Every generation 每一代人

Blames the one before 指责前一

And all of their frustrations 和他们所有的挫折

Come beating at your door 来击败你的门

   

I know that I'm a prisoner 我知道我是一个囚犯

To all my father held so dear 我所有的父亲举办，亲爱的

I know that I'm a hostage 我知道我是一个人质

To all his hopes and fears 他的一切希望和恐惧

I just wish I could have told him 我只是希望我能告诉他

In the living years 在多年的生活

   

Say it loud, say it clear 大声说出来，说清楚

You can listen as well as you hear 你可以听，你听，以及

It's too late when we die 这是为时已晚，当我们死

To admit we don't see eye to eye 不得不承认，我们没有看到眼眼

   

Crumpled bits of paper 纸揉成一团位

Filled with imperfect thought 充满了不完美的思考

Stilted conversations 踩高跷的对话

I'm afraid that's all we've got 恐怕这就是我们得到

   

You say, "You just don't see it" 你说， “你看不出来”

He says, "It's perfect sense" 他说， “这是非常有意义”

You just can't get agreement 你就不能获得协议

In this present tense 在目前的紧张

We all talk a different language 我们都讲不同的语言

Talking in defense 说到防守

   

Say it loud, say it clear 大声说出来，说清楚

You can listen as well as you hear 你可以听，你听，以及

It's too late when we die 这是为时已晚，当我们死

To admit we don't see eye to eye 不得不承认，我们没有看到眼眼

   

I wasn't there that morning 我是不是有那个早晨

When my father passed away 当我的父亲去世了

I didn't get to tell him 我没有告诉他

All the things I had to say 所有的事情我说的话

   

I think I caught his spirit 我觉得我抓住了他的精神

Later that same year 同年晚些时候

I'm sure I heard his echo 我敢肯定，我听到他的回音

In my baby's new born tears 在我的宝宝刚出生不久的眼泪

And I just wish I could have told him 我只是希望我能告诉他

In the living years 在多年的生活

   

Say it loud, say it clear 大声说出来，说清楚

You can listen as well as you hear 你可以听，你听，以及

It's too late when we die 这是为时已晚，当我们死

To admit we don't see eye to eye 不得不承认，我们没有看到眼眼

   

Say it loud, say it clear 大声说出来，说清楚