I look out to the fields 我期待出到田间地头

Where blood is shed upon the ground 凡血在地上洒下

I breathe in, breathe out 我呼吸，呼气

Change the channel, mute the sound 换频道，静音

I take a match, a cigarette, and a walk to clear my head 我拿一根火柴，香烟，以及步入清除我的头

Stomach's reeling at the thought of all those (human beings dead) 在所有这些思想胃的缫丝（人死亡）

   

I breathe in, breathe out 我呼吸，呼气

I'm going to an interview 我要去面试

About a song, three minutes long 关于一首歌，三分钟之久

I just need something to do 我只是需要一些做

Especially when my dearest friend 尤其是当我最亲爱的朋友

Was sent to cover Kosovo 被派往科索沃覆盖

His last assignment brought a bullet 他最后一次任务带来了子弹

And now he's gone, he's gone 现在他走了，他走了

   

Feels like I'm fiddling while Rome is burning down 感觉就像我的摆弄，而罗马被焚烧

Should I put my fiddle down, take a rifle from the ground 我应该把我捣鼓了下来，拿步枪从地面

I need the Ghost to breathe a Northern Gale tonight 我需要的鬼喘北方大风今晚

'cause I'm paralyzed, I'm paralyzed 因为我是瘫痪的，我瘫痪

   

I packed his books up, left the office 我收拾他的书了，离开了办公室

Went to tell the wife the news 去告诉妻子这个消息

She fell in shock, the baby kicked, 她陷入休克，宝宝踢，

And shed a tear inside the womb 而流下的子宫内一滴眼泪

I breathed in, I breathed out, 我呼吸中，我呼吸了，

Soaked the gound up with my eyes 浸泡在离地了我的眼睛

It's hard to say a healing word 这很难说一句话愈合

When your tongue is paralyzed 当你的舌头麻痹

   

Feels like I'm fiddling while Rome is burning down 感觉就像我的摆弄，而罗马被焚烧

Should I put my fiddle down, take a rifle from the ground 我应该把我捣鼓了下来，拿步枪从地面

God give me strength to pray that You will set things right 上帝给我力量，祈求你会拨乱反正

'cause I'm paralyzed, I'm paralyzed 因为我是瘫痪的，我瘫痪