our father who art in a penthouse 我们的父亲谁的艺术耳房

sits in his 37th floor suite 坐在他的37楼套房

and swivels to gaze down 和旋转来凝视

at the city he made me in 在城市，他让我在

he allows me to stand and 他让我站起来

sollicit graffiti until sollicit涂鸦，直到

he needs the land I stand on 他需要我站在土地

I in my darkened threshold 我在黑暗的门槛

am pawing through my pockets 我通过我的口袋里刨着

the receipts, the bus schedules 收据，巴士时间表

the matchbook phone numbers 在火柴盒电话号码

the urgent napkin poems 紧急餐巾纸诗

all of which laundering has rendered 其中所有的洗钱已呈现

pulpy and strange 泥状怪

loose change and a key 零钱和钥匙

ask me 问我

go ahead, ask me if I care 继续前进，问我，如果我在乎

I got the answer here 笔者在这里得到了答案

I wrote it down somewhere 我写下来的地方

I just gotta find it 我得找到它

I just gotta find it 我得找到它

   

somebody and their spraypaint got too close 有人和他们spraypaint得到太近

somebody came on too heavy 有人来了太重

now look at me made ugly 现在看我做丑

by the drooling letters 由信流口水

I was better off alone 我是最好单独

ain't that the way it is 不说，事情是这样的

they don't know the first thing 他们不知道的第一件事

but you don't know that 但你不知道，

until they take the first swing 直到他们采取的第一个摇摆

my fingers are red and swollen from the cold 我的手指红肿从冷

I'm getting bold in my old age 我越来越大胆的在我年老

so go ahead, try the door 所以要大胆向前，试图门

it doesn't matter anymore 无所谓了

I know the weakhearted are strongwilled 我知道weakhearted是strongwilled

and we are being kept alive 我们正在维持生命

until we're killed 直到我们杀死

he's up there the ice 他是那里的冰

is clinking in his glass 是无比的在他的玻璃

I don't ask 我不问

I just empty my pockets and wait 我只是清空了我的口袋，等待

it's not fate 这不是宿命

it's just circumstance 它只是情况

I don't fool myself with romance 我不欺骗自己与浪漫

I just live 我只住

phone number to phone number 电话号码手机号码

dusting them against my thighs 喷粉他们对我的大腿

in the warmth of my pockets 在我的口袋里的温暖

which whisper history incessantly 这耳语不断的历史

asking me 问我

where were you 当时你在哪里

   

I lower my eyes í曲膝

wishing I could cry more 希望我能哭的更

and care less, 并不在乎，

yes it's true, 是的，这是真的，

I was trying to love someone again, 我试着再爱一个人，

I was caught caring, 我被抓关怀，

bearing weight 承重量

   

but I love this city, this state 但我喜欢这个城市，这个国家

this country is too large 这个国家太大

and whoever's in charge up there 无论谁是负责人那里

had better take the elevator down 最好坐电梯下来

and put more than change in our cup 而不是改变我们的杯把更多

or else we 否则我们

are coming 来了

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