Sixteen years old, only just found out today 十六岁的时候，才有了今天刚刚发现

Nowhere to go, but she's leaving anyway 无处可去，但她无论如何离开

The taxi waits outside as she turns the key 出租车在门外等候，她转动钥匙

Leaves a note behind that he'll never read 留下一张纸条后面，他永远也不会读

And as the rain pours down, the meter starts to read 而随着雨倾盆而下，仪表开始阅读

She looks back one last time in tears from the backseat 她回头最后一次从后座眼泪

   

House on the hill, a fortress on solid ground 房子在山上，在坚实的地面堡垒

Is now shuttered and still, a ghost of its former self 现在已经关闭，仍然，它的前自已的鬼

Kneel at the alter this pantheon covered in dust, sing Hallelujah 跪在改变这个神殿浑身尘土，唱哈利路亚

   

Eighteen years old, enlisted and boarding a plane 十八岁，入伍和登机

He bought what they sold, just like a moth to the flame 他买了又卖，就像飞蛾扑火

He's scared and all alone in a distant place 他吓坏了，独自一人在一个遥远的地方

Don't want to let it show, but the fear's on his face 不想让它显示，但令人担心的是在他的脸上

Got a girl back home that he'll see next May 有一个女孩回家，他会看到明年五月

And what he doesn't know is there's one on the way 什么他不知道的是有一对的方式

   

House on the hill, a fortress on solid ground 房子在山上，在坚实的地面堡垒

Is now shuttered and still, a ghost of its former self 现在已经关闭，仍然，它的前自已的鬼

Kneel at the alter this pantheon covered in dust, sing Hallelujah 跪在改变这个神殿浑身尘土，唱哈利路亚

   

And so she wakes and breaks inside her shell 等她醒来，她的内壳破裂

He wrote a note that got delivered to her old address 他写道，得到了送到了她的旧地址的说明

She's not coming back, he's not coming back 她不回来了，他不会回来了

   

House on the hill, fortress on hollow ground 在山上的房子，堡垒上中空地上

Standing here still, make this a solemn vow 站在这里的是，使这一庄严的誓言

Here at the alter this pantheon's resurrected, sing Hallelujah 在此间举行的改变这个神殿的复活，唱哈利路亚