In the dark before the train 在车前的黑暗

Just beyond the barn glow 只是超出了谷仓的光芒

Where no dissident remains 如果没有持不同政见者仍然

Driving it like we stole it 驾驶它就像我们偷的

   

Snow falling, a silver poet 雪花飘落，银诗人

To concentrate the gallows 集中绞刑架

And subtracting us like the wolf does 减去我们像狼呢

Driving it like we stole it 驾驶它就像我们偷的

   

But we're getting nearer, nearer 但我们越来越近了，更近

Getting near that modern spirit, yeah 越来越近，现代的精神，是

I can hear it, hear it, hear it 我能听见它，听见它，听见它

I can hear that modern spirit 我可以听到现代精神

   

On the open road for boys 在开放道路上的男孩

A white and an open throat 白色和开嗓

Night slips back with no noise 夜滑回无噪音

Inside the hitch-hiker's coat 里面的搭便车旅行者的外衣

   

But we're getting nearer, nearer 但我们越来越近了，更近

Getting near that modern spirit, yeah 越来越近，现代的精神，是

I can hear it, hear it, hear it 我能听见它，听见它，听见它

I can hear the modern spirit, yeah 我可以听到现代精神，是

   

Can't you just hear it, hear it, hear it? 你就不能听到它，听到它，听到了吗？

Winter counting everything, we're near it 冬季计数的一切，我们在它附近

We're getting nearer nearer, nearer 我们越来越近近，近

Friendship changing everything, we're near it 友谊改变了一切，我们在它附近

I can hear it 我能听见它

   

Is this the modern spirit? 这是现代精神？

Is this the modern spirit, yeah 这就是现代精神，是

Is this the modern spirit 这就是现代精神

This is the modern spirit, yeah 这是现代精神，是

This is the modern spirit 这是现代精神

This is the modern spirit, yeah 这是现代精神，是

This is the modern spirit 这是现代精神

This is the modern spirit, yeah 这是现代精神，是

   

Yeah? Yeah 是吗？是啊