While you were building your empires 当你建立你的帝国

I was still sleeping 我当时还在睡觉

I was still sleeping 我当时还在睡觉

While you were setting your woods afire 当你在着火设置你的森林

I was still dreaming 我还在做梦

I was still dreaming 我还在做梦

   

Now I will unsettle the ground beneath you 现在，我会搅乱你脚下的地面

Send my waters ashore 发送我的水域上岸

Creep into your bed 蔓延到你的床

Find you in every corner 找到你的每一个角落

   

While you argue it over 当你在说这

I am not waiting 我不等待

I am not waiting 我不等待

While you retreat to your comforts 当你退到您的舒适

I am not fading 我不褪色

I am not fading 我不褪色

   

I've done this many times before you 我以前你做了很多次

Old Shanghai 老上海

New Orleans 新奥尔良

Amsterdam and Mumbai 阿姆斯特丹和孟买

Strange new creatures 新奇特的生物

To scavenge your pores 要清除毛孔

Oh I've done this many times before you 哦，我以前你做了很多次

Ashen sky 灰白的天空

Lightning storms 闪电风暴

Deltas to desert plains 三角洲沙漠平原

Wartime on every border 战时每一个边界

   

I've done this many times before you 我以前你做了很多次

Watched the pattern take form 观看模式采取的形式

Children your time is done 孩子你的时间完成

If you say it's done together 如果你说这是一起做