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Crimson flames tied through my ears
深紅色火焰纏繞在我的耳際
Rollin' high and mighty traps
高高翻滾踏過重重陷阱
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
火光四射的道路上奮然前行
Using ideas as my maps
意念在心中作我的指引
'We'll meet on edges, soon,' said I“
我們很快會在懸崖邊相遇”我說
Proud 'neath heated brow
眉宇間鬥志激昂滿是自豪
Ah, but I was so much older then
啊但昔日的我如此衰老
I'm younger than that now.
而今的我風華正茂
Half-cracked prejudice leaped forth
殘存的偏見赫然閃現
'Rip down all hate,' I screamed“
撕碎所有仇恨吧”我大聲疾呼
Lies that life is black and white
黑白顛倒的生活中充斥著謊言
Spoke from my skull, I dreamed
一一從我腦海中冒出我夢見
Romantic facts of musketeers
三個火槍手的遊俠軼事
Foundationed deep, somehow
有些東西已經根深蒂固不知何故啊
Ah, but I was so much older then
啊但昔日的我如此衰老
I'm younger than that now.
而今的我風華正茂
Girls' faces formed the forward path
女孩簇擁的臉龐出現在前方
From phony jealousy
帶有欺騙意味的猜忌
To memorizing politics
為了熟記那些
Of ancient history
古老歷史的政治風情
Flung down by corpse evangelists
但已被行屍走肉般的傳道者徹底拋棄
Unthought of, thought, somehow
簡直出乎意料不知何故啊
Ah, but I was so much older then
啊但昔日的我如此衰老
I'm younger than that now.
而今的我風華正茂
A self-ordained professor's tongue
自封的教授們總是滿口仁義道德
Too serious to fool
總是一本正經誰敢戲弄他們呢
Spouted out that liberty
大肆宣揚所謂的自由
Is just equality in school
那隻不過是校園裡的平等
'Equality,' I spoke the word“
平等”我吐出這個詞
As if a wedding vow
好似一句莊嚴的婚禮誓詞
Ah, but I was so much older then
啊但昔日的我如此衰老
I'm younger than that now.
而今的我風華正茂
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
站在一個士兵的立場我將矛頭對準
At the mongrel dogs who teach
那些教書育人的狗雜種們
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy
哪怕我將來變成我自己的敵人
In the instant that I preach
這一刻我也要振臂宣揚
My existence led by confusion boats
我的存在總是由迷航的船隻指引
Mutiny from stern to bow
現在從船頭到船尾已爆發叛亂
Ah, but I was so much older then
啊但昔日的我如此衰老
I'm younger than that now.
而今的我風華正茂
Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
是的即便飽受虛無的威脅我的立場依舊堅若磐石
Too noble to neglect
如此崇高誰也無法將我忽視
Deceived me into thinking
他們誘騙我苦苦思索
I had something to protect
我仍會護住身上的某些東西
Good and bad, I define these terms
好的和壞的我這樣給它們定義區分
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
相當明晰毋庸置疑不知何故啊
Ah, but I was so much older then
啊但昔日的我如此衰老
I'm younger than that now.
而今的我風華正茂