Distant Solar Systems

Distant solar systems and all the minor planets
遙遠的太陽系和所有小行星
Know nothing of our satellites and 747s
對我們的衛星和747飛機一無所知
Fireworks that recreate the birth of constellations
煙火重現了群星的誕生
Dying suns that laugh at shotgun powder imitations
瀕死的太陽嘲笑著偽劣的獵槍火藥

那時我是水手頭頂碧空腳踏漆黑的汪洋
When I am a sailor, and the sky, a pitch-black ocean
我垂首看向自己滴血的心只願自己是火神伏爾甘
I'll look down at my bleeding heart and wish I were a Vulcan
拜占庭的建築教堂和各式屋宇

我們所有的寶藏石油和黃金
Its Byzantine structures, churches and all
所有的帝王在石塊中碎成粉齏
All of our treasure of oil and gold
所有的建築鍍上了鉻金
All of the empires crumble in stone
我和上帝的通信時有時無
Great architecture gilded in chrome
我在路上寄出明信片他有時也會回复我

北國的迴響和所有至上的王朝
God and I, we correspond with intermittent letters
無盡的地平線上冒出繡針的針尖
I send postcards from the road, and now and then he answers
我知道圖景已然展開
Echoes northern city-states, and all the mighty kingdoms
遠在你想為之唱頌之前
Head of sewing needles on an unending horizon
稱你自己為無恥之徒

我知道你就像個孤兒
I knew there was a scene before you
那些科學或文學的偉人
Ever thought to sing it
都無法打動我我能給出些什麼呢
And call yourself a bastard
我是你腦中的鑿刀
And I know you like an orphan
通過立式麥克風向大理石嘶嚷

'Cause great men of science and literature
Don' t impress me, what can I offer?
Because I am a chisel in your hand
Screaming at marble from a microphone stand