I keep to myself 我一直对自己说

what I might share with others 我会与他人分享

but they don't seem to understand 但他们似乎并不理解

I open my mouth 我打开我的嘴

to rediscover 重新发现

that I don't have the words at my command 我没有我的命令的话

holding out 伸出

for a world so much better 一个世界如此美好

but I'm a stranger in a stranger's land 但我在一个陌生的土地上的陌生人

all my friends have sold out 我所有的朋友都卖完了

couldn't handle the pressure 无法处理的压力

counting their blessings trying to salvage what they can 指望他们的祝福试图挽救什么，他们可以

   

Children say - children say 孩子们说 - 孩子们说

we open our minds as one 我们打开我们的心灵为一体

but one more day - slips away 但多一天 - 溜走

why don't the dreams of the young never come to be 为什么年轻的没有梦想永远不会是

   

When I overhear 当我听到

my parents conversations 我的父母谈话

well I'm struck by the things they say 嗯，我被他们说的东西击中

it seems they traded the years 看来他们交易的年

for mere complications 对于单纯的并发症

who ever thought it could end this way 谁曾想过它可能这样结束

they close the door 他们关门

but they can't lock it 但他们无法将其锁定

'cause something of their childhood remains “造成一些他们的童年遗体

and they've felt it before 他们之前已经觉得

when the man in their pocket 当男人在他们的口袋里

counted the cost of their material gains 计算他们的物质利益成本

   

Children say - come what may 孩子们说 - 不管发生什么事

be strong for the friends you've known 坚强的你相识的朋友

but one fine day - (not) far away 但在一个晴朗的日子 - （不）远

will we remember the love we used to own 我们会记得我们曾经拥有的爱

Children say - children say 孩子们说 - 孩子们说

we open our minds as one 我们打开我们的心灵为一体

as one more day slips away 因为多一天溜走

why don't the dreams of the young never come to be 为什么年轻的没有梦想永远不会是

   

Well you knew what I was saying 嗯，你知道我在说什么

but did you know what it meant 但是你知道是什么意思

when you saw that look in my eye 当你看到我的眼睛是看

did you know it was heaven sent 你知道这是天赐

was it all a waking dream 是这一切梦寐

all that time we must have spent 那段时间，我们一定花

well I guess it must have been 我猜那一定是

somehow that feeling came and went 莫名其妙的感觉来了又走

   

Children say - come what may 孩子们说 - 不管发生什么事

be strong for the friends you've known 坚强的你相识的朋友

but one fine day - (not) far away 但在一个晴朗的日子 - （不）远

will we remember the love we used to own 我们会记得我们曾经拥有的爱

Children say - children say 孩子们说 - 孩子们说

we open our minds as one 我们打开我们的心灵为一体

as one more day - slips away 因为多一天 - 溜走

why don't the dreams of the young never come to be 为什么年轻的没有梦想永远不会是

Children say - children say 孩子们说 - 孩子们说

we thought it would never go 我们认为这将永远不会

as one more day - slips away 因为多一天 - 溜走

who ever thought we could be so lonely 谁曾想过我们会很寂寞