God cage the songbird 神笼鸣禽

Before the feathers run brown 之前的羽毛褐色运行

God bar the windows 神吧的窗户

That we may though hollow be sound 我们可能虽然是空心的声音

   

And this island shall be shackled to her waters 而这个岛屿应铐在她的水域

Here we vow never to change 在这里，我们发誓永不改变

Here we will stand at last for something 在这里，我们会站在最后的东西

With no desire to pretend 由于没有欲望假装

   

Send up our prayers to gilded idols 发送我们的祈祷镀金偶像

Their names etched in heartwood of palm 他们的名字在棕榈心材腐蚀

And scatter the ashes of the contracts 和散射合同的骨灰

Their freedom so hollow a song 他们的自由，如此空洞的一首歌

   

God cage the songbird 神笼鸣禽

Before the feathers run brown 之前的羽毛褐色运行

God bar the windows 神吧的窗户

That we may though hollow be sound 我们可能虽然是空心的声音

   

Now the street lamp will be tethered to her station 现在的路灯将被拴在她站

As the poor man is tethered to the flesh 由于这个可怜的人被拴在肉

The wise man will be tethered to his wisdom 聪明的人会被拴在他的智慧

As the mother is tethered to her creche 由于母亲是拴在她的托儿所

   

Was your hunger your awareness of salvation 是你的饥饿你的救赎意识

As your chances go slipping to the past 当你的机会去滑了过去

You're tortured by the changing of the seasons 你受季节的变化折磨

And each grain of sand in the glass 和砂的玻璃中的各粒

   

God cage the songbird 神笼鸣禽

Before the feathers run brown 之前的羽毛褐色运行

God bar the windows 神吧的窗户

That we may though hollow be sound 我们可能虽然是空心的声音