Rest Employed

（song by the Stupendium)
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One-fifty-one thousand, six hundred people die
十--五萬--一千，又六百個人死去，
Everyday on Earth
——在地球上的每一天
And if that's not a reason to cry
而如果那還不足以讓你落淚的話
WELL.. .
好吧……
It's an awful lot of paperwork
那可代表著一堆繁冗的文書
It's your first day at work
你入職的第一天
How've you settled in?
待得怎麼樣？
Shaken off the rigor mortis?
才剛擺脫屍僵？
Sorted out your pencil tin?
僅整理好鉛筆盒？
Welcome to our newest resident skeleton
歡迎我們新來的這位骷髏實習生
What better heaven than a desk to spend forever in?
還有比永遠都能打發時光的辦公桌還要消遣的天堂嗎？
Now your body may be shrivelled up and worthless
也許你千瘡百孔的身軀已腐朽得一文不值
At least we know your funeral will be a civil service
但至少我們得知你的葬禮服務將體面出殯
Persons so superfluous are living on the surface
過剩的人口正在地表上增殖
It's nothing so perturbing
何需煩惱不安
We're just trimming off the surplus
我們只需裁剪掉多餘部分即可
It isn't murder if you cause a little accident
若你造成了些小意外別直呼謀殺
We prefer to word it as some
我們更願意將其冠名為
'MORTAL MIDDLE MANAGEMENT'
“凡人中值管理措施”
There's a door
有一扇後門
We've got millions of applicants
我們的求職人員正在那排起長龍
Dying for some corporate incorporeal entanglement
為了這份解決靈體瓜葛的工作而擠破頭皮

任何生靈終將逝去
Everything living has to die
But to die you need not apply
但你無需申請你的死亡
WE'LL
我們會
FIND
找到
YOU
你
When your time's through
當你的時間耗盡時
Take a number wait in line
在隊伍裡拿好號碼
Live your life and we 'll be
好好享受餘生而我們將
RIGHT
尾
BE-
隨
HIND
而
YOU
來
Nothing certain but
世事無常但除
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡與賦稅
So I guess you'd better
所以我想你要盡量
Get some practise
上手實習
Nothing certain but
世事無常但除
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡與賦稅
So I guess you'd better
所以我想你要盡量
So I guess you'd better...
所以我想你要盡量……

You've got targets to prove yourself
你需要些指標來證明自己
Here's some targets peruse yourself
這些款項需要你親自研讀
Shoo a few humans off the mortal shelf
把些許凡人從生死簿上隨手掃掉
To the floor
任其向下墮去
We'll be polishing the coffins
我們會趁機把棺材好好拋光
As you off a couple more
在你努力完成指標的時候
We need:
“我們需要：
*A botanist(die)
一位植物學家、
*Two paleontologists(die)
兩位古生物學家或化石學家、
*A newspaper columnist(die)
一位新聞專欄寫手、
(whose views MAY be communist)
（最好是個共產主義者）
*A shoe salesman(die)
一個賣鞋的傢伙
(possible balloon hobbyist)
（盡量是個氣球愛好者）
ps:just another couple popped clogs for your shopping list
只不過又是你購物清單上的一連串名字

No slacking on the grave packing
送葬可不能耽誤
Ever more to kill
死者多多益善
Death row DEPLORABLES
一連串的死亡不僅觸目興嘆
INCURABLES
無可救藥
and 'SORT OF ILL'
還“有點”病入膏肓
Every person,animal and plant has a form to fill
每位先生、每種動植物都需要填好表格
We've got departments
我們甚至有個部門
Solely tasked with killing chlorophyll
專職負責帶走葉綠素
So of course you will
因此你理所當然地
Toe the life-line and behave
要在生命線上踮起腳尖好好表現
Or you'll be filing dandelions
不然就會化作蒲公英隨風消散
Before you've had your tea break
甚至來不及品口下午茶
Humanity's in balance
人類都被掛在天平上等待差額的調和
If that balance isn't repaid
而如果這種和諧的製衡被誰打破
Interns can be INHUMED and REPLACED
被取代的實習生就只能遷墳而葬

Everything living has to die
萬物都會歸於死亡
But to die you need not apply
可冥界無需你的應聘
WE'LL
等著
FIND
我們
YOU
上門
When your time's through
只要你的時代過去了
Take a number wait in line
帶著叫號單專心排隊
Live your life and we'll be
善度你最後的時光而我們將
RIGHT
在
BE-
你
HIND
身
YOU
後
Nothing certain but
“萬事皆虛”並不適用於
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡和賦稅
So I guess you'd better
因此我猜你最好
Get some practise
好好練習
Nothing certain but
“萬事皆虛”並不適用於
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡和賦稅
So I guess you'd better
因此我猜你最好
So I guess you'd better...
因此我猜你最好

ASHES TO ASHES
塵歸塵
NINE TO FIVE
朝九晚五
The light in the tunnel has been privatised
土下的最後一抹曙光早已被私人佔據
Robes were so behind the times
禮袍是多麼地不合年代
These obituaries don't give any time for SCYTHES
訃告也無法延遲鐮刀的落下
Population moderation's not the worst fate
最糟糕的宿命遠不是種群適度
Your occupation's the salvation of the hearse trade
你的工作可是對殯葬行業的偉大救贖
For generations we've been racing for the FIRST place
世世代代我們都在為著出單率而力爭上游
But we've spent the centuries in SECOND to the birth rate
但千年百紀後我們才放緩了次時代的更替

Everything living has to die
世間一切最後只會淪為無物
But to die you need not apply
不過想要離開這個世界不用報告
WE'LL
你會
FIND
被我們
YOU
發現
When your time's through
在終焉時刻來臨之際
Take a number wait in line
手持編碼跟在人群後
Live your life and we'll be
安心等待大限到來而我們
RIGHT
就
BE-
在
HIND
這
YOU
呢
Nothing certain but
沒什麼能被確定除了
DEATH AND TAXES
死亡和賦稅
So I guess you'd better
因而我覺得你需要
Get some practise
多點實踐
Nothing certain but
亙古不變的真理只有
DEATH
死亡
AND
與
TAXES
賦稅
So I guess you'd better
那就請好自為之
so I guess you'd better...
請一定要好自為之… …

Dear intentions,
親愛的各位應聘生：
We're gathered here today to pay tribute to the life of the past.
今日我們齊聚一堂，滿懷敬意地為已故之人的亡魂而哀悼
And to welcome him to the office.
而事務所在此恭迎他的加入
May he REST EMPLOYED.
願其永垂不“休”
(Great!)
（完）