If you come to find me affable 如果你来找我和蔼可亲

And build a replica for me 并建立一个副本给我

Would the idea to you be laughable 会的想法，你被人笑死

Of a pale facsimile 浅传真机

   

So when you come to burn an effigy 所以，当你来到一个燃烧假人

It should keep the flies away 它应该保持飞走了

When you learn to burn this effigy 当你学会了烧这个肖像

It should be 它应该是

For the hours that slip away 对于那些溜走的时间

   

It could be you, it could be me 这可能是你，也可能是我

Working the door, drinking for free 工作门口，喝着免费

Carrying on with your conspiracies 继承与阴谋

Filling the room with a sense of unease 满房的不安感

Fake conversations on a nonexistent telephone 对不存在的假电话交谈

Like the words of a man who's spent a little too much time alone 就像一个人谁是花了一点时间太多孤独的话

When one has spent too much time alone... 当一个人已经花了太多时间独处......

   

So if you come to burn my effigy 所以，如果你来烧我的肖像

It should keep the flies away 它应该保持飞走了

When you learn to burn an effigy it should be 当你学会了烧的肖像应该是

Of a man whose lost his way, slips away 一个人的迷了路的，溜走