I got the call one summer night 我接到电话一个夏天的晚上

He said you're on tomorrow's flight 他说，你在明天的航班

My mother cried my sister too 我的母亲哭了姐姐太

My father said I'm proud of you 我父亲说，我为你骄傲

I can't believe it's true 我简直不敢相信这是真的

We're going after 'who' 我们打算以后谁

And still I wish that I just knew 可是我还是希望我就知道

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

When the price we pay is endless war 当我们付出的代价是无休止的战争

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

When all we need is peace 当所有我们需要的是和平

Though I'm blind to what I see 虽然我看不清我看到了什么

They tell me there's an enemy 他们告诉我，有一个敌人

I know I gotta get outta here 我知道我得离开这里

Insanity is drawing near 疯狂的临近

Can't take it anymore 不能再忍受了

I've knocked on heaven's door 我敲开天堂之门

No I'm not dying for this war 不，我不会死在这场战争

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

When the price we pay is endless war 当我们付出的代价是无休止的战争

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

When all we need is peace 当所有我们需要的是和平

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

Can't we learn from what we've done before 我们不能从我们之前所做的学习

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

When no one ever wins, in war 当没有人获胜，在战争中

A young man returns from war 一名年轻男子返回从战争

Where he didn't know 在那里，他不知道

What he was fighting for 他在战斗

The streets remained the same 街道保持不变

But people'd changed 但peopled改变

The medals on his chest 在他的胸口奖牌

Didn't mean a thing 并不意味着一件事

A tear dropped from the corner of his eye 一滴眼泪从他的眼角下降

Did he come come 他来来

My grandpa died in Normandy 在诺曼底我的爷爷去世

My brother is still in Vietnam 我的弟弟依然在越南

I know there's nothing good in war 我知道有什么好的战争

I know 'cause I've been there before 我知道，因为我也经历过

So what am I gonna do 所以，我该怎么办

I know this war ain't through 我知道这场战争是无法通过

And still I wish that I just knew 可是我还是希望我就知道

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

When the price we pay is endless war 当我们付出的代价是无休止的战争

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

When all we need is peace 当所有我们需要的是和平

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

Can't we learn form what we've done before 我们不能学形成了我们之前所做的

What are we fighting for 什么是我们争取的

When no one ever wins, in war 当没有人获胜，在战争中