In our youthful condemned nation 在我们年轻的国家谴责

The truth speaks for itself 真理不言自明

That in a time of darkness 在黑暗的时代

Someone cried for help 有人大声呼救

So we told a simple story 所以，我们讲了一个简单的故事

Of innocence and lies 天真与谎言

How the truth became so twisted 怎样的真相变得如此扭曲

In a single judge's eye 在一名法官的眼睛

   

A brave new rainbow nation 一个勇敢的彩虹国度

Was floating on the tide 漂浮在潮

In a sea of expectation 在预期之海

And a humble sense of pride 和骄傲的卑微感

But the wave of solidarity 但团结的波

That swept across our land 这在我们的土地横扫

He's broken on the rocks 他在岩石破碎

Left lifeless on the sand 离开死气沉沉的在沙滩上

   

It all seemed very simple 这一切都显得很简单

Let the guilty take the blame 让有罪的人承担责任

We can sing our songs of freedom 我们可以唱我们的自由歌曲

And put them all to shame 并把他们都感到羞耻

Shine a light into the dark 闪亮之光在黑暗

Let them hear his name 让他们听到他的名字

But the more we try to change things 但更多的，我们试图改变的东西

The more they stay the same 他们住在同一越

   

A brave new rainbow nation 一个勇敢的彩虹国度

Was floating on the tide 漂浮在潮

In a sea of expectation 在预期之海

And a humble sense of pride 和骄傲的卑微感

But the wave of solidarity 但团结的波

That swept across our land 这在我们的土地横扫

He's broken on the rocks 他在岩石破碎

Left lifeless on the sand 离开死气沉沉的在沙滩上

   

No one else but Tyler 没有其他人，但泰勒

Knows exactly what he's missed 确切地知道他错过

He's a man that's disappearance 他是一个男人的失踪

Is slowly ceasing to exist 慢慢不复存在

And the only contribution 而唯一的贡献

That he has left to give 他已经离开给

Is the simple tragic story 是简单的悲惨故事

Of the life he's never lived 在生活中，他从来没有住过

   

A brave new rainbow nation 一个勇敢的彩虹国度

Was floating on the tide 漂浮在潮

In a sea of expectation 在预期之海

And a humble sense of pride 和骄傲的卑微感

But the wave of solidarity 但团结的波

That swept across our land 这在我们的土地横扫

He's broken on the rocks 他在岩石破碎

Left lifeless on the sand 离开死气沉沉的在沙滩上