I've never sailed on a sea 我从来没有航行在海上

I would not challenge a giant 我不会挑战巨人

I could not take on the church 我不能拿上教堂

Time will crawl 时间会爬

Till the 21st century lose 直到21世纪失去

   

I know a government man 我知道政府的人

He was as blind as the moon 他是盲目的月亮

He saw the sun in the night 他看到太阳在晚上

He took a top-gun pilot and he 他把一个顶级枪飞行员和他

He made him fly thru a hole 他做了他的通孔飞

Till he grew real old 到后来他变老实

And he never came down 而且他从来不下来

He just flew till he burst 他只是飞，直到他爆

   

Time will crawl 时间会爬

Till our mouths 直到我们的嘴巴

run dry 干涸

Time will crawl 时间会爬

Till our feet 直到我们的脚

grow small 长出小

Time will crawl 时间会爬

Till our tails 直到我们的尾巴

fall off 脱落

Time will crawl 时间会爬

till the 21st century lose 直到21世纪失去

   

I saw a black black stream 我看到了一个黑色的黑流

Full of white eyed fish 全白色的独眼鱼

And a drowning man 和一个溺水的人

With no eyes at all 没有眼睛可言

I felt a warm warm breeze 我感到温暖和煦的微风

That melted metal and steel 这熔化的金属和钢铁

I got a bad migraine 我得到了一个不好的偏头痛

That lasted three long years 持续了三年之久

And the pills that I took 而且我吃了药

Made my fingers disappear 让我的手指消失

   

Time will crawl, time will crawl 时间会爬，一次会爬

Time will crawl 时间会爬

Till the 21st century lose 直到21世纪失去

   

You were a talented child 你是一个有才华的孩子

You came to live in our town 你来住在我们的城市

We never bothered to scream 我们从来没有困扰到尖叫

When your mask came off 当你的面具掉了

We only smelt the gas 我们只闻到一股气体

As we lay down to sleep 当我们躺下睡觉

   

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and our heads bowed down 跪拜我们的头

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and our eyes fall out 而我们的眼睛掉出来

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and the streets run red 而在大街上冲

Time will crawl 时间会爬

till the 21st century lose 直到21世纪失去

   

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and our mouths run dry 而我们的嘴巴干运行

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and our feet grow small 而我们的脚长得小

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and our tails fall off 我们的尾巴脱落

Time will crawl 时间会爬

till the 21st century lose 直到21世纪失去

   

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and our heads bowed down 跪拜我们的头

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and our eyes fall out 而我们的眼睛掉出来

Time will crawl 时间会爬

and the streets run red 而在大街上冲

Time will crawl 时间会爬

till the 21st century lose 直到21世纪失去

   

For the crazy child 对于疯狂的孩子

We'll give every life 我们会给每一个生命

For the crackpot notion 对于古怪的概念