Pearl diver

I was living very happy
我曾經生活得很幸福
When they came to me
當他們找到我的時候
Offered riches for the pearls
提供了由珍珠帶來的財富
Way down in the sea
在深海裡
So I became a pearl diver
於是我成為了一個採珠人
Held my breath as I went down
下去的時候我屏住呼吸
Caught my foot between two rocks
雙腿被岩石卡住
And drowned
漸漸被大海吞噬
Now I am sitting under water
現在我坐在海底
Watching things fall in
看著東西下沉
Sinking with the weight of knowledge
帶著知識的重量
Greed, desire and sin
以及貪婪，慾望和罪惡
Now I am eternal witness
現在我將見證永恆
To the tide that man has turned
致那個因潮汐而後退的男人
Pity he will never know
可惜他永遠也不會知道
The things that I have learned
我所學會的東西
The submarines go underneath
潛艇向下進發
The battleships above
上面的戰艦
And the divers keep on coming
和不斷下潛的潛水員們
Putting prices on their love
把他們的愛標予價格
And I can taste the toxic waters
我可以品嚐到這有毒的海水
Hear every splash of waste
聽到垃圾投入水里的每一聲飛濺
I see how man has used the sea
我看到人們如何對待海洋
Diluting his distaste
稀釋著他的厭惡
The fishes tell me they would like to
魚兒們告訴我它們想
Throw a hook up on the land
扔一個魚鉤到岸上
Snag a man and drag him under
鉤住一個人然後把他拉入水里
Put him in a can
把他放到一個罐子裡
Watch him fight to breathe the water
看他掙扎著在水里呼吸
Buy him in a store
在商店裡買回去
Cut him up to be their dinner
開膛破肚烹調好來當晚餐
Throw the bones on shore
把骨頭扔在岸上
Dump their garbage overground
把垃圾丟在地上
Invade the air with greed
貪婪地入侵
Exploit the wind and use the land
利用好風能和土地
For things that they dont need
因為這是他們所不需要的
I was living very happy
我曾經生活得很幸福
Until they came to me
直到他們來找到我
Now Im a pearl diver
現在我是一個採珠人
Buried in the sea
埋葬在大海深處
My dream is to be cremated
只希望有一天能被火化
Not swaying with the tide
不再隨波逐流地搖曳
But because I wanted more
但是因為我想要的更多
Than God had given me
多於上帝所給予的
I died
沉眠於大海
Because I wanted more
因為我想要的更多
Than God had given me
多於上帝所給予的
I died
沉眠於大海