Too much patience, 太多的耐心，

No resistance, 无阻力，

Within shouting distance, 在远处喊，

You can hear a blind man's bluff, 你可以听到一个盲人的虚张声势，

Dragging names through the mud and still bitting his tongue, 通过拖泥的名字，仍然bitting他的舌头，

The devil's in the air and I'm spitting out prayers, 魔鬼在空中，我吐出祈祷，

While the ravenous all eat their fill, 而贪婪的全部吃饱，

   

Tell me, tell me a story, 告诉我，告诉我一个故事，

Tell me not to worry, or pick up the phone, 告诉我不要担心，或者拿起电话，

So turning, turning a deaf ear, 所以转弯，置若罔闻，

So that I don't hear them throwing stone, 所以，我不听他们扔石头，

   

Too much hogwart, 太多了霍格华兹，

Not enough hearsay, 没有足够的传闻，

Always made the front page, 始终做头版，

You could use a fine tooth comb to get a word from the wise, 你可以使用细齿梳从智者拿到一个字，

Would be a welcome surprise, 将是一个惊喜，

Keep an ear to the ground so to drown out the sound of the failures that make me whole, 保持一个耳朵贴在地面，以便淹没了，使我整个失败的声音，

   

Tell me, tell me a story, 告诉我，告诉我一个故事，

Tell me not to worry, or pick up the phone, 告诉我不要担心，或者拿起电话，

So turning, turning a deaf ear, 所以转弯，置若罔闻，

So that I don't hear them throwing stone, 所以，我不听他们扔石头，

   

These walls don't talk, 这些墙不说话，

Even when somebody knocks, 甚至当有人敲门，

These walls don't stand, 这些墙都受不了，

For anyone else but themselves, 对于其他人，但自己，

These walls don't fall, 这些墙不倒，

Even when gravity's failing us all, 即使在重力的失败我们所有人，

   

Tell me, tell me a story, 告诉我，告诉我一个故事，

Tell me not to worry, or pick up the phone, 告诉我不要担心，或者拿起电话，

So turning, turning a deaf ear, 所以转弯，置若罔闻，

So that I don't hear them throwing stone. 所以，我不听他们扔石头。