The Limestone Ledger
Fluorescent halo crown of the cubicle king
荧光灯的光环是这工位之王的王冠
Circadian rhythm snapped like a guitar string
昼夜节律像吉他弦一样崩断
Ten years of marrow fed to the fiber-optic line
十年的心血骨髓都喂给了光纤电缆
Trading the sunrise for a deadline that’s mine
用每一个日出去换取那属于我的最后期限
They call it ambition this high-rise of glass
他们管这叫雄心壮志这耸入云霄的玻璃幻象
But shadows are lengthening as the hours pass
但随着时间流逝阴影正变得越来越长
We romanticized the 'hustle' in the cool of the AC
我们在空调的冷气里将这种“奔忙”浪漫化
But the ghosts in the basement are looking like me
可地下室里的幽灵看起来却越来越像我
We’re going back to the cave!
我们要回到山洞里去了!
Forget every lesson the sunlight gave!
忘掉阳光教给我们的所有教训!
Back to the limestone back to the dark!
回到石灰岩中回到黑暗深处!
Back to the instinct back to the spark!
回到本能回到那原始的火星!
Humanity’s climbing down the walls we built high!
人类正从亲手筑起的高墙上爬回地面!
Afraid of the witness in the summer sky!
畏惧着那夏日晴空下的审判之眼!
Evolution reversed!Now the ledger is cursed!
进化在倒退!现在的账本已满是诅咒!
We’re doing the work that the ancestors feared!
我们正做着祖先们曾深感恐惧的勾当!
见不得光—hidden in the fine print the lies smeared!
Every signature is blood on a stone!
每一笔签名都是刻在石头上的血印!
We’re living like troglodytes chilling the bone!
我们像穴居人一样活着寒气深入骨髓!
Equity is rot!Sunlight is a threat!
股权即腐朽!阳光是一种威胁!
I haven't seen the dawn in a decade yet!
我已经整整十年没见过黎明的样子!
Check the spreadsheet check the kill count check the tax!
查查电子表格查查杀戮数量查查税收!
We’re the only mammals living under these cracks!
我们是唯一一群活在这些裂缝下的哺乳动物!
Regression is the trend!Regression is the end!
倒退是趋势!倒退是终结!
Turning every coworker into a cave-dwelling friend!
把每一个同事都变成洞穴里的同类!
Turn it off!Let the glass shatter!
关掉它!让玻璃破碎!
Does the quarterly projection really matter
季度预测真的那么重要吗?
I can feel the limestone against my back
我能感觉到石灰岩正抵着我的后背
We’re the blind men walking on a high-speed track!
我们是走在高频率轨道上的盲人!
We’re not evolving—we’re just hiding deeper!
The debt gets wider the darkness gets cheaper!
债务越滚越大黑暗变得越来越廉价!
We’re going back to the cave!
我们要回到山洞里去了!
Forget every lesson the sunlight gave!
回到石灰岩中回到黑暗深处!
Back to the instinct back to the spark!
回到本能回到那原始的火星!
The sun is too bright it burns the lies
阳光太刺眼了……它会灼穿谎言
I think I’ll stay here where the profit never dies
我想我会留在这儿……在这个利润永不凋零的地方
(Sighs)Just keep the lights on
(叹息)……就把灯开着吧
I’m gone
我走了
See you at the bottom
底层见