照片

Of the freeways that were cracked and the buildings that collapsed 被破获的高速公路和倒塌建筑物

So I'd act out in class shaking other people's desks 所以我表演出来在课堂上摇晃其他人的办公桌

Yelling "Earthquake!", to cope with the stress 大喊“地震了！ ” ，以应对压力

Using comedy, like I still do today 用喜剧，像我今天还有事

20 years later nightmares haven't gone away 20年后的噩梦并没有消失

   

[CHORUS] [合唱]

Impermanence, what you gonna do about it? 无常，你该怎么办呢？

Impermanence, run for your life? I doubt it 无常，运行你的生活？我对此表示怀疑

Impermanence, I think about it every single day 无常，我想它的每一天

Everything falls apart, nothing you can do or say 一切都分崩离析，你可以做什么或说什么

   

There was an Oakland Hills fire in 1991 有一个奥克兰山火于1991年

People burned to death, I was very young 人被烧死，我还很年轻

They evacuated us to my grandparents' house 他们疏散我们爷爷奶奶家

We grabbed the cat and dog in the Volvo we were out 我们抓住了猫与狗在沃尔沃，我们外出

Turned the news on, it was terrifying 打开新闻上，这是可怕的

I was freaked out and my mom was crying 我被吓坏了，我的妈妈也哭了

And my sister too, but grandma turned it off 和我的妹妹了，但是奶奶把它关掉

She said, "Is this something that we really need to watch?" 她说， “这是不是我们真正需要关注？ ”

One thing I remember so clearly to this day 有一件事我记得这么清楚这一天

Is an image in my head that won't seem to go away 是在我的脑海的图像会显得不走了

A car was crushed, a doll was melting on the seat 一辆车被压扁，一个娃娃被融化在座位上

The burnt black eyes were all that I could see 烧焦的黑眼睛的一切，我能看到

Some nights I can't sleep, I still see her face 有些晚上我无法入睡，我还是看到她的脸

Her eyes they still haunt me, I'm stuck in that place 她的眼睛，他们仍然困扰着我，我被困在那个地方

I try to make it go away, all I think of is the flames 我试图把它赶走，我所想到的是火焰

That week was so traumatic, I've never been the same 这一周是如此痛苦，我从来没有去过一样

   

[REPEAT CHORUS] [重复合唱]

   

I was leaving for college, my dad woke me up 我离开了大学，我爸把我吵醒了

He said, "We've been attacked," and sure enough 他说， “我们一直在进攻， ”果然

Terrorists had hit the World Trade Center 恐怖分子袭击世贸中心

The Pentagon too, I clearly remember 五角大楼也一样，我清楚地记得

Sitting with my mom, now she was quiet 跟我妈坐，她现在很安静

It was raining bodies, dripping down the sidewalk 下着雨的身体，滴落下来人行道

Ten years later our economy's in crisis 十年后，我们的经济在危机中

Bin Laden and his boys, they were not the nicest 本·拉登和他的孩子们，他们是不是最好的

The earth is so alive so expect defenestration 地球是这样活着因此预计抛出窗外

Constantly evolving decimating antiquation 不断发展的富力antiquation

Collapsing new buildings, einsturzende neubauten 倒塌的新建筑， einsturzende neubauten

The cities will all crumble when man has been forgotten 当一个人被遗忘的城市都将崩溃

The Buddhists believed that change is eternal 佛教徒认为，变化是永恒的

Heraclitus thought that the world is an inferno 赫拉克利特认为世界是一个地狱

One day we're here and the next we're gone, 有一天，我们在这里，我们走了下一个，

Impermanence, that's the point of this song 无常，这就是这首歌的点

   

[REPEAT CHORUS] [重复合唱]