The telegraph gave us hope 电报给了我们希望

Before was the silence and the panic it brought 之前的沉默和恐慌也带来了

The sky was the blankest sheet 天空是blankest表

We drew lines upon it 我们在它画线

so our thoughts could meet 所以我们的想法能够满足

through cables black and cold 通过电缆黑色和冷

we carry our intentions to bridge 我们进行我们的意图弥合

and bring home 并带回家

would it all be so clear 就这一切是那么清晰

if the lines were erased 如果该行被删除

and the silence restored? 而沉默恢复？

   

Boys of today write lines on walls 对墙壁今天写行的男生

in the streets at night 在街头，晚上

in suburbs of cities with no name 在一个没有名字的郊区城市

is this destruction or just quiet protest 这是破坏或只是安静的抗争

against loneliness 对孤独

   

the cargo lies in our laps 货物出在我们圈

they're weight is so heavy 它们的重量是如此沉重

and this is all we know 这就是我们所知道的

our message will need a ship 我们的信息都需要一艘船

to travel across oceans 跨越海洋旅游

that can't otherwise be crossed 那些不能逾越

   

it undulates on the waves 它起伏的海浪

and cautions the water so we can be safe 并告诫水，所以我们可以很安全

it undulates on the waves 它起伏的海浪

then cautions the water so we can be safe 然后告诫水，所以我们可以很安全