There were people on the sidewalks 还有人在人行道上

Strolling down the avenues 漫步在大街

They were sitting outside in cafes 他们在网吧坐在外面

We were looking for the muse 我们一直在寻找的缪斯

Well I was locked in by the system 嗯，我被关在由系统

Where no freedom is the rule 如果没有自由的规则

Now I spend all my time just trying 现在，我花了我所有的时间只是努力

To make it understood 为了使它明白

   

It once was my life, that's what everybody said 它曾经是我的生命，这就是大家说的话

All the things I used to do and the people that were friends 所有我以前做的事情，那是朋友的人

I've got to make it mean something at the end of the day 我必须做出是否意味着在这一天结束的东西

It once was my life, they can't take that away 它曾经是我的生命，他们无法把这种美丽

   

Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules 考验和磨难和愚蠢还是规则

Sometimes it looks like I'm on a ship of fools 有时，它看起来像我在船上的傻瓜

   

It once was my life, when my message was just the street 它曾经是我的生命，当我的消息只是在街上

Then it became something else, and now it's incomplete 然后，它变成了别的东西，而现在它的不完整

I'm just trying to get back to when 我只是想回去的时候

Can somebody please shed some light 有人可以请一些启发

It used to be my life, it used to be uptight 它曾经是我的生命，它曾经是紧张

   

Trials and tribulations and stupidity still rules 考验和磨难和愚蠢还是规则

Some days it just feels like I'm on a ship of fools 有些日子，它只是感觉就像我在船上的傻瓜

   

I'm back here on the boards, I can hear the engines roar 我回到这里的板，我可以听到发动机的轰鸣声

Everybody's got to pay, some people got to pay more 每个人都必须付出，有些人必须付出更多

Well you can tell the people anything 那么你可以告诉人们什么

Spoon feed them anything you like 勺子喂它们什么都行

It used to be so simple, it used to be my life 它曾经是那么简单，它曾经是我的生命

   

Now everything is so complicated, just to speak or use the phone 现在，一切都那么复杂，刚要说话，或使用手机

Some people try to use me, just 'cause they don't have their own 有些人试图利用我，只是因为他们没有自己的

Don't know who's round the corner, trying to sell me some more tripe 不知道是谁的拐角处，试图卖给我一些牛肚

It used to be my life, it used to be my life..... 它曾经是我的生命，它曾经是我的人生.....