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Darkness at the break of noon |
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wǔ jiān yě yǒu hēi àn |
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Shadows even the silver spoon |
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yín sháo yě yǒu yīn yǐng |
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The handmade blade, the child' s balloon |
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shǒu zhì bīng rèn yǔ hái tóng qì qiú |
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Eclipses both the sun and moon |
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rì shí yuè shí tóng shí jìn xíng |
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To understand you know too soon |
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nǐ míng bái de tài zǎo le |
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There is no sense in trying |
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cháng shì liǎo wú yì yì |
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Pointed threats they bluff with scorn |
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tā men xū zhāng shēng shì yǔ qīng miè dì wēi xié |
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Suicide remarks are torn |
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zì shā yán lùn bèi sī suì |
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From the fool' s gold mouthpiece the hollow horn |
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shǎ guā de huáng jīn hóu shé shì kōng hào jiǎo |
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Plays wasted words proves to warn |
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shuō zhe wú yòng de yán lùn yǐ zhèng míng jià zhí |
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That he not busy being born is busy dying |
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bú shì máng yú shēng cún de rén nǐ men zhè shì zì xín sǐ lù |
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Temptation page flies out the door |
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yòu huò zhī yè fēi chū mén |
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You follow, find yourself at war |
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nǐ gēn suí qí hòu què fā jué zì jǐ shēn chǔ zhàn chǎng |
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Watch waterfalls of pity roar |
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jìng guān pù bù de hōng míng shēng |
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You feel to moan but unlike before |
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nǐ xiǎng āi háo què yǔ yǐ wǎng bù tóng |
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You discover that you just be one more |
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nǐ fā xiàn nǐ jǐn shì yòu yí gè kū qì zhě |
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Person crying |
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So dont you fear if you hear |
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tīng dào liǎo bù yào pà |
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A foreign sound to your ear |
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wài jiè shēng yīn rù ěr |
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It' s alright, Ma I' m only sighing |
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mā méi shì wǒ zhǐ shì zài tàn qì |
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As some warn victory, some downfall |
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yǒu rén shèng lì yǒu rén luò bài |
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Private reasons great or small |
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yuán yú zì sī de lǐ yóu, huò dà huò xiǎo |
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Can be seen in the eyes of those that call |
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zhèi xiē dōu bèi hū huàn de rén men kàn zài yǎn li |
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To make all that should be killed to crawl |
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wèi le shǐ suǒ yǒu zuì yǐ zhì sǐ de rén luò rù fǎ wǎng |
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While others say don' t hate nothing at all |
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tā rén shuō bù hèn rèn hé shì |
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Except hatred |
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chú le chóu hèn běn shēn |
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Disillusioned words like bullets bark |
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huàn miè de huà xiàng zǐ dàn hōng míng |
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As human gods aim for their mark |
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rén shén miáo zhǔn le yìn jì |
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Make everything from toy guns that spark |
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zhì zào wàn wù cóng huǒ huā wán jù qiāng |
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To fleshcolored Christs that glow in the dark |
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dào ròu sè de àn zhōng fā guāng jī dū xiàng |
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It' s easy to see without looking too far |
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wú xū tiào wàng jiù kě zhī |
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That not much is really sacred |
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méi shén me shén shèng bù kě qīn fàn |
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While preachers preach of evil fates |
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mù shī jiǎng xié è de mìng yùn |
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Teachers teach that knowledge weights |
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jiào shī jiǎng zhī shí zhī lì |
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Can lead to hundreddollar plates |
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kě yǐ yǐn zhì bǎi yuán zhī pán |
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Goodness hides behind its gates |
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nǚ shén cáng yú qí mén hòu |
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But even the president of the United States |
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jiù suàn měi guó zǒng tǒng |
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Sometimes must have to stand naked |
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yǒu shí yě huì yī sī bù guà |
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Although the rules of the road have been lodged |
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lù shàng guī zé yǐ bèi shè zhì |
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It' s only people' s games that you got to dodge |
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dàn zhè jǐn shì rén men de yóu xì bié lǐ tā |
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And it' s alright, Ma I can make it |
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mā méi shì wǒ zhǐ shì zuò bú dào |
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Advertising signs they con |
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guǎng gào tiān dì |
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You into thinking you' re the one |
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nǐ rèn wéi nǐ yǐ jìn rù qí zhōng |
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That can do what' s never been done |
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zuò qián rén wèi zuò zhī shì |
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That can win what' s never been won |
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yíng qián rén wèi yíng zhī míng |
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Meantime life outside goes on |
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cǐ shí zài nǐ zhōu shēn |
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All around you |
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shēng mìng jì xù |
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You lose yourself, you reappear |
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nǐ mí tú yòu fǎn |
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You suddenly find you got nothing to fear |
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nǐ wú suǒ wèi jù |
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Alone you stand with nobody near |
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nǐ jié rán dú lì shēn wú páng rén |
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When a trembling distant voice, unclear |
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yuǎn chù chàn dǒu bù míng de shēng yīn chuán lái |
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Startles your sleeping ears to hear |
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cóng shuì mián zhōng jīng xǐng nǐ cè ěr qīng tīng |
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That somebody thinks they really found you |
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yǒu rén rèn wéi tā men zhēn de zhǎo dào le nǐ |
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A question in your nerves is lit |
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nǐ shén jīng zhōng wèn tí yǐ diǎn rán |
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Yet you know there is no answer fit |
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nǐ shàng bù zhī yǒu hé shì dá àn |
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To satisfy, insure you not to quit |
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dá àn shǐ nǐ mǎn zú bù tuì què |
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To keep it in your mind and not forget |
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dá àn shǐ nǐ láo jì bù wàng què |
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That it is not he or she or them or it |
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nǐ bù shǔ yú rèn hé |
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That you belong to |
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tā tā tā TA |
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Although the masters make the rules |
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jǐn guǎn dà shī wèi cōng míng rén yǔ shǎ guā |
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For the wise men and the fools |
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zhì dìng le guī zé |
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I got nothing, Ma, to live up to |
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mā wǒ què wú yǐ wéi shēng |
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For them that must obey authority |
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duì tā men lái shuō, bì xū zūn cóng quán wēi |
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That they do not respect in any degree |
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tā men què bù zūn zhòng rèn hé jiē céng |
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Who despise their jobs, their destinies |
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wú lùn zhí yè yǔ shēng yá |
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Speak jealously of them that are free |
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mǎn huái dù yì dì shuō wǒ men yǒu zì yóu |
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Cultivate their flowers to be |
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péi yù qí xiān huā méng yá |
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Nothing more than something they invest in |
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méi shén me bǐ qí gèng yǒu qián lì |
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While some on principles baptized |
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yǒu rén bèi guī zé xǐ lǐ |
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To strict party platform ties |
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bèi yán gé dǎng gāng shù fù |
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Social clubs in drag disguise |
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zài shè huì jù lè bù zhōng bèi qiān zhì |
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Outsiders they can freely criticize |
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chū lái le tā men kě yǐ suí biàn pī píng |
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Tell nothing except who to idolize |
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dàn tā men shuí yě bù zhǐ zé chú le bài ǒu xiàng zhě |
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And then say God bless him |
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yě zhǐ shì shuō shàng dì bǎo yòu |
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While one who sings with his tongue on fire |
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yǒu rén hóu lóng zháo huǒ shì dì chàng gē |
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Gargles in the rat race choir |
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xiàng lǎo shǔ hē le shù kǒu shuǐ de hé chàng bān |
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Bent out of shape from society' s pliers |
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shè huì zhī qián jiāng rén niǔ qū |
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Cares not to come up any higher |
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guān ài yě wú jì yú shì |
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But rather get you down in the hole |
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xiān shì nǐ sǐ |
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That he' s in |
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yě bǐ tā wáng hǎo |
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But I mean no harm nor put fault |
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wǒ bú shì jiāng zhòng shāng huò zhǐ zé |
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On anyone that lives in a vault |
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shī fàng zài tào zhōng rén shēn shàng |
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But it' s alright, Ma, if I can' t please him |
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méi shì mā wǒ zhǐ shì qǔ yuè bù liǎo tā men |
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Old lady judges watch people in pairs |
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lǎo tài tài guān qíng lǚ |
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Limited in sex, they dare |
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" xìng bié yǒu bié tā men bù gǎn" |
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To push fake morals, insult and stare |
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tuī dòng jiǎ dào dé, wǔ rǔ hé níng shì |
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While money doesn' t talk, it swears |
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qián cóng bù shuō huà jǐn shì zǔ zhòu |
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Obscenity, who really cares |
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yín huì shuí zài hu |
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Propaganda, all is phony |
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xuān chuán shì jiǎ de |
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While them that defend what they cannot see |
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tā men hàn wèi zhe kàn bú jiàn de dōng xī |
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With a killer' s pride security |
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wèi le shā shǒu de róng yào yǔ ān quán |
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It blows the minds most bitterly |
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zhè qiáng liè dì zhèn hàn zhe tā men de tóu nǎo |
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For them that think death' s honesty |
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yīn wèi tā men rèn wéi jǐn yǒu sǐ wáng shì zhēn shí de |
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Won' t fall upon them naturally |
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zhè zì rán jiàng lín bú dào tā men tóu shàng |
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Life sometimes must get lonely |
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shēng mìng yǒu shí zhōng jiāng gū dú |
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My eyes collide headon with stuffed |
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tóu bù pèng zhuàng yǔ tián chōng wǒ de yǎn jīng |
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Graveyards, false gods, I scuff |
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wǒ bèi mù dì yǔ jiǎ shén cuò shāng |
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At pettiness which plays so rough |
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shì qíng suī xiǎo què rú cǐ cū cāo |
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Walk upsidedown inside handcuffs |
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wǒ dào lì ér xíng què dài zhe liào kào |
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Kick my legs to crash it off |
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jiāng wǒ tuǐ tī dào |
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Say okay I have had enough, what else can you show me? |
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wǒ jiào dào shòu gòu le hái yǒu shén me zhāo shǐ chū lái ba |
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And if my thoughtdreams could be seen |
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ruò wǒ de mèng xiǎng rén rén kě jiàn |
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They' d probably put my head in a guillotine |
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wǒ yí dìng bèi sòng shàng duàn tóu tái |
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But it' s alright, Ma, it' s life, and life only |
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dàn shì méi shì mā zhè jiù shì shēng huó |