Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution
It got too hot and so we overthrew the system
如此燥热，我们推翻了所谓的体制
'Cause there's no place for human existence like right here
因为世上没有适合我们的地方
On this bright blue marble orbited by trash
就在这颗被垃圾环绕的蓝色玻璃球上
Man, there's no beating that
这是毫无疑问的
It was no big thing to give up the way of life we had
放弃我们曾有过的生活没什么大不了的
Oh ho oh
哦 哦 哦
My social life is now quite a bit less hectic
现在我的社交生活似乎确实没那么忙碌了
The nightlife and the protests are pretty scarce
夜生活和抗议也也相当罕见
Now I mostly spend the long days walking through the city
我几乎整日整日在城里闲逛
Empty as a tomb
这城坟墓般空无一物
Sometimes I miss the top of the food chain
有时我怀念在食物链顶端的日子
But what a perfect afternoon
但这是一个多么美好的下午
Industry and commerce toppled to their knees
工业和贸易就瘫倒跪地
The gears of progress halted
生产的齿轮终于停滞
The underclass set free
底层人民点燃革命的火
The super-ego shatters with our ideologies
超自我和我们的意识一起破碎
The obscene injunction to enjoy life
用享受生活包裹的下流的禁令
Disappears as in a dream
在梦中似的消失
And as we return to out native state
正当我们回到我们故乡
To our primal scene
到我们最开始的场景时
The temperature, it started dropping
气温开始降低
The ice floes began to freeze
大浮冰开始冻结
From time to time we all get a bit restless
我们都有时会辗转难安
With no one advertising to us constantly
没人经常给我们做广告
But the tribe at the former airport
除了原来机场那帮人
Some nights has meat and dancing
几天晚上已经碰头舞蹈
If you don't mind gathering and hunting
如果你不介意聚会狩猎的话
We're all still pretty good at eating on the run
我们还是挺擅长在一败涂地时享受的
Things it would have been helpful to know before the revolution
那些如果在在解决方案之前知道会有用的东西啊
Though I'll admit some degree of resentment
我可以有几分怨愤地承认
For the sudden lack of convenience around here
现在突然的不再方便
But there are some visionaries among us developing some products
但是我们中有些有远见的人在做一些产品
To aid us in our struggle to survive
来帮助我们苟延残喘
On this godless rock that refuses to die
在这不愿灭亡的无神之地