postcard # 12

March 22nd, you know what year it is
3月22日你應知是何年
Snorkeling in the South China Sea
在南中國海潛泳
Over a city built of coral reefs
越過珊瑚礁的城邦
With tiger-striped fishes minding their own business
虎紋魚自顧自地游著
Im like a spaceship hovering in her sky
我就像一艘盤旋空中的宇宙飛船
Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea
在南中國海潛泳
Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea
在南中國海潛泳
Im surfing their society
我衝過它們的社會體
The oceans own little hierarchy
海洋中的等級制度
The weak gets eaten by the stronger
也是弱肉強食的道理
But the little gets stronger in number
但弱小者往往人多勢眾
Coalitions and schools form
結成各種幫派
Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea
在南中國海潛泳
Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea
在南中國海潛泳
Ooh
噢
Ooh
噢
A cleaner fish swims by
一隻清潔工魚游了過來
Checking tails and fins for parasites
檢查著大家尾部和鰭部的寄生蟲
Like a shoe shiner on Wall Street
就像華爾街上的擦鞋匠
The blue-collar worker of the sea
海洋中的藍領工人
We all do what we can to get by
我們都在努力營生
Find a niche that keeps us alive
想找到一份能糊口的工作
Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea
在南中國海潛泳
Ooh
噢
A current pushes me back to shore
一股洋流將我推回岸邊
Sends a shiver across the ocean floor
傳來海底的一陣顫抖
And the spaceship over the ocean surf
於是這艘在海上航行的宇宙飛船
Back to planet earth
回到了地球
Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea
在南中國海潛泳
Ooh, Im snorkeling in the South China Sea
噢我在南中國海潛泳
Ooh, snorkeling in the South China Sea
在南中國海潛泳
Ooh
噢
Ooh
噢