I salute at the threshold of the North Sea of my mind 我向在北海我心中的门槛

And I nod to the boredom that drove me here to face the tide 我点头，驱使我在这里要面对潮水无聊

And I swim, I swim, oh swim 我游泳，我游泳，游泳哦

   

Dip a toe in the ocean, oh how it hardens and it numbs 浸在海洋脚趾，呵呵如何变硬，并麻木

The rest of me is a version of man built to collapse in crumbs 我剩下的就是一个版本的人建崩溃的面包屑

And if I hadn't come now to the coast to disappear 如果我没有现在来的海岸消失

I may have died in a landslide of rocks and hopes and fears 我可能在岩石，希望和恐惧的山体滑坡死亡

   

So I swim until you can't see land 所以，我游到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

   

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

   

Up to my knees now 到了我的膝盖现在

Do I wade? Do I dive? 我费力？我潜水？

The sea has seen my like before, though it's my first and perhaps last time 海已经看到我像以前一样，虽然这是我第一次，也许最后一次

Let's call me a baptist, call this a drowning of the past 让我们说我是浸信会，称这是过去的溺水

She is there on the shoreline throwing stones at my back 她是那里的海岸线在我身后扔石头

   

So I swim until you can't see land 所以，我游到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

   

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

   

And the water is taller than me 而水是比我高

And the land is a marker line 而土地是一个标记线

All I have is a body adrift in water, salt and sky 我只有身体漂浮在水中，盐和天空

   

So I swim until you can't see land 所以，我游到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

   

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

   

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Swim until you can't see land 游泳，直到你看不到的土地

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

   

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

   

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？

Are you a man? Are you a bag of sand? 你是男人吗？你是一个砂袋？