Lives in the balance-Judie Tzuke

[ti:Lives in the Balance] [ar:Judie Tzuke] [al:Songs for Heroes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lives In The Balance - Judie Tzuke
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:14.07]I've been waiting for something to happen
我一直期待着奇迹发生 [00:17.48]For a week or a month or a year
一周一个月或者一年 [00:20.91]With the blood in the ink of the headlines
新闻头条上沾满鲜血 [00:24.29]And the sound of the crowd in my ear
熙熙攘攘的人群在我耳边响起 [00:27.72]You might ask what it takes to remember
你可能会问要怎样才能让我铭记于心 [00:31.04]When you know that you've seen it before
当你知道你早有体会时 [00:34.64]Where a government lies to a people
那里的政府欺骗人民 [00:37.49] [00:38.07]And a country is drifting to war
一个国家陷入鏖战 [00:41.03] [00:41.54]And there's a shadow on the faces
你的脸庞蒙上阴影 [00:44.93]Of the men who send the guns
那些送枪的人 [00:47.83] [00:48.36]To the wars that are fought in places
在某些地方爆发战争 [00:51.80]Where their business interest runs
他们的商业利益在哪里 [00:55.25]On the radio talk shows and the t v
上电台上脱口秀上电视 [00:58.60]You hear one thing again and again
你反复听到一句话 [01:01.24] [01:02.02]How the u s a stands for freedom
美国代表着自由 [01:05.56]And we come to the aid of a friend
我们是来帮助朋友的 [01:08.50] [01:09.30]But who are the ones that we call our friends
但谁是我们称之为朋友的人 [01:12.48]These governments killing their own
这些政府自相残杀 [01:15.27] [01:15.81]Or the people who finally can't take any more
还是那些再也无法忍受的人 [01:19.30]And they pick up a gun or a brick or a stone
他们拿起一把枪或者一块砖头或者石头 [01:22.81]There are lives in the balance
有些人命悬一线 [01:24.73] [01:26.71]There are people under fire
有人饱受煎熬 [01:28.95] [01:30.08]There are children at the cannons
枪声响起孩子们蠢蠢欲动 [01:32.40] [01:32.91]And there is blood on the wire
到处都是鲜血 [01:35.13] [02:14.31]There's a shadow on the faces
脸庞蒙上阴影 [02:17.49]Of the men who fan the flames
那些推波助澜的人 [02:20.90]Of the wars that are fought in places
到处都是战火纷飞的地方 [02:24.36]Where we can't even say the names
我们甚至不能说出他们的名字 [02:27.38] [02:28.11]They sell us the president the same way
他们以同样的方式向我们推销总统 [02:31.66]They sell us our clothes and our cars
他们把我们的衣服和汽车卖给我们 [02:34.63]They sell us every thing from youth to religion
他们向我们兜售各种东西从年轻人到宗教信仰 [02:38.40]The same time they sell us our wars
与此同时他们向我们兜售战争 [02:41.52]I want to know who the men in the shadows are
我想知道阴影中的人是谁 [02:44.92]I want to hear somebody asking them why
我想听到有人问我为什么 [02:48.31]They can be counted on to
他们可以依靠 [02:50.10]Tell us who our enemies are
告诉我们谁是我们的敌人 [02:51.77]But they're never the ones to fight or to die
但他们从来都不是会战斗会死亡的人 [02:55.31]And there are lives in the balance
生命危在旦夕 [02:57.01] [02:59.29]There are people under fire
有人饱受煎熬 [03:01.43]There are children at the cannons
枪声响起孩子们蠢蠢欲动 [03:03.81] [03:05.44]And there is blood on the wire
到处都是鲜血