To the ones that we’ve forgotten and labelled as insane
致那些被貼上瘋狂標籤且被遺忘的人們
In institutions rotting secret mars of family shame
在精神病院腐朽且是家族的秘密及恥辱
Bound tightly and injected
綁緊然後注射
Subdued by pill regimes
用藥物來降伏
Suspended animation
懸吊著的影像
Pull the rug over the stain
用毯子擦拭髒污
Mistreated and molested
虐待和戲弄
Fed food not fit for pigs
餵食豬都不吃的垃圾
If we’re to call them human beings why treat their lives as shit?
同為人類為何要這樣糟蹋他們的人生
No chance of contribution to well-oiled society
毫無機會對這講求效率的世界做出貢獻
Viewed as manure walking wastes of very air we breathe
被視為行走的糞土，浪費我們的氧氣
Rejected disavowed
拒絕和否定
Buried beneath our shallow smiles
在我們虛假的微笑中被活埋
What do they mean for us and what do they deserve?
對我們來說他們存在的意義是什麼，他們真的只值這樣嗎?
Four padded walls – their coffins
四片棉質牆成為他們最後的棺材
Underfunded understaffed
資金不夠、人手不足
In a putrid squalor wallow while the rich and perfect have a laugh
當富豪們放聲大笑他們卻在腐敗及汙穢中打滾
Sons and daughters
兒子和女兒
Brethren and kin
摯友和親人
Sisters and brothers from pictures are trimmed
剪裁過的照片只映出兄弟和姊妹
Out of our sight, out of our minds
滾出我們的視線，滾出我們的腦袋
Where is the kindness on which this world prides?
這個世界引以為豪的友善和包容到哪裡去了?
This is the coldest song a voice could ever sing
這是用最絕望的聲音，所唱出的最心寒的歌
It’s destined to come out wrong
這個錯誤早在出生前就注定
We’ve done the damnedest things
我們竟然做出這麼荒謬的事
Oh, the humanity
哼，人性阿
Denial so disgusting
這樣的抵賴，真令人作嘔
A life shackled rusting
生命被腐朽的腳鐐所囚禁
And business is booming
這樣的生意卻越顯繁榮
We’re vampires and should be ashamed
我們如同吸血鬼，是該感到羞愧
At birth found unequal
不平等的出生
A real living freak show
實境的怪胎秀
Throw them in a cell and forget their existence is pain
將它們丟進牢房並且忘卻他們活著的痛苦
What a shame
真是丟臉阿
A shrine unto torment
以神聖為名的折磨
To minds deemed delinquent
心裡也知道有所虧欠
Place holding placation
這本該是個安撫人的地方
The voiceless damnated can’t scream
滿目瘡痍的聲音已無法竭力嘶吼
Can you hear them scream?
你有聽見他們的吶喊嗎?
Mistreated and molested
凌虐和嘲弄
Fed food not fit for pigs
餵食豬都不吃的垃圾
If we’re to call them human beings why treat their lives as shit?
同為人類為何要這樣糟蹋他們的生命
No chance of contribution to well-oiled society
毫無機會對這講求效率的世界做出貢獻
Viewed as manure walking wastes of very air we breathe
被視為行走的糞土浪費我們的氧氣
Sons and daughters
兒子和女兒
Brethren and kin
摯友和親人
Sisters and brothers from pictures are trimmed
剪裁過的照片只映出兄弟和姊妹
Out of our sight, out of our minds
從我們的視線中消失，從我們的腦海裡消失
Where is the kindness in our humankind?
人性中的善良跑到哪裡去了
This is the coldest song a voice could ever sing
這是用最絕望的聲音，所唱出的最心寒的歌
It’s destined to come out wrong
這個錯誤早在出生前就注定
We’ve done the damnedest things
我們竟然做了這麼荒謬的事
Oh, the humanity
哼，這就是人性阿
創作內容
【不負責翻譯】 The Black Dahlia Murder -Asylum
【不負責翻譯】 (1)