Things It Would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution

It got too hot and so we overthrew the system
如此燥熱，我們推翻了所謂的體制
'Cause there's no place for human existence like right here
因為世上沒有適合我們的地方
On this bright blue marble orbited by trash
就在這顆被垃圾環繞的藍色玻璃球上
Man, there's no beating that
這是毫無疑問的
It was no big thing to give up the way of life we had
放棄我們曾有過的生活沒什麼大不了的
Oh ho oh
哦哦哦
My social life is now quite a bit less hectic
現在我的社交生活似乎確實沒那麼忙碌了
The nightlife and the protests are pretty scarce
夜生活和抗議也也相當罕見
Now I mostly spend the long days walking through the city
我幾乎整日整日在城裡閒逛
Empty as a tomb
這城墳墓般空無一物
Sometimes I miss the top of the food chain
有時我懷念在食物鏈頂端的日子
But what a perfect afternoon
但這是一個多麼美好的下午
Industry and commerce toppled to their knees
工業和貿易就癱倒跪地
The gears of progress halted
生產的齒輪終於停滯
The underclass set free
底層人民點燃革命的火
The super-ego shatters with our ideologies
超自我和我們的意識一起破碎
The obscene injunction to enjoy life
用享受生活包裹的下流的禁令
Disappears as in a dream
在夢中似的消失
And as we return to out native state
正當我們回到我們故鄉
To our primal scene
到我們最開始的場景時
The temperature, it started dropping
氣溫開始降低
The ice floes began to freeze
大浮冰開始凍結
From time to time we all get a bit restless
我們都有時會輾轉難安
With no one advertising to us constantly
沒人經常給我們做廣告
But the tribe at the former airport
除了原來機場那幫人
Some nights has meat and dancing
幾天晚上已經碰頭舞蹈
If you don't mind gathering and hunting
如果你不介意聚會狩獵的話
We're all still pretty good at eating on the run
我們還是挺擅長在一敗塗地時享受的
Things it would have been helpful to know before the revolution
那些如果在在解決方案之前知道會有用的東西啊
Though I'll admit some degree of resentment
我可以有幾分怨憤地承認
For the sudden lack of convenience around here
現在突然的不再方便
But there are some visionaries among us developing some products
但是我們中有些有遠見的人在做一些產品
To aid us in our struggle to survive
來幫助我們苟延殘喘
On this godless rock that refuses to die
在這不願滅亡的無神之地