Hold back the time 忍住时间

just let it hang 就让它挂

stop the seconds, minutes and hours 停秒，分钟和小时

and if I give you love 如果我给你的爱

will you let me keep myself 你让我让我自己

   

I'm sitting out here on the very edge of earth 我坐了在地上的边缘

looking through a book from long before the world began 翻翻书，从长期的世界开始之前

the man who gave it to me didn't have a name 谁给我的人没有一个名字

and overhead the sun is running down the day 和开销太阳跑下来的一天

   

the book begins its story 这本书首先它的故事

tells of war and hate and tells of power 讲述战争和仇恨，并告诉力量

the promises of freedom 自由的承诺

and of all religions, love and ways of life 和所有宗教，爱情和生活的方式

and how to 以及如何

   

close your time inside a flower 闭上你的时间花里

stop the seconds, minutes and hours 停秒，分钟和小时

close your time inside a flower 闭上你的时间花里

live your life forget the power 你的生活忘记了开机

   

the people passing by they stop to look at me 经过他们的人停下来看着我

they all think I'm crazy ‘cause I'm laughing in the wind 他们都认为我疯了，因为我正在笑在风中

but I am free to be whatever I may choose 但我可以自由地将任何我可能会选择

to win this freedom I know that somebody had to lose 赢得这种自由，我知道有人已经失去

   

I've learned to those who buy love 我已经学会了那些谁爱买

and read about those willing to sell it 和阅读那些愿意卖

when we're born it's for love 当我们出生是为了爱

some of us will die just you get it 我们中有些人只是你得到它会死

what you gotta do is 你所要做的就是

   

close your time inside a flower 闭上你的时间花里

stop the seconds, minutes and hours 停秒，分钟和小时

close your time inside a flower 闭上你的时间花里

live your life forget the power 你的生活忘记了开机

   

we can give our love away and never lose ourselves 我们可以给我们的爱了，再也没有迷失自我

but no one can be something that you own 但没有人可以是你自己的事

and if you think you've got the right to tell me what I am 如果你觉得你必须告诉我是什么，我是正确的

I've got no trouble leaving you alone… 我有没有问题单独离开你......

   

close your time inside a flower 闭上你的时间花里

stop the seconds, minutes and hours 停秒，分钟和小时

close your time inside a flower 闭上你的时间花里

live your life forget the power 你的生活忘记了开机