《Babel》歌词

[00:00:00] Babel - Peter Hammill

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[00:00:08] Words upon words

[00:00:13] 一言一句

[00:00:13] Stack the tower of Babel

[00:00:20] 建造通天塔

[00:00:20] Brick on brick on straw on clay

[00:00:31] 一砖一瓦铺上稻草铺上粘土

[00:00:31] But a whispering stirs

[00:00:38] 只有窃窃私语

[00:00:38] And the structure's unstable

[00:00:44] 结构不稳定

[00:00:44] When all the scaffold's stripped away

[00:00:55] 当我卸下所有的枷锁

[00:00:55] We're ever quick to aver

[00:01:01] 我们总是迫不及待

[00:01:01] That we are ready and able

[00:01:07] 我们已经做好准备

[00:01:07] But we can't say what's coming come what may

[00:01:19] 可我们无法预知未来

[00:01:19] By definition self-obsessed

[00:01:25] 从定义上说自恋

[00:01:25] We strive to make ourselves plain

[00:01:31] 我们努力让自己变得简单明了

[00:01:31] With words that pass the acid test

[00:01:34] 我说的话都能经受住考验

[00:01:34] With passive thought in train

[00:02:26] 带着消极的想法

[00:02:26] Words upon words

[00:02:31] 一言一句

[00:02:31] Fiction folly and fable

[00:02:38] 幻想荒唐可笑的故事

[00:02:38] Each pregnant pause a dead giveaway

[00:02:50] 每一次怀孕都说明了一切

[00:02:50] Ploughing on undeterred

[00:02:54] 坚持不懈地耕耘

[00:02:54] As the sell-bys expire on our labels

[00:03:01] 我们的厂牌销售一空

[00:03:01] Though at length we'll have little or nothing to say

[00:03:13] 尽管到最后我们会无话可说

[00:03:13] It would be too absurd

[00:03:18] 这太荒谬了

[00:03:18] To spend life all agaze at our navels -

[00:03:26] 让我们的一生都为我们的肚脐感到骄傲

[00:03:26] Oh we've got such limited time to go on and explain

[00:03:37] 我们时间有限无法解释清楚

[00:03:37] So running off at the mouth

[00:03:43] 信口开河

[00:03:43] We all get carried away

[00:03:49] 我们都忘乎所以

[00:03:49] Uncertain when it all goes south

[00:03:52] 不确定何时会出问题

[00:03:52] If we mean what we say

[00:03:58] 如果我们说到做到

[00:03:58] If we mean what we say

[00:04:03] 如果我们说到做到