Once upon a time there was an ocean 很久很久以前有一个海洋

But now it's a mountain range 但现在它是一个山脉

Something unstoppable set into motion 不可阻挡的事情开始运动

Nothing is different, but everything's changed 没有什么是不同的，但一切的改变

   

It's a dead end job, and you gets tired of sittin' 这是一个没有前途的岗位，而你厌倦了坐在“

And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quittin' 它就像尼古丁习惯你总是想着quittin

I think about quittin' every day of the week 我想quittin “一周中的每一天

When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak 当我看到了我的窗前，它是棕色的，它的萧瑟

   

Outta here 离开这里

How am I gonna get outta here? 我要怎么离开这儿？

I'm thinking outta here 我想离开这里

When am I gonna get outta here? 当我该怎么离开这儿？

And when will I cash in my lottery ticket 而当我将兑现我的彩票

And bury my past with my burdens and strife? 埋葬我的过去和我的负担和冲突？

I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden 我想撼动的伊甸园每一个肢体

And make every love the love of my life 并尽一切爱我一生的挚爱

   

I figure that once upon a time I was an ocean 我估计，从前我是一个海洋

But now I'm a mountain range 但现在我是一个山脉

Something unstoppable set into motion 不可阻挡的事情开始运动

Nothing is different, but everything's changed 没有什么是不同的，但一切的改变

   

Found a room in the heart of the city, down by the bridge 发现一个房间在城市的心脏地带，下降的桥梁

Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge 热板和电视和啤酒放在冰箱里

But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift 不过，我很容易，我开，那是我的礼物

I can flow with the traffic, I can drift with the drift 我可以用流量大，我可以用漂移漂移

Home again? 回家了？

Naw, never going home again 瑙，再也不会回家了

Think about home again? 想想回家了？

I never think about home 我从来没有想到回家

   

But then comes a letter from home 但是来自家里的一封信

The handwriting's fragile and strange 手写的脆弱和奇怪的

Something unstoppable set into motion 不可阻挡的事情开始运动

Nothing is different, but everything's changed 没有什么是不同的，但一切的改变

   

The light through the stained glass was cobalt and red 透过彩色玻璃灯是钴和红色

And the frayed cuffs and collars were mended by haloes of golden thread 而磨破袖口和衣领是由金线的晕修补

The choir sang, "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean" 唱诗班唱， “黄飞鸿有一个海洋”

And all the old hymns and family names came fluttering down as leaves of emotion 和所有的旧赞美诗和姓氏来到飘飘下来的情感叶子

   

As nothing is different, but everything's changed 由于没有什么不同，但一切都改变了