Something I forgot that I used to know 什么我忘了，我用了才知道

Keeps on coming back around. 不断回来身边。

Somewhere in the dark right before the dawn 某处在黎明前的黑暗中右

Like a light from down the hall. 就像从楼下大厅的光。

Suddenly some old familiar music 突然，一些老熟悉的音乐

Songs I know I've never heard before. 歌曲我知道我以前从来没有听说过。

I gotta play along I can't refuse it 我得一起玩，我不能拒绝它

I hear the call. 我听到呼叫。

   

We've all been so proud of our blindness 我们都一直很骄傲我们的盲目性

No kindness to share 没有仁慈分享

I used to cry for the lost 我曾经哭丢失

Until I had to turn away. 直到我只好转身离开。

Then I looked inside, past the fool, 然后我往里看了看，过去的傻瓜，

And found some deeper words to say 并发现了一些更深层次的话想说

To bring us together. 为了使我们走到了一起。

We can make it better 我们可以让它变得更好

We can make it right. 我们可以作出正确选择。

   

We hide behind the veil of our own success, 我们隐藏我们自己的成功背后的面纱，

While we're following the rules. 虽然我们遵守规则。

Our eyes refuse to see past our little hands 我们的眼睛不愿看到过去我们的小手

To the never changing truth. 要永不改变的真理。

Freedom needs to speak a little louder, 自由需要大声一点，

Justice needs to try her other arm. 正义需要尝试她的另一只手臂。

Some of us could push a little harder 我们中有些人可能会推有点困难

To sound the alarm. 发出警报。

And I see children marching 而我看到孩子们踏着

And I hear the drums again 我再次听到了鼓声

   

I used to cry for the lost 我曾经哭丢失

Until I had to turn away. 直到我只好转身离开。

Then I looked inside, past the fool, 然后我往里看了看，过去的傻瓜，

And found some deeper words to say. 并发现了一些更深层次的话想说。

If we hope and pray, 如果我们希望并祈祷，

It will come, give it half a chance. 它会来，给它一半的机会。

Everyone, understand 每个人，了解

In our hearts and our mind, 在我们的心和我们的心，

You know there's nothing left to hide, 你知道有什么可隐瞒的，

We're already there. 我们已经在那里了。

   

I used to cry. 我曾经哭泣。

Cry for the lost I was walking away. 哭我走开丢失。

I used to try to find a reason. 我曾经试图找到一个理由。

Then I looked inside, 然后我看了看里面，

I used to mind everytime I was walking away, 我以前介意，每次我走了，

I gotta find what I'm feeling 我得找到我的感觉

To bring us together. 为了使我们走到了一起。