In a village in the hills 在山上的一个村庄

House buried to the window sills in snow 房子埋在窗台雪

In a prison yard at night 在监狱的院子里，晚上

An Alsatian barking for the stars to go 阿尔萨斯狗叫声星星去

   

In the attic of a house 在一所房子的阁楼

In the slats of light which creep across the room 在光穿过房间的蠕变板条

In a forest grove at dawn 在森林树丛在黎明

Where the animals sleep hidden in the gloom 当动物睡隐藏在黑暗中

   

On the 97th floor overlooking Tokyo 在第97层，俯瞰东京

In Camden road in a second floor flat with 在卡姆登路在二楼持平

Dilworth down below 迪尔沃思楼下

There is only one thing 只有一件事

There is only one thing 只有一件事

   

In a cancer ward where the patients sit 在癌症病房里的病人坐

Waiting patiently to die 耐心等待死亡

In an aeroplane high above the place 在飞机上高高在上的地方

You finally left behind 你终于留下

   

In a cage where only one thing could be free 关在笼子里，其中只有一件事可以自由

And it's not you and I 而且这不是你和我

In a cage where only one thing could be free 关在笼子里，其中只有一件事可以自由

And it's not you and I 而且这不是你和我

   

In every single place that has ever, ever been 在有过的每一个地方，去过

Hiroshima, Los Angeles and each town in between 广岛，洛杉矶以及之间的每个镇

There is only one thing 只有一件事

There is only one thing 只有一件事

One thing 一件事

   

In the darkest part of you that you have ever seen 在你，你所见过的最暗部分

In the smile of the child staring at the TV screen 在孩子的笑容盯着电视屏幕

In the diary of a priest, in the sheets that lie upon his bed 在牧师的日记，在那趴在床上的床单

Out there amongst the waves and inside your lover's head 在那里跻身海浪和你的爱人的脑袋里

   

There is only one thing [x6] 只有一件事[ 5233 ]

There is only one... thing 只有一个......事

   

20 years asleep before we sleep... forever 20年来我们睡觉之前睡着了永远......

20 years asleep before we sleep... forever... 20年睡着了，我们睡觉前...永远...