a cold and porcelain lonely 寒冷和孤独的瓷

in an old new york hotel 在一个古老的纽约酒店

a stranger to a city 一个陌生的城市

that she used to know so well 她用了才知道这么好

bathing in a bathroom 洗澡的浴室

that is bathed in the first blue light 该沐浴在第一蓝色光

of the beginning of a century 一个世纪的开始

at the end of an endless night 在无尽的黑夜结束

   

then she is wet behind the ears and wafting down the avenue 那么她是天高地厚，并飘出下来的途径

pre-rush hour 前交通高峰

post-rain shower 后淋浴

stillness seeping upwards like steam 寂静向上渗出像蒸汽

from another molten sewer 从另一个下水道液

summer in new york 夏天在纽约

   

they've been spraying us with chemicals in our sleep 他们已经被喷洒我们在我们睡眠的化学物质

us / they 我们/他们

something about the mosquitoes having some kind of disease 一些关于有某种疾病的蚊子

them / me 他们/我

CIA foul play 中情局犯规

if you ask the guy selling hair dryers out of a gym bag 如果你问那个卖吹风机出了一个运动包

chemical warfare 化学战

"i'm telling you, lab rat to lab rat," he says, "that's where the truth is at" “我告诉你，小白鼠为实验老鼠， ”他说， “这其中的道理是”

that's where the truth is at 这其中的道理是

that's where the truth is at 这其中的道理是

   

and everything seems to have gone terribly wrong that can 一切似乎都消失了可怕的错误，可以

but one breath at a time is an acceptable plan 但一口气在一个时间是一个可接受的方案

she tells herself 她告诉自己

and the air is still there 与空气仍然存在

and this morning it's even breathable 今天早上它甚至透气

and for a second the relief is unbelievable 而对于第二浮雕，令人难以置信

and she's a heavy sack of flour sifted 她是面粉的重包装袋过筛

her burden lifted 她抬起负担

she's full of clean wind for one lean moment 她完全干净的风一瘦的时刻

and then she's trapped again 然后她又困

reverted 回复

caged and contorted 笼和扭曲

with no way to get free 有没有办法获得免费

and she's getting plenty of little kisses 和她获得足够的小吻

but nobody's slippin' her the key 但没有人的跌到“她的关键

   

her whole life is a long list of what ifs 她的一生是怎样IFS一个长长的清单

and she doesn't even know where to begin 她甚至不知道从哪里开始

and the pageantry of suffering therein 而其中的痛苦的盛况

rivals television 对手的电视

tv is, after all, the modern day roman coliseum 电视毕竟，现今的罗马竞技场

human devastation as mass entertainment 人类破坏的大众娱乐

and now millions sit jeering 现在数百万坐嘲笑

collectively cheering 集体欢呼

the bloodthirsty hierarchy of the patriarchal arrangement 父权安排的嗜血层次

   

she is hailing a cab 她欢呼出租车

she is sailing down the avenue 她是帆船下大街

she's 19 going on 30 她打算19月30

or maybe she's really 30 now ... 也许她真的30了...

it's hard to say 很难说

it's hard to keep up with time once it's on its way 很难跟上一次的时间是在它的途中

   

and, you know, she never had much of a chance 而且，你知道，她从未有过许多机会

born into a family built like an avalanche 出生于建立像雪崩家庭

and somewhere in the 80s between the oat bran and the ozone 而某处燕麦麸和臭氧之间的80年代

she started to figure out things like why 她开始找出类的东西，为什么

one eye pointed upwards looking for the holes in the sky 一只眼睛向上指着寻找在天空中的孔

one eye on the little flashing red light 一只眼睛上的小红灯闪烁

a picasso face twisted and listing down the canvas 毕加索的脸扭曲和上市下来画布

of the end of an endless night 无尽的黑夜结束

   

10 9 8 seven six 5 4 three 2 one 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

and kerplooey 和kerplooey

you're done. 你就大功告成了。

you're done for. 你就完了。

you're done for good. 你是好做。

so tell me 所以告诉我

did you? 是吗？

did you do 你做

did you do all you could ? 你做了所有你能？