From the top to the bottom 从顶部至底部

Bottom to top I stop 底部到顶部我停下来

At the core I’ve forgotten 在核心我忘了

In the middle of my thoughts 在我的想法中产

Taken far from my safety 从我的安全采取了远

The picture’s there 图片的有

The memory won’t escape me 内存不会逃避我

   

We’re stuck in a place so dark 我们被困在这么黑暗的地方

You can hardly see 你很难看到

The manner of matter that splits with the words I breathe 物质是的话我呼吸分裂方式

And as the rain drips acidic questions around me 而随着雨滴落在我身边酸性的问题

I block out the sight and the powers that be í阻挡视线，而且是权力

And duck away into the darkness 鸭消失在黑暗中

Times up 次了

I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut so tight that it blurs into the world of pretend 我最后会在一个生锈的世界闭着眼睛那么紧，它模糊成假装世界

And the eyes ease open 和眼睛缓解开放

And it’s dark again 和它的黑暗再次

   

From the top to the bottom 从顶部至底部

Bottom to top I stop 底部到顶部我停下来

At the core I’ve forgotten 在核心我忘了

In the middle of my thoughts 在我的想法中产

Taken far from my safety 从我的安全采取了远

The picture’s there 图片的有

The memory won’t escape me 内存不会逃避我

But why should I care? 但我为什么要在乎？

   

In the memory you’ll find me 在记忆你会发现我

Eyes burning up 眼睛燃烧起来

The darkness holding me tightly 黑暗抱着我紧紧地

Until the sun rises up 直到太阳升起

   

Listen to the sound 听声音

Dizzy from the ups and downs 从跌宕起伏晕

I’m nauseated by the polluted rot that’s all around 我很恶心的腐烂污染这是各地

Watching the wheels of cars that pass 看车的通过车轮

I look past to the last of the light and the long shadows it casts 我期待过去到最后的光与长长的影子也投射

A window grows and captures the eye 一个窗口的增长和捕捉眼球

And cries out a yellow light as it passes me by 并大声呼喊黄灯，因为它传递了我

And a young shadowy figure sits in front of a box 和一个年轻的黑影坐在一个盒子面前

Inside a building of rock with antennas on top, now 里面的岩石与天线之上，现在的建筑物

Nothing can stop in this land of the pain 没有任何东西可以在痛苦的这片土地上停止

The sane lose not knowing they were part of the game 理智输不知道他们是比赛的一部分

And while the insides change 和而内侧变化

The box stays the same and the figure inside could bear anybody’s name 框保持不变，而且这一数字内可以承受任何人的名字

The memories I keep are from a time like then 我把回忆都来自像那么一段时间

I put on my paper so I could come back to them 我把我的论文，所以我可以回来给他们

Someday I’m hoping to close my eyes and pretend 有一天，我希望能闭上双眼，假装

That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again ，这皱巴巴的纸可以再次做到完美

   

Yo, from the top to the bottom 哟，从顶部至底部

Bottom to top I stop 底部到顶部我停下来

At the core I’ve forgotten 在核心我忘了

In the middle of my thoughts 在我的想法中产

Taken far from my safety 从我的安全采取了远

The picture’s there 图片的有

The memory won’t escape me 内存不会逃避我

   

I’m here at this podium talking 我在这里，在这个讲台上侃侃而谈

The ceremonial offerings dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring 礼仪祭献给城市功能障碍的后代

What’s happening? 发生了什么？

City governments are eternally napping 城市政府是永远午睡

Trapped in greedy covenants 被困在贪婪契约

Causing urban collapse 造成城市塌陷

And bullets that scar souls with dark holes 和子弹弄得伤痕累累的灵魂与暗洞

Get more than your car stole, some parts be blacker than charcoal, for real 获得超过你的车偷走了，有些部分是比黑木炭，真正的

This society’s deprivation depends not on our differences but the separation within 这个社会的剥夺，取决于我们之间的分歧，但在分离

No preparation is made 没有编制是由

Limited aid, minimum wage 有限的援助，最低工资标准

Living in a tenement cage where rent isn't paid 住在唐楼笼，其中租金不付

Tragedy within a parade 游行中的悲剧

The darkness overspreads like a permanent plague 黑暗overspreads像一个永久的瘟疫

I’m the forgotten 我是被遗忘

   

In the memory you’ll find me 在记忆你会发现我

Eyes burning up 眼睛燃烧起来

The darkness holding me tightly 黑暗抱着我紧紧地

Until the sun rises up 直到太阳升起