When our rivers run dry and our crops cease to grow 当我们的河流干涸，我们的农作物停止生长

When our summers grow longer and winters won't snow 当我们的夏季变长，冬季不下雪

From the banks of the ocean and the ice in the hills 来自海洋的银行和在山上的冰

To the fight in the desert where progress stands still 要在沙漠中战斗的地方进度停滞不前

When we've lost our will 当我们失去了我们的意志

   

That's how we'll know 这就是我们怎么知道

This is not a test, oh no 这不是一个测试，哦，不

This is cardiac arrest 这是心脏骤停

Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes 世界太自豪地承认我们的错误的

We're crashing into the ground as we all fall from grace 我们撞上地面，大家都失宠

   

When the air that we breathe becomes air that we choke 当我们呼吸的空气变成风，我们呛

When the marsh fever spreads from the swamps to our homes 当沼泽发烧从沼泽到我们的家园蔓延

When your home on the range has been torn down and paved 当你家的范围已被拆掉铺成

And the buffalo roam to a slaughterhouse grave 和水牛漫游到屠宰场的坟墓

What more will it take 什么更将它拿

   

For us to know 让我们知道

This is not a test, oh no 这不是一个测试，哦，不

This is cardiac arrest 这是心脏骤停

Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes 世界太自豪地承认我们的错误的

Kissing the ground as we all fall from grace 亲吻地面，大家都失宠

   

This is a chance to set things straight 这是一个机会，把事情直

To bend or break the rules back into place 弯曲或折断的规则放回原位

There is no middle ground, no compromise 没有中间地带，没有任何妥协

We've drawn the line 我们已经开行

With perfect aim, we stand back and throw 有了完美的目标，我们站在后面扔

Glass windows break and it's all about to blow 玻璃窗打破，这是所有关于吹

Lights go out as we pass the torch again 灯熄了，我们再交棒

In hope that is stays lit 在希望是一直亮着

   

Neutrality means that you don't really care 中立性意味着你真的不关心

Cuz the struggle goes on even when you're not there 的Cuz的斗争下去，即使你不在身边

Blind and unaware 盲人和不知道

   

That's how we'll know 这就是我们怎么知道

This is not a test, oh no 这不是一个测试，哦，不

This is cardiac arrest 这是心脏骤停

Of a world too proud to admit our mistakes 世界太自豪地承认我们的错误的

We're crashing into the ground as we all, yeah we all, all fall from grace 我们撞上地面，因为我们所有的，是的，我们所有的，从恩典都属于