Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

Why a world so full of mystery 为什么这个世界上充满了神秘感

A place so bitter and still so sweet 一个地方太苦了，仍然如此甜蜜

So beautiful and yet so full of sad, sad... 如此美丽，却又如此充满了伤心，难过......

   

Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

Why forests march to desert speed 为什么森林行军速度沙漠

While snowcapped mountains melt away 虽然雪山融化

What do we tell our babies, when do we say, oh 我们究竟告诉我们的孩子，我们什么时候说，哦

   

Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

How a man who rocks his child to sleep 怎么一个人谁岩石他的孩子睡觉

Pulls the trigger on his brother's heart 拉他的哥哥的心脏触发

He digs a hole right to the middle of this storm of hatred 他挖了一个洞权利，这场风波仇恨的中间

   

Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

How it could be so this world has come to be 如何可以让这个世界已经是

A precious balance in between 在之间的珍贵平衡

Such cruelty and such kindness please 这样的残酷与仁慈等，请

   

Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

How this world has come to be 怎么这世界已经是

Unequaled in her blessings, oh, I see 无与伦比的在她的祝福，哦，我明白了

Unbridled hatred so extreme, please tell me 肆无忌惮的仇恨如此极端的，请告诉我

   

Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

How this world has come to be so 怎么这世界已经到了如此

Twisted between time and dreams 时间和梦想之间的扭曲

Oh, mother, father please explain to me 哦，妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

Oh, what's all this talk about? 呵呵，什么是这一切好谈的？

All this talk about it 所有这一切都再说吧

Spinning down, down, down, down, down 旋转下来，下来，下来，下来，下来

All this talk about 这一切都谈

Endless words without 无尽无话

Nothing's done 什么也没有做

   

Mother, father do you know 妈妈，爸爸，你知道

Why one man's belly overflows 为什么一个人的肚子里溢出

Another sleeps in hunger's bed 在饥饿的床上睡另一

Oh, we trade our world for a piece of bread 哦，我们换我们的世界一片面包

   

Oh Mother, father please explain to me 哦，妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

How this rare world's come to be 怎么这个难得的世界来是

A place so full of color yet overflowing A，因此全彩的地方却满溢

Always in black and white 总是在黑色和白色

Drowning in the waters of our... 淹没在我们的海域...

   

Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

How this world has come to be 怎么这世界已经是

While still blessed in all the things we see 虽然仍祝福所有我们看到的东西

Such a sad, sad home for you and me 这样一个悲伤的家，你和我

   

Come out, and hold, 出来，并持有，

Come on out you 拜托你了

Come on out you 拜托你了

Come and save yourself 快来救自己

   

Come on out you 拜托你了

Come on we're taking the water 来吧，我们走的是水

We're taken the water 我们正在采取的水

We're taken the water 我们正在采取的水

But you know 但是你知道

We got the freedom 我们得到了自由

We got the freedom 我们得到了自由

   

There's no God above 有没有上帝以上

And no hell below 而下面没有地狱

Oh, it's here with us 哦，这是在我们这里

It's up to us 这取决于我们

To keep afloat 为了保持漂浮

   

How this sweet world has come to be 怎么这甜蜜的世界已经是

Oh to keep afloat 哦保持漂浮

   

Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

How this rare world has come to be 怎么这个难得的世界已经是

Oh, let the blue planet 哦，让蓝色星球

Let the blue planet 让我们的蓝色星球

   

Mother, father please explain to me 妈妈，爸爸，请给我解释一下

Mother, father please explain 母亲，父亲请解释