You can walk, or you can run 您可以步行，也可以运行

You don't have to be someone 你不必成为别人

I went on a summer cruise 我去上暑期邮轮

Upon an ocean born to lose 出生后失去海洋

My brother said that he was dead 我哥哥说，他已经死了

I saw his face and shook my head 我看到他的脸，摇了摇头

Can you see where we can't be 你可以看到，我们不能

We're losing our blood in the sea 我们正在失去我们的血液中海

'Cause it's the state of the nation “因为它是民族的国家

That's holding our salvation 这是保持我们的救赎

Yes, it's the state of the nation 是的，这是国情

That's holding our salvation 这是保持我们的救赎

Oh, the state of the nation 民族哦，国家

Is causing deprivation 造成剥夺

Oh, the state of the nation 民族哦，国家

Is causing deprivation 造成剥夺

 

From my home I traveled far 从我的家乡，我远渡重洋

I drove in my stolen car 我开着我的车被盗

When it broke down, I kissed the ground 当它破裂时，我吻了地面

'Cause I don't kiss when you're around 因为我不亲，当你身边

I don't find that I have been í没有找到，我一直

The portrait of an only son 独生子的画像

If that's the case, then who could tell 如果是这样的话，那么谁可以告诉

Where my story had begun? 在我的故事已经开始？

Cause it's the state of the nation 因为它的国情

That's holding our salvation 这是保持我们的救赎

Yes, it's the state of the nation 是的，这是国情

That's holding our salvation 这是保持我们的救赎

Yes, the state of the nation 是的，民族的国家

That's causing deprivation 这是造成剥夺

Oh, the state of the nation 民族哦，国家

That's causing deprivation 这是造成剥夺

 

Even now, I'm all alone 即使是现在，我独自一人

Behind a wall that's made of stone 这是石头做的墙后

I think about where we have been 我想，我们已经

And all the sights that could be seen 和所有的景点，可以看到

I know it all could be worthwhile 我知道这一切会是值得的

If only I could force a smile 如果我只能强颜欢笑

Now we turn our backs to the sea 现在，我们把我们的背对着大海

The shame of a nation we'll never be 在一个国家的耻辱，我们永远都不会

Cause it's the state of the nation 因为它的国情

That's holding our salvation 这是保持我们的救赎

Yes, it's the state of the nation 是的，这是国情

That's holding our salvation 这是保持我们的救赎

Oh, the state of the nation 民族哦，国家

Is causing deprivation 造成剥夺

Yes, the state of the nation 是的，民族的国家

Is causing deprivation 造成剥夺